Category Archives: Consumer Protection

July 30, 2012

Competition Law Compliance Seminars: Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters

I am pleased to be delivering the Competition Law and REALTORS course for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver on August 29, 2012.  This course has been designed by the Alliance for Canadian Real Estate Education (ACRE) in conjunction with The Canadian Real Estate … Read the rest of this entry »

July 19, 2012

Upcoming Events – “What In-house Counsel Need to Know About Recent Competition Law Developments” – CBA Canadian Legal Conference (Vancouver, August 12-14, 2012)

I am pleased to be participating in the Canadian Bar Association’s upcoming CBA Canadian Legal Conference in Vancouver on a panel on August 13th, part of which is still to be announced, discussing recent competition law developments for in-house counsel: “Canada’s competition and foreign investment … Read the rest of this entry »

July 14, 2012

Bureau Seeks Criminal Penalties in Alleged Misleading Advertising and Breach of Consent Agreement Case

Conventional wisdom is that the Competition Bureau will pursue most misleading advertising cases civilly, under section 74.01 of the Competition Act, not criminally (the Act also contains a criminal misleading advertising provision, section 52, as well as a number of other criminal deceptive marketing offences). … Read the rest of this entry »

July 9, 2012

New Papers: “Regulation of Information and Advertising”

Paul Rubin has published an interesting paper on the “Regulation of Information and Advertising” in Competition Policy International. Abstract: “Deception is the manipulation of information to gain some advantage. This paper considers commercial deception through advertising. The paper first discusses the economics of information. The … Read the rest of this entry »

July 5, 2012

A Few Competition & Regulatory Developments

A few interesting competition and regulatory developments caught my eye today including: The Conference Board of Canada published a new report on Chinese foreign direct investment in Canada: Fear the Dragon?  Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Canada. The Fraser Institute published a comparative note on … Read the rest of this entry »

June 19, 2012

A Few Regulatory Law Developments and Some News

A few regulatory law developments and news items that caught my eye in the last couple days included: Consumer Protection BC issued its 2011 Annual Report, which includes some discussion of marketing law enforcement and telemarketing: Debt collection, retail and travel are top questions for … Read the rest of this entry »

June 15, 2012

Competition Bureau Slated to Shutter Three Offices

CCH has reported that the Competition Bureau is set to close three offices. From CCH: “As part of the federal government’s recent austerity measures, the Competition Bureau will be closing three regional offices in 2013, sources report. Offices in Hamilton, Halifax, and Calgary are slated … Read the rest of this entry »

June 13, 2012

Seminars: Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters

I am pleased to be delivering the Competition Law and REALTORS course for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver on Monday, June 18th.  This course is available to members of Canadian real estate boards.  From the Alliance for Canadian Real Estate Education: “Competition Law … Read the rest of this entry »