Category Archives: Consumer Protection

December 28, 2012

Webinar: Key Canadian Advertising and Competition Law Compliance Strategies

I am pleased to be a panelist for an upcoming Canadian/U.S. advertising law webinar hosted by Strafford on January 8, 2013: Key Canadian Advertising and Competition Law Compliance Strategies. Description The Canadian Competition Act contains civil and criminal prohibitions on misleading representations and regulates specific … Read the rest of this entry »

December 18, 2012

CTA Launches New Air Price Advertising Website & Details of New Airline Rules

Earlier today, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) launched a new site for the new all-inclusive air price advertising (see: All-Inclusive Air Price Advertising), in advance of new regulations that will be published in the Canada Gazette (on January 2, 2013). This new website, and upcoming … Read the rest of this entry »

December 17, 2012

Contests: Wolf Hunt Contest Illustrates Importance of Criminal Code Compliance Review for Contests

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 »

December 10, 2012

U.S. Federal Trade Commission Issues Second Report on Kids’ Apps and Privacy, Launches Investigations

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a very interesting new report on kids’ apps and privacy entitled: Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade (see: here and here) (and announced new investigations).  The FTC’s new report examines the privacy disclosures … Read the rest of this entry »

December 7, 2012

Five Individuals Charged For Alleged Deceptive Telemarketing

Earlier today, the Competition Bureau announced that five individuals have been charged under the Criminal Code and Competition Act for allegedly misleading and deceptive telemarketing (see: Five Individuals Facing Charges for Fraudulent and Misleading Telemarketing Calls). In making the announcement, the Bureau said: “In August … Read the rest of this entry »

December 6, 2012

Interim Commissioner of Competition John Pecman Delivers Interesting and Wide-Ranging Comments at Vancouver Roundtable

In interesting and wide-ranging comments yesterday at the Competition Policy Roundtable in Vancouver, the Interim Commissioner of Competition John Pecman discussed current Bureau priorities, some key enforcement trends and gave some indication of future policy direction at the Bureau. The Interim Commissioner opened his remarks … Read the rest of this entry »

December 6, 2012

Gift Cards & Expiry Dates: Consumer Protection BC Uses Video to Describe the Rules

I am always interested in innovation and trends, both in marketing generally and in relation to my own practice.  Lawyers can, well, be rather slow to embrace change.  In this regard, I’ve been seeing a continued trend toward video, both on the web generally – … Read the rest of this entry »

November 28, 2012

Ontario College Found Liable in Misleading Advertising Consumer Protection Act Class Action

November 28, 2012 In an interesting recent Ontario class action decision issued on November 16th, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found George Brown College liable, among other things, for violating the Ontario Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”) in relation to representations in a college course … Read the rest of this entry »