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Advertising & marketing: recent developments of importance

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 3 2008

Advertising law in Canada encapsulates a multitude of legal issues and is governed by federal and provincial laws as well as self-regulatory codes, policies and bodies

Truth in consumer rebate programs

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 27 2009

The Competition Bureau (the "Bureau") recently signalled its interest in and explained its approach to false or misleading consumer rebate programs in a draft Information Bulletin entitled "The Application of the Competition Act, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act and the Textile Labelling Act to Consumer Rebate Promotions", dated March 31, 2009 (the "Rebate Bulletin"

Bureau still after misleading sales especially in tough economic times

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
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  • October 20 2009

For the gazillionth time, don’t represent a savings by reference to an MSRP that products were never sold at

Doing a consumer rebate program? Enforcement guidelines are now out just for you

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 20 2009

On its list of pet peeves for some time, the Competition Bureau Bureau hasn’t been very happy with some consumer rebate programs finding too many either misleading or not being fulfilled

Bureau guidelines focus on consumer rebate promotions

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 30 2009

On September 21, 2009, the Competition Bureau released its Enforcement Guidelines on Consumer Rebate Promotions

Sharpening Canada’s competitive edge

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • November 15 2007

On October 30, 2007 the federal government’s Competition Policy Review Panel (the CPRP) issued its consultation paper, Sharpening Canada’s Competitive Edge

Refer with care legal considerations for referral marketing programs

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 31 2007

Referral marketing is a category of word of mouth marketing used primarily by companies that generate sales from signing up customers to service contracts

Voluntary agreement a viable alternative to Bill C-273 (right to repair)

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • December 31 2009

The independent aftermarket auto service and repair industry (aftermarket industry) claims that motor vehicle manufacturers provide preferential treatment to franchised motor vehicle dealers by providing them with tools, training and software for the repair of vehicles not offered to independent auto service and repair facilities (repair shops

Competition Bureau gets new powers to combat online deception

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 20 2010

With the passage this week of anti-spam legislation in Canada, a number of related amendments to the Competition Act aimed at combating misleading and deceptive practices online should be in force by next summer

In-house counsel’s legal advice is not privileged under European Union law

  • Torys LLP
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  • Canada, European Union
  • -
  • September 24 2010

The European Court of Justice has issued a major decision on the limits of privilege in the European Union (EU