Tag Archives: OFT

September 30, 2013

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 »

November 24, 2012

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 »