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Canadian merger notification regulations revised
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- Canada
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- March 4 2010
Amendments to the Notifiable Transactions Regulations made under the Competition Act (the Regulations) came into force on February 2, 2010
Groupon falls afoul of UK advertising regulator
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- Canada, United Kingdom
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- July 8 2011
On June 8, 2011, the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found that online coupon provider Groupon, Inc. had misrepresented the ordinary selling price of a third party service that was advertised to Groupon’s online subscribers, and ordered Groupon to remove the advertisement from circulation
Bell Canada to pay $10-million penalty for misleading advertising
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- Canada
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- July 29 2011
On June 28, 2011, Bell Canada entered into a Consent Agreement with the Commissioner of Competition that will require Bell to pay a $10-million administrative monetary penalty for making false or misleading representations in its advertising regarding the prices consumers are required to pay for its Home Phone, Internet, Television, and Wireless services
Used car dealers association accuses insurance bureau of refusal to deal
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- Canada
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- September 20 2011
On September 9, 2011, the Competition Tribunal released a decision granting leave to the Used Car Dealers Association of Ontario (UCDA) to bring an application against the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) seeking redress under the “refusal to deal” provisions contained in section 75 of the Competition Act
Competition bureau releases statement on Cardinal Health's acquisition of Futuremed
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- Canada
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- April 19 2012
On April 16, 2012, Canada’s Competition Bureau issued a statement outlining the analysis it had undertaken of Cardinal Health’s then-proposed acquisition of Futuremed to conclude that, despite some concerns expressed by certain customers, the transaction was unlikely to result in a substantial prevention or lessening of competition in any relevant Canadian market
Supreme Court of Canada: average consumer is "credulous and inexperienced" for misleading advertisement purposes
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- Canada
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- April 18 2012
In February 2012, the SCC released its decision in Richard v. Time Inc., a case brought forward from the Quebec Court of Appeal, which considered the “general impression” test in relation to the misleading advertising provisions of the Quebec Consumer Protection Act
Canada's Commissioner wins prevent case - Tribunal orders divestiture of hazardous waste landfill
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- Canada
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- May 31 2012
On May 29, 2012, the Competition Tribunal ruled in favour of the Commissioner of Competition, and ordered CCS Corporation to divest a hazardous waste landfill site, the acquisition of which the Commissioner had alleged would result in a substantial prevention of competition in the market for hazardous waste disposal in northeastern British Columbia
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