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Category Archives: Consumer Protection
New Canadian Contest Rules and Forms Available – Canadian Trip Contests
Contests continue to be a popular and engaging marketing tool for brands in many industries. Readers of this blog will know that I follow contest and sweepstakes issues and work on a lot of Canadian and North American contests and other promotions. Based on a … Read the rest of this entry »
Trade Association Compliance on New Competition Commissioner’s Radar
Canada’s new Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman, spoke in Toronto yesterday and delivered remarks that, as in recent speeches, included an emphasis on trade association compliance. In this, his second speech since becoming Commissioner, the Commissioner signaled that trade and professional associations were once again … Read the rest of this entry »
Interim Competition Commissioner John Pecman to Visit Vancouver December 5th (Vancouver Competition Policy Roundtable Meeting)
Canada’s new Interim Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman, will be visiting Vancouver on December 5th and will be a guest of the Vancouver Competition Policy Roundtable. For more information send me a mail: steve@szentesilaw.com. ____________________ SERVICES AND CONTACT I am a Toronto competition/antitrust lawyer and … Read the rest of this entry »
New Competition Bureau Inquiries Bulletin & New Commissioner Remarks
Earlier today the Competition Bureau published for public consultation a new draft Inquiries Bulletin. Canada’s new Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman, also outlined some of the Bureau’s priorities and made new announcements in remarks delivered at the annual CBA Fall Competition Law Conference in Ottawa. … Read the rest of this entry »
Competition Bureau Announcements: No Appeal on Credit Cards, New Confidentiality Guidelines, Annual Internet Advertising Sweep (Children’s Games & Apps)
The Canadian Bar Association’s annual Fall Competition Law Conference is quickly approaching and, as usual, this is the time of year that Competition Bureau announcements typically accelerate, coinciding with the conference. In this regard, in addition to the Bureau’s announcement last week that it had … Read the rest of this entry »
New York to Crack Down on Fake Online Testimonials & Some Thoughts from Canada
In a curious advertising story making the media rounds over the past few days (see: here and here), New York regulators are planning to crack down on phony online reviews (sometimes referred to as “astroturfing” using the synthetic grass term as a metaphor for fake … Read the rest of this entry »
Beware “Buy Now, Pay Later Ads”
By Daniel Workman (reprinted with permission from CreditCards.com). Many consumers are enticed when they see advertisements touting “Pay absolutely nothing upfront” or “Don’t pay a cent for 18 months” deals. These deferred payment options are a form of financing where consumers often get tagged with … Read the rest of this entry »
Facebook Loosens Up Promotions Rules for Contests Run on Facebook
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
