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A reassuring rejection of anti-competitive conspiracy allegations

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 18 2013

The federal Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34, criminalizes conspiracies to prevent or lessen competition unduly. These criminal conspiracy

Competition Tribunal dismisses abuse case against Toronto Real Estate Board

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 16 2013

On April 15, 2013, the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) released its decision in the high-profile case against Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB

Overview of recent changes to the penalty provisions of the Competition Act

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 19 2013

In 2009 and 2010, Canada enacted significant changes to the Competition Act which brought Canada's competition laws much closer to the United States'

Federal Court of Appeal holds that Competition Act claims are arbitrable

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 26 2013

By Byron Shaw In a decision released on February 14, 2013, the Federal Court of Appeal stayed a proposed class action alleging breaches of the

Commissioner of Competition outlines Competition Bureau’s agenda

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 4 2013

On January 31, 2013, Mr. John Pecman, Canada's Interim Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) met with representatives of the business and legal

New 2013 Competition Act merger notification threshold

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 11 2013

The Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that the pre-merger notification transaction-size threshold for 2013 will increase to $80 million from

Competition Act and Investment Canada Act notification thresholds revised upward

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 10 2013

The Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced on January 8, 2013, that the pre-merger notification transaction-size threshold for 2013 will increase to $80

Regulatory approvals in M&A deals

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 31 2012

Recent proposed mergers blocked by the Canadian government and other regulators, such as the Minister of Industry’s ruling against BHP Biliton’s proposed hostile take-over bid for Potash Corporation in November 2010, the recent CRTC decision to deny BCE’s friendly bid for Astral Media and the initial rejection by the Minister of Industry of the proposed negotiated acquisition of Progress Energy by Malaysian Petronas suggest that the negotiation of the provisions in merger agreements that relate to government and regulatory approvals will become increasingly important, and will be reviewed with greater scrutiny by the parties and their boards of directors

Competition class actions: the Competition Bureau is ordered to disclose wiretap evidence to plaintiffs

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 15 2012

In a recent decision, the Québec Superior Court ordered the Competition Bureau (Bureau) and the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to disclose to class action plaintiffs’ counsel a copy of the private communications intercepted during the investigation on the sale of retail gasoline

Competition Tribunal releases its decision in the CCS merger case

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 10 2012

On June 15, the Competition Tribunal released its decision in Commissioner of Competition v. CCS Corporation and ordered CCS Corporation to divest the shares or assets of Babkirk Land Services Inc

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