“Your Product Is Great!” (What Was It Again?): Australian Carpet Cleaning Co. Sued for Alleged Fake Reviews, Some Canadian Points

Each morning, before I begin ‘real work’, I usually spend a little time on an Internet sweep of interesting advertising and competition law cases that have developed overnight or come into my inbox. Earlier today an interesting new advertising law enforcement action by the Australian ACCC caught my eye, in which the ACCC has commenced…

What Is Competition Law?: A Few Interesting, Frequent and Important Competition & Advertising Law Questions – Part II

Several days ago I posted the first of a series of short notes discussing some of the more interesting, frequent and important competition and advertising law questions I’ve received over the past few years (for the first post see: here). Today I thought I would post a few more “real life” competition / advertising law…

Canadian Competition Compliance: A Primer

Every business and individual has a duty to act lawfully. The Bureau operates on the assumption that all businesses and their senior management wish to comply with the law. Compliance is important for all businesses, regardless of their size, for both legal and practical reasons.   The legal, economic and reputational risks of non-compliance to…

New CRTC CASL (Spam) Compliance Guidelines

Yesterday, Canada’s CRTC issued new Compliance and Enforcement Guidelines (CRTC Bulletin 2014-326) to assist businesses develop compliance programs to comply with Canada’s upcoming anti-spam law (CASL) and existing do-not-call list rules. In general, the CRTC’s new Guidelines describe why corporate compliance programs are important and what the CRTC sees as the essential elements of a…

Competition & Taxis: European Protest Quotes

The battle between ride-sharing apps and conventional taxis in cities around the world has been escalating for months. Today, however, marked one of the most confrontational days in this taxi competition tussle (if not the most confrontational to date) with protests in London and across Europe. I thought it would be interesting to gather a…