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Recent Facebook Changes to Crack Down on “Feed Spam”
Facebook recently announced some new changes to combat News Feed spam (see: News Feed FYI: Cleaning Up News Feed Spam). In making the announcement, Facebook said: “The goal of News Feed is to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time … Read the rest of this entry »
Bank of Canada’s Rules for Reproducing Canadian Bank Notes – Example of a Key Advertising Review Question: “Do We Own It”?
A lot of advertising law, both in Canada and other major jurisdictions, tends to revolve around two major themes: deception and ownership. As such, when it comes to reviewing advertising for compliance in Canada, a lot of issues (or potential issues) can be identified with … Read the rest of this entry »
Alberta Man Sentenced to 2 ½ Years in Misleading Advertising, Breach of Court Order Case
When I deliver competition compliance seminars and talk to industry groups, I often discuss the fact that imprisonment is one possible criminal penalty under the Competition Act (though is, somewhat curiously, more commonly imposed for deceptive advertising than for price-fixing or other criminal competition law … Read the rest of this entry »
Canada’s New Anti-Spam Law (CASL): Federal Enforcement Agencies Work Out Enforcement For New Law
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 »
YouTube’s Quirky Contest Rules – Pays to Look Before You Leap (or Upload to YouTube)
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 »
Canadian Competition & Advertising Law: 2013 Year in Review 1: Misleading Advertising
Steve Szentesi Kevin Wright (Davis LLP) Extract from a chapter to be published in CLEBC Annual Review of Law & Practice – 2014 2013 was once again a busy year for Canadian competition and foreign investment law, administration and policy, including the June 12, 2013 … Read the rest of this entry »
