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Canada’s New Anti-spam Legislation – What Should Be Done With It? Can It.
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »
New Draft Industry Canada Regulations Issued for Comment for Canada’s Anti-spam Legislation (CASL)
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Interesting New U.K. OFT Price Comparison Website Report and Recommendations for PCWs & Some Thoughts on Comparative Advertising
November 24, 2012 On November 23, 2012, the U.K. Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced that it had written to 100 leading price comparison websites (“PCWs”) asking that they take steps to ensure they were providing clear information to consumers (see: here). In making the … Read the rest of this entry »
Recent Canadian competition, advertising and regulatory law developments (and a few announcements)
The following are some of the more interesting competition, advertising and regulatory law developments that caught my eye over the past several days, at least to the extent they have a bearing on Canada or companies doing business in Canada: BCE and Astral plan to … Read the rest of this entry »
