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Bureau’s new Bulletin on Communication of Confidential Information

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 14 2008

In October 2007, the Competition Bureau released its new Information Bulletin on the Communication of Confidential Information Under the Competition Act

Updates on Canada’s foreign investment and competition reviews

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • February 14 2008

There have been two recent developments regarding the government’s intentions to review Canada’s foreign investment policies and competition laws

Competition Bureau revises and improves Immunity Program

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • February 14 2008

On October 10, 2007, the Competition Bureau released a revised information bulletin outlining its Immunity Program, thus replacing its initial immunity bulletin issued in September 2000

The selective distribution of brand name products in Canada

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 31 2007

On March 23, 2007, the Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) rendered a decision concerning the supply of (or refusal to supply) brand name wares to department stores

New timing considerations following the Commissioner of Competition v. Labatt Brewing Co. Ltd. et al

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 8 2007

On March 30, 2007, the Competition Tribunal issued its decision in The Commissioner of Competition v. Labatt Brewing Co. Ltd. et al., denying an application by the Commissioner of Competition to delay the closing of the proposed acquisition of the units of Lakeport Brewing Income Fund by Labatt

Federal Court sets aside Competition Bureau subpoenas

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
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  • March 5 2008

In a pair of unprecedented rulings issued on January 28, 2008, Justice Anne Mactavish of the Federal Court of Canada quashed certain production orders she had previously issued against Labatt Brewing Company Limited and others in the context of the Commissioner of Competition’s inquiry into the LabattLakeport merger, on the basis that the disclosure made to the Court by the Commissioner in seeking the orders by way of ex parte application had been “misleading, incomplete and incorrect”

Hold separate arrangement accepted by the Commissioner of Competition pending the completion of a merger review

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 17 2008

On January 29, 2008, the Competition Bureau announced that a consent agreement had been registered with the Competition Tribunal in relation to the acquisition of SNF Inc. (“SNF”) by American Iron and Metal Company Inc. (“AIM”), thereby allowing the closing of the transaction subject to a hold separate arrangement

Competition Policy Review Panel presents final report Compete to Win

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • July 15 2008

On June 26, 2008, the Competition Policy Review Panel (the “Panel”) released Compete To Win, a report assessing Canada’s competitiveness, and in particular Canada’s foreign investment and competition policies

Canada’s Budget Bill to overhaul the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 10 2009

On Friday, February 6, 2009, Canada's Minister of Finance, James Flaherty, introduced in Parliament Bill C-10, the Budget Implementation Act, to implement fiscal and economic measures Canada is taking to deal with the current economic crisis and that were set out in the January 27, 2009 federal budget

Competition Bureau seeks input on updated abuse of dominance guidelines

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 31 2009

On January 16, 2009, the Canadian Competition Bureau released for public comment a draft of its Enforcement Guidelines on the Abuse of Dominance Provisions