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The 2016 U.S. election resulted in Donald Trump winning the White House, with economic growth a significant aspect of his campaign platform.

Justice Belobaba held that on the plain reading of this clause the possibility of the imposition of a second NSF on a single transaction was not fully and fairly disclosed.

On October 23, 2023, the Ontario government introduced Bill 142, Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023, a bill that, if passed, would repeal the Consumer Protection...

On April 4, 2023, Fasken held its hybrid IT Symposium, a half-day seminar that covered a variety of topics that are vital to your business and practice, all presented by our leading subject...

On April 8, 2020, the US Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") published a business blog, titled "Using Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms" (the "FTC Blog").

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC) recently made history by announcing the largest payout ever given to a single whistleblower under the Dodd-Frank Program - nearly USD$200 million.

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued final rule amendments to remove references to credit ratings in the SEC's rules and forms and replace them with other appropriate criteria, as required under the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act".

In a judgment rendered on April 9, 2020,[1] the Supreme Court of Canada dimissed the application for leave to appeal against a landmark decision rendered by the Court of Appeal of Quebec regarding prescription drug manufacturers' duty to warn.

Julius Caesar was once warned to beware of the Ides of March. Unfortunately, consumers and businesses are at risk from fraudsters year round, not just in March, which the Competition Bureau has proclaimed to be "Fraud Prevention Month".

On June 12, 2019, the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (the Ministry) released a consultation paper "The Consumer Protection Act: Direct Selling in Consumers' Homes,"

Continuing from Part I of our two-part blog series on platforms, here in Part II we shine some light on common issues in the areas of trade and product compliance, competition law and consumer protection.

On February 6, 2023, the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (the "Ministry") released a consultation paper titled "Modernizing Consumer Protection in Ontario" (the "Paper"), which seeks public feedback on proposed amendments to Ontario's Consumer Protection Act (the "Act").

On January 20th, 2020, the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered its judgement in Meubles Léon v. Options Consommateurs.

The Québec National Assembly has adopted Bill 29, which introduces significant changes to the Québec Consumer Protection Act (QCPA). The main goals of Bill 29 are to prohibit...

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) recently released for consultation a draft Guideline on Whistleblowing Policies and Procedures for Banks and Authorized Foreign Banks (the Guideline), ...

2014 was another year of considerable regulatory change for Canadian financial institutions.

As most Canadians are aware, the federal government released its 2021 budget - Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth and Resilience on April 19, 2021 (Budget).

The results are in: Canadians' understanding of open banking is low, according to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada ("FCAC"). On June 1, 2023, the FCAC released the results...