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Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Featured In: October 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 9)
Devin Anderson and Mark OpashinovMcMillan LLPToronto
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Canada to do away with legacy cartel cases
Monday, 06 February 2012
Melanie Aitken, commissioner of competition at Canada’s Competition Bureau, says the enforcer plans to close four of its legacy cartel cases by 1 April if there is no further progress in the investigations. Ron Knox in Vancouver
Canada punishes foam cartel
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Canadian foam manufacturers became the first companies convicted under the amended conspiracy provisions in Canada's Competition Act last week when they were hit with a C$12.5 million (€9.7 million) fine for operating a cartel.
Halladay joins McMillan partnership
Thursday, 22 December 2011
McMillan has promoted Casey Halladay to partner in its Toronto antitrust practice
US, Canada and Mexico officials meet in New York
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Antitrust agency heads from the US, Canada and Mexico met in New York on Monday to discuss policy issues and cement co-operation between the four authorities
Canada to decide indirect purchasers’ right to sue
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Canada’s Supreme Court will decide if indirect purchasers have the right to sue companies for price-fixing damages, it announced on Thursday.
Maple merger will "inhibit competition", panel told
Monday, 05 December 2011
A securities hearing looking at The Maple Group’s proposed CA$3.7 billion (€2.7 billion) acquisition of TMX Group, operator of the Montreal and Toronto Stock Exchange, has heard views that the bid could significantly reduce competition in Canada’s financial market.
Canada hits six sewer service companies with bid rigging claims
Friday, 25 November 2011
Canada’s Competition Bureau has filed charges against six sewer services companies and five individuals for allegedly fixing the price of service contracts in and around Montreal. One company pleaded guilty to the charges earlier this week.
Enforcers upping the ante against cartels
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Competition authorities in four continents are improving leniency programmes and introducing harsher individual penalties to combat cartels, said a panel at the GCR Live Law Leaders Conference in Brussels today. Katy Oglethorpe in Brussels
Rakuten makes bid for Canadian eBook retailer
Friday, 11 November 2011
Rakuten, one of world’s largest e-commerce sites, has announced it will buy Canada’s Kobo for US$315 million, giving it control of the country’s largest electronic book and book reader retailers.
Waste disposal merger at risk of dissolution
Monday, 07 November 2011
A completed merger between two Canadian waste disposal companies may still be unwound, after a preventative motion was rejected by the country’s Competition Tribunal last week.
AltaGas proposes PNG buy-out
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
AltaGas, a Canadian natural gas infrastructure company, will buy rival Pacific Northern Gas for C$230 million.
Bennett Jones and Blake Cassels advise on Sinopec/Daylight
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
China’s Sinopec is to absorb Canadian oil and gas company Daylight Energy in a C$2.2 billion share buyout.
Canada tweaks merger guidelines during final revision
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Canada’s final draft of its new merger guidelines, released on Friday, differ from last spring’s draft guidelines in subtle but important ways, according to an analysis of the changes provided to GCR.
Critics take shots at US quest for jail time
Monday, 10 October 2011
Critics of criminal penalties for price fixing on Friday questioned whether Canada should follow the example set by the US and sentence executives involved in cartels to lengthy stays in prison. Ron Knox in Gatineau
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