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New merger challenge: Commissioner challenges acquisition of poised competitor

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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February 1 2011

The Commissioner of Competition has challenged a merger in which the largest hazardous waste landfill operator in north-eastern British Columbia acquired a company that had just received regulatory approval to build a competing landfill

Competition Bureau takes aim at credit card companies’ fees

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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December 21 2010

The Commissioner of Competition delivered an early holiday present to Visa and MasterCard in the form of an application to the Competition Tribunal challenging the companies' rules regarding card acceptance and the fees charged to merchants

Seeming improvements in the bureau’s merger review procedures likely to cause more work for merging parties

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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November 2 2010

The recently issued updates to the (i) Fees and Service Standards Policy for Mergers and Merger-Related Matters, (ii) Fees and Service Standards Handbook for Mergers and Merger-Related Matters and (iii) Procedures Guide for Notifiable Transactions and Advance Ruling Certificates Under the Competition Act are intended to reflect the changes to the Bureau's existing practices necessitated by the significant amendments made to the merger review process in March 2009

“Criminals” get a better deal - the statutory double standard for prohibition orders in criminal matters vs. reviewable matters under the Competition Act

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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October 6 2010

As the popular saying goes, all good things eventually come to an end

Government passes major amendments to the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act some good, but mostly bad

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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March 13 2009

On March 12, 2009, the Canadian Government passed Bill C-10, an Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and related fiscal measures, which includes a series of amendments to both the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act

Government tables major amendments to the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act some good, but mostly bad

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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February 12 2009

On Friday February 6, 2009, the Canadian Government tabled Bill C-10, an Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and related fiscal measures

Draft abuse of dominance guidelines both clarify and confuse

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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January 23 2009

On January 17, 2009, the Competition Bureau released its Draft Updated Enforcement Guidelines for the Abuse of Dominance Provisions for public comment

CRTC responds to allegations of Internet throttling by Bell Canada, initiates a proceeding to address Internet traffic shaping

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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December 5 2008

The CRTC has responded to allegations of Internet “throttling” by Bell Canada, based on an application filed by the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (“CAIP”

Certification denied in first Canadian directindirect purchaser price-fixing case

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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Canada
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May 14 2008

On May 6, 2008, Justice Masuhara of the B.C. Supreme Court denied certification in a proposed combined direct and indirect purchaser class proceeding in the case of Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Infineon Technologies

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