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6 Sep 2019

Gun Jumping in Merger Control: A Jurisdictional Guide CANADA

CANADA Neil Campbell (McMillan LLP) Gun Jumping In Merger Control 89 Part 1: Merger Control and the “Standstill Obligation” Please identify the relevant merger control legislation in your jurisdiction. Please provide a link to the relevant legislation (if possible, in English) and also indicate: (...)

27 Jun 2019

The Canadian Competition Bureau announces that ticket vendors will pay $4 million penalty to settle drip pricing advertising case (Ticketmaster)

Steve Szentesi • June 2019

TICKETMASTER ENTITIES AGREE TO $4 MILLION PENALTY TO SETTLE DRIP PRICING ADVERTISING CASE On June 27, 2019, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced that Ticketmaster L.L.C., TNow Entertainment Group, Inc. and Ticketmaster Canada LP have agreed to pay a $4 million penalty and $500,000 of the (...)

5 juin 2019

Politique de concurrence : Les autorités de concurrence des pays du G7 et la Commission européenne trouvent un accord sur le rôle du droit de la concurrence dans l’économie numérique (Common Understanding on Competition and the Digital Economy)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2019

Réunis à Chantilly dans le cadre du G7 présidé par la France, les autorités de concurrence des pays du G7 (Allemagne, Canada, États-Unis, France, Italie, Japon, Royaume Uni), ainsi que la Commission ont rendu public le 18 juillet 2019 un accord — Common Understanding — sur le rôle du droit de la (...)

1^er mai 2019

Standing up for Convergence and Relevance in Antitrust, Frédéric Jenny Liber Amicorum

Catherine Prieto • N° 2-2019 • pp. 262-263

Cette rubrique recense et commente les ouvrages et autres publications en droit de la concurrence, droit & économie de la concurrence et en droit de la régulation. Une telle recension ne peut par nature être exhaustive et se limite donc à présenter quelques publications récentes dans ces (...)

7 Mar 2019

The Canadian Competition Bureau releases its updated abuse of dominance enforcement guidelines

Canadian Competition Bureau • March 2019

The Competition Bureau released its updated Abuse of Dominance Enforcement Guidelines. The guidelines provide an overview of the Bureau’s approach to enforcing the abuse of dominance provisions of the Competition Act. In March 2018, the Bureau released a draft copy of the guidelines for public (...)

2 Feb 2019

The Canadian Competition Bureau announces its 2019 Pre-merger notification thresholds

Gavin Murphy • February 2019

Canada’s Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”), which assists the Commissioner of Competition in the administration and enforcement of the Competition Act (the “Act”), announced on 31 January 2019 that the 2019 pre-merger notification threshold for acquiring an undertaking will be $96 million (CAN), up (...)

1 Jan 2019

Frédéric Jenny Liber Amicorum The Next Frontier of International Cooperation in Competition Enforcement

John Pecman

19 Frédéric Jenny | Standing Up for Convergence and Relevance in Antitrust - Liber Amicorum -Volume I The Next Frontier of International Cooperation in Competition Enforcement John Pec MA n* duy PhAM ** Competition Bureau of Canada Abstract International cooperation among competition agencies has (...)

20 Dec 2018

The Ontario Superior Court holds that misleading informations can trigger class actions as breach of the Competition Act (Rebuck / Ford Motor)

Steve Szentesi • December 2018

Key Requirements For Misleading Advertising Civil Actions Confirmed By Ontario Superior Court* In a recent case handed down by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in Rebuck v. Ford Motor Company, the Court confirmed key requirements for commencing Competition Act misleading advertising (...)

23 Nov 2018

The Quebec Court of Appeal sentences to prison individuals found guilty of offenses in relation with bid-rigging in public construction contracts (Fedele)

Steve Szentesi • November 2018

Quebec Court of Appeal Ruling Signals that Bid-Rigging is a Serious Offence Warranting Imprisonment* A recent decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal in R c. Fedele, 2018 CarswellQue 10342 (English language summary) sends a strong signal that bid-rigging offences, particularly in respect of the (...)

22 Nov 2018

Standard-Essential Patents and Competition Law: An Overview of EU and national case law

Emily Luken, Jay Jurata • Standard Essential Patents

The extent to which competition law has shaped developments and understandings of standard-essential patents (SEPs) has increased substantially over the past fifteen years. When e-Competitions began publishing, there were very few cases and agency enforcement actions on the topic. The (...)

3 Oct 2018

The OECD Competition Committee publishes background materials on excessive prices in pharmaceutical markets

OECD • October 2018

There are strong arguments for not intervening against exploitative excessive pricing conducts, which have led to the development of stringent enforcement screens for the bringing of such cases. However, recent years have seen significant calls for intervention against high prices for (...)

27 Sep 2018

The Competition Bureau and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada launch revised immunity and leniency programs

Chris Hersh, Michael Osborne, Tegan O’Brien • September 2018

It used to be the best deal in town: participants in criminal price-fixing conspiracies could approach the Competition Bureau and receive either complete immunity or leniency in exchange for ratting out their co-conspirators. The Bureau and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) still (...)

27 Sep 2018

The Competition Bureau and the Public prosecution service of Canada revise immunity and leniency programs

Danny Urquhart • September 2018

Competition Bureau’s new “disclosure first” immunity and leniency programs take effect* Antitrust and competition On September 27 the Competition Bureau (the Bureau) and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) launchedrevised immunity and leniency programs in relation to investigating (...)

20 Jun 2018

The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench (Canada) rules a private claim regarding a joint venture agreement between two purchasers of chemicals products (Dow Chemical Canada / Nova Chemicals Corporation)

Steve Szentesi • June 2018

Alberta Court of Queen* In a recent decision handed down by the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, in Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2018 ABQB 482 (“Dow Chemical”), the Court established both new law and confirmed earlier case law under sections 45 and 90.1 of the federal (...)

13 Jun 2018

The Ontario Court Of Appeal accepts additional defendants in a price fixing class action against major banks (Mancinelli / Royal Bank of Canada)

Kyle Taylor • June 2018

Court Of Appeal Adds Banks To FX Price Fixing Class Action* In overturning a lower court decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that TD Bank and BMO would be added as defendants in a price fixing class action against major banks. The case was Mancinelli v. Royal Bank of Canada. The (...)

13 Jun 2018

The Ontario Court of Appeal (Canada) clarifies the application of the discoverability principle and makes easier for plaintiffs to add defendants (Mancinelli / Royal Bank of Canada)

Steve Szentesi • June 2018

Ontario Court of Appeal Makes It Easier For Plaintiffs to Add Defendants Under Competition Act Limitation Provision* The Ontario Court of Appeal recently issued a significant decision in Mancinelli v. Royal Bank of Canada, 2018 ONCA 544 (C.A.), in which the Court clarified the application of (...)

5 Jun 2018

The Canadian Competition Bureau provides guidance on influencer marketing, made in Canada claims and savings claims

Steve Szentesi • June 2018

New Competition Bureau Guidance on Influencer Marketing, Made in Canada Claims and Savings Claims* The Competition Bureau (Bureau) has published the fourth volume of its Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest (Marketing Digest), which provides guidance from the Bureau on influencer marketing, (...)

20 Feb 2018

The Competition Bureau of Canada reaches a settlement with Canadian furniture retailers who have to donate $750 000 in furniture to charities (Leon’s and The Brick)

Michael I. Binetti • February 2018

Leon’s And The Brick Donate $750,000 In Furniture To Settle Buy Now, Pay Later Complaints* Canadian furniture retailers, Leon’s and The Brick, have agreed to donate $750,000 in furniture to charities to settle concerns raised by Canada’ Competition Bureau about their advertising of buy now, pay (...)

29 Jan 2018

The Canadian Telecom Regulator has an opportunity to effectively control online piracy based on a proposal from a coalition of telecom operators and rights holders (FairPlay Canada)

Kristian Stout • January 2018

The Canadian Parliament Has an Opportunity to Effectively Control Online Piracy In an ideal world, it would not be necessary to block websites in order to combat piracy. But we do not live in an ideal world. We live in a world in which enormous amounts of content—from books and software to (...)

25 Jan 2018

The Canadian Competition Bureau sues ticket vendors for misleading prices (Ticketmaster / Live Nation)

Michael I. Binetti • January 2018

Ticketmaster Prices Are Misleading: Competition Bureau (If You Can Get Tickets)* Following a warning in 2017 to ticket vendors that they should ensure advertised prices were accurate, Canada’s Competition Bureau sued Ticketmaster and its parent, LiveNation. The Bureau alleges that Ticketmaster (...)

24 Jan 2018

The Federal Court of Appeal of Ottawa denies the Competition Bureau public interest privilege (Vancouver Airport Authority)

Kevin Ackhurst, Danny Urquhart, D. Michael Brown • January 2018

Last April, the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) rejected arguments that the Tribunal’s longstanding approach to public interest privilege should re-evaluated and found that class privilege protected documents from disclosure that the Competition Bureau (Bureau) had collected from third parties (...)

19 Dec 2017

The Canadian Competition Bureau offers immunity in bread price-fixing probe (Loblaw / Weston)

Gavin Murphy • December 2017

Introduction On 19 December 2017, Loblaw Companies Limited (‘Loblaw’), Canada’s largest grocery store chain, and George Weston Ltd (‘Weston’), which owns national bread baker Weston Bakeries, admitted to participation in a packaged bread price-fixing scheme for more than 14 years that ran from late (...)

1 Sep 2017

Extradition and antitrust law: Businessmen involved in global cartels extradited to foreign countries

Christopher Thomas, Daniel E. Shulak, Gal Rozent, Gianni de Stefano, Katherine L. Kay, Kathryn Hellings, Raz Agranat, Yoshitoshi Imoto • N° 3-2017 • pp.16-40

As more jurisdictions criminalise cartel conduct and increase cooperation with other enforcement regimes, the threat of extradition in global cartel cases is becoming more and more real. The successful extraditions, directly or indirectly related to cartel charges, so far have involved five (...)

1 May 2017

The importance of quantifying non-price effects in Canada

Ian Cass, Renée M. Duplantis • N° 2-2017 • pp. 51-57

Quantifying non-price effects is a topic with global appeal in antitrust that has garnered particular interest in merger reviews in Canada in light of the recent decisions in Tervita and TREB, especially in cases that involve an efficiencies defence. We discuss the importance of quantifying (...)

1 Feb 2017

The effects of increased globalization and regulator coordination on antitrust discovery

Chris Wall, Jennifer E. Mellott • N° 1-2017

Merger review processes for complex, multinational deals have become significantly more complicated over the past 20 years. Increased coordination among competition authorities around the world creates new considerations for parties to multinational deals, requiring them to balance the need to (...)

2 Dec 2016

The Canadian and the Hong Kong administrations sign a Competition Law memoranudm of understanding

Gavin Murphy • December 2016

Introduction Canada expanded its international competition law cooperation framework on 2 December 2016 when the commissioner of competition (commissioner), who has statutory authority to administer and enforce Canada’s Competition Act (Act), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with (...)

14 Oct 2016

The Canadian Competition Tribunal turns down leave application on refusal to deal (CarGurus)

Steve Szentesi • October 2016

Competition Tribunal Denies Car Listing Refusal to Deal Leave Application and Establishes New Price Maintenance Law* On October 14, 2016 the Canadian Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) released an important Competition Act (“Act”) private application leave case (see:CarGurus Inc v Trader (...)

14 Oct 2016

The Canadian Competition Tribunal denies leave to commence a private application in a refusal to deal case (CarGurus)

Michael Osborne • October 2016

Used car listing website operator CarGurus Inc.’s attempt to force rival Trader Corporation to supply it with vehicle listing data has encountered a dead end as the Competition Tribunal denied it leave to commence a private application under several provisions of the Competition Act. This (...)

1^er sept. 2016

Canada : Le tribunal de la concurrence confirme et renforce le cadre analytique d’interprétation et d’application de la disposition sur l’abus de position dominante lors d’un réexamen (The Commissioner of Competition / The Toronto Real Estate Board)

Karounga Diawara • Nº 3-2016

Le tribunal de la concurrence (“tribunal”) a rendu le 27 avril 2016 le jugement de réexamen tant attendu dans la saga judiciaire opposant l’autorité administrative canadienne de la concurrence, le commissaire, à l’association professionnelle immobilière de la grande région de Toronto, plus connue sous (...)

1^er sept. 2016

La longue traversée vers le droit à réparation : La norme canadienne applicable aux acheteurs indirects

Karounga Diawara • Nº 3-2016 • pp. 203-212

Ce texte a pour objet de mettre en relief les contextes normatif et processuel dans et par lesquels la Cour suprême du Canada est arrivée à la reconnaissance d’un droit d’indemnisation aux acheteurs indirects victimes de pratiques anticoncurrentielles relevant de la partie VI de la loi sur la (...)

1^er sept. 2016

Droit de la concurrence – Aspects théoriques et appliqués, Karounga DIAWARA

David Bosco • Nº 3-2016 • p. 218

Cette rubrique recense et commente les ouvrages et autres publications en droit de la concurrence, droit & économie de la concurrence et en droit de la régulation. Une telle recension ne peut par nature être exhaustive et se limite donc à présenter quelques publications récentes dans ces (...)

29 mars 2016

Canada : Le Bureau de la concurrence autorise une fusion dans le secteur de la distribution de l’essence au détail à la suite d’une médiation (Parkland)

Karounga Diawara • N° 2-2016

Le dialogue plutôt que la confrontation : tel est le précepte de base qui sous-tend la philosophie des modes de prévention et règlement des différends (PRD). S’il est commun dans le domaine du droit de la concurrence que l’autorité antitrust négocie directement avec les parties en cause pour résorber (...)

22 Feb 2016

The Supreme Court of British Columbia denies disclosure based on public interest privilege (Pro-Sys / Microsoft)

Michael Osborne • February 2016

Documents and information that the Competition Bureau collects from third parties during its investigations are protected by public interest privilege from disclosure to plaintiffs in private actions, the BC Supreme Court has ruled. The plaintiffs in a class action alleging that Microsoft (...)

15 févr. 2016

L’Union européenne et le droit international des subventions La mise en oeuvre des conditions d’origine divergentes

L. Wagner – L’Union européenne et le droit international des subventions 83 Chapitre 2 : La mise en œuvre des conditions d’origine divergentes La mise en oeuvre de conditions d'origine divergentes L. Wagner – L’Union européenne et le droit international des subventions En droit des aides d’État, (...)

15 févr. 2016

L’Union européenne et le droit international des subventions L’examen de la condition de l’avantage économique

L. Wagner – L’Union européenne et le droit international des subventions 161 TITRE II LA DEMONSTRATION DE L’EXISTENCE D’UN AVANTAGE ECONOMIQUE SPECIFIQUE/SELECTIF L’approche « relativiste » et celle des « transferts financiers » ont en c ommun la recherche de l’existence d’un avantage économique (...)

15 févr. 2016

L’Union européenne et le droit international des subventions La contrainte du droit des subventions sur les politiques européennes

L. Wagner – L’Union européenne et le droit international des subventions 391 Chapitre 2 La contrainte du droit des subventions sur les politiques européennes L’article XVI.4 de l’Accord instituant l’OMC prescrit une clause de conformité selon laque lle « chaque! Membre! assurera! la! conformité! (...)

5 Feb 2016

The Canadian government increases the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act

Kevin Ackhurst • February 2016

The threshold for certain pre-closing net benefit reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have been increased for 2016. Competition Act Canada uses a two-part test for determining whether a pre-merger (...)

4 janv. 2016

Canada : Le Tribunal de la concurrence précise les conditions d’autorisation d’un recours privé fondé sur une pratique restrictive de commerce (Audatex Canada, ULC / CarProof)

Karounga Diawara • N° 1-2017 • pp. 234-242

Le jugement rendu par le Tribunal de la concurrence (“tribunal”), au tout début de l’année 2016, soit le 4 janvier, fournit des indications intéressantes sur la charge, le fardeau et l’étendue de la preuve que doit assumer une personne privée, prétendument victime d’une pratique restrictive de commerce (...)

23 Nov 2015

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice refuses to approve an agreement between two companies on credit card interchange fees (Bancroft-Snell / Visa Canada Corporation)

Michael Osborne • November 2015

Courts have begun to criticize plaintiff lawyers who file multiple overlapping class actions across the country. In Ontario, Perell J. refused to approve an agreement by two BC firms to share their fee with a Saskatchewan-based firm, Merchant Law Group (“MLG”) in Bancroft-Snell v. Visa Canada (...)

10 Nov 2015

The Canadian Competition Bureau releases the Competition and Compliance Framework information bulletin following public comment

Belisle, Gavin Murphy • November 2015

Introduction Following a request for public comment in May 2015, the Competition Bureau, which assists the Commissioner of Competition (“Commissioner”) in the administration and enforcement of the Competition Act (“Act”), published the final version of its Competition and Compliance Framework (...)

5 oct. 2015

Traité Transpacific Partnership : Le Traité du Transpacific Partnership, accord régional contenant des dispositions en matière de concurrence est conclu par dix pays des rives de l’océan Pacifique

François Souty • N° 1-2016 • pp. 235-236

Le 5 octobre 2015, la signature du Traité dit du Transpacific Partnership (ci-après ‘’TPP’’) à Atlanta a permis à son principal promoteur, les États-Unis, de conclure ce qui constitue désormais le plus important accord commercial régional par la taille des marchés et populations concernés, puisqu’il (...)

29 sept. 2015

Canada : Le Bureau de la concurrence approuve la fusion des deux plus grandes librairies au Québec (Renaud-Bray, Archambault)

Karounga Diawara • N° 1-2016 • pp. 231-233

Le vent de “consolidation-restructuration” souffle de nouveau dans le secteur québécois de la vente et de la distribution de livres, largement influencé par les technologies de l’information et des communications dont notamment l’émergence et la progression de ventes de livres en format numérique (...)

20 Aug 2015

The Canadian Federal Court provides practical guidance for parties responding to compulsory production orders from the Competition Bureau (Bell Mobility)

Anita Banicevic, Mark C. Katz • August 2015

Responding to Compulsory Production Orders from the Competition Bureau: Federal Court of Canada Provides Practical Guidance* Canada’s Commissioner of Competition is armed with a variety of compulsory powers that he can use in pursuing investigations. One such power is the ability, with the (...)

19 Aug 2015

The Ontario Superior Court and the British Columbia Court of Appeal debate whether breaches of the Competition Act can support common law claims (Shah / LG Chem - Watson / Bank of America)

Michael Osborne • August 2015

Is The Competition Act A “Complete Code”?* Courts debate whether breaches of the Competition Act can support common law claims Recently, Canadian courts have been debating whether the Competition Act is a “complete code” that forecloses the availability of so-called “parasitic” claims, that is, (...)

9 Jun 2015

The Canadian Competition Bureau releases "phase II" draft revision of the intellectual property enforcement guidelines

Jeffrey Brown • June 2015

Competition Bureau releases "Phase II" Draft Revision of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines* On June 16, 2015, the Competition Bureau released an updated draft version of the Intellectual Enforcement Property Guidelines (IPEGs), which set out its approach to enforcing the (...)

9 Jun 2015

The Canadian Competition Bureau submits a draft of its upcoming intellectual enforcement property guidelines for public comment

Douglas H. Ginsburg, Joshua D. Wright • June 2015

Comments of U.S. Federal Trade Commissionner Joshua D. Wright and Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the Canadian Competition Bureau’s draft updated intellectual property enforcement guidelines* This comment is submitted in response to the Canadian Competition Bureau’s (the Bureau’s) draft stage 2 (...)

9 Jun 2015

The Canadian Competition Bureau issues draft IP enforcement guidelines that will have practical implications for the pharmaceutical industry

Anita Banicevic, Mark C. Katz • June 2015

Canada’s Updated Draft Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines and the Pharmaceutical Industry* I. INTRODUCTION In June 2015, Canada’s Competition Bureau released its updated draft of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines (“Draft IPEGs”) for public review and consultation. The (...)

29 mai 2015

Canada : Le Tribunal canadien de la concurrence rend, pour la première fois, une injonction provisoire dans une affaire de fusion (Parkland Industries)

Karounga Diawara • N° 3-2015 • pp. 205-207

L’autorité antitrust du Canada, le Commissaire de la concurrence (commissaire) à la tête du Bureau de la concurrence (Bureau), poursuit son examen minutieux du marché de la distribution de l’essence au détail. Après avoir démantelé récemment le cartel de l’octane dans certaines régions du Québec, le (...)

4 mai 2015

Canada : Le Tribunal de la concurrence homologue le consentement (engagement) concernant la fusion de deux cimenteries multinationales (Holcim)

Karounga Diawara • N° 1-2016 • pp. 233-234

Le Bureau de la concurrence (Bureau) a annoncé, ce 4 mai 2015, avoir conclu un consentement (engagement) avec la cimenterie multinationale Holcim (Holcim). Conformément à l’article 105 L.c., ce consentement a été entériné auprès du Tribunal de la concurrence (Tribunal) le même jour. Après un examen (...)

26 mars 2015

Canada : Le Tribunal canadien de la concurrence ouvre la voie à une première imposition d’une sanction administrative pécuniaire pour abus de position dominante (Direct Energy)

Karounga Diawara • N° 3-2015 • pp. 207-208

L’une des innovations apportées par le législateur lors de la réforme majeure de la Loi sur la concurrence en 2009 a été l’introduction d’amendes connues en droit canadien de la concurrence sous la dénomination de sanction administrative pécuniaire (SAP) en cas de condamnation pour abus de position (...)

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