Kingspan, a global seller and manufacturer of building products, has reached a consent agreement with the Competition Bureau to sell a manufacturing facility in order to complete its acquisition of business rival Vicwest.

Insurance giant Manulife Financial Corporation’s proposed acquisition of Standard Life PLC’s Canadian assets has been approved by the Competition Bureau.

Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. resolved the Competition Bureau’s concern that its acquisition of competitor Covidien PLC would reduce competition for the supply of drug-coated balloon catheters.

A Montreal man who defrauded businesses in the United States by deceiving them into paying for business directory listings they had not ordered pleaded guilty to deceptive telemarketing, the Competition Bureau announced recently.

The Competition Bureau has recently updated its Canadian edition of The Little Black Book of Scams.

A ventilation systems installation company, 9201-2640 Québec Inc., pleaded guilty to bid-rigging and was fined $140,000 by the Quebec Superior Court.

The Competition Bureau has published the Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest to assist in promoting a better understanding of the relevant provisions of the Competition Act...

On December 2, 2014, the Competition Bureau approved the sale of three additional Shoppers stores to Rexall and an independent pharmacist operating under the McKesson banner.

Michael Osborne, partner at Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, was quoted in a recent Law Times article regarding a recent Divisional Court decision to grant leave to umbrella purchaser claims that could lead to an increase in these types of claims.

A Japanese motor vehicle components supplier, Yamashita Rubber, pleaded guilty to participating in an international bid-rigging conspiracy and was fined $4.5 million by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Hockey equipment manufacturer Bauer has agreed to stop claiming that its RE-AKT helmets protect players from concussions in a consent agreement filed with the Competition Tribunal.

Reebok-CCM has agreed to stop suggesting that its "CCM Resistance" hockey helmet could protect players from concussions.

The Competition Bureau has released a template for merger consent agreements, with the intention of providing more transparency and predictability to businesses engaged in the merger review process.

Ocean freight company ECU Line Canada Inc. and two of its executives have pleaded guilty to price fixing.

Michael Osborne to be a panelist on the proposed cross-border price discrimination legislation at the National Competition Law Section’s Fall Conference.

On October 17, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada heard argument in three appeals relating to the certification (in Quebec, the authorization) of class actions...

When Bill C-45 came into force in 2004, it introduced major modifications to the Canadian penal law system concerning the participatory liability of organizations for the commission of criminal offences.

Bloomberg News reported yesterday that in an interview given on September 21, Canada's Prime Minister Harper confirmed that capital from China and other countries is welcome provided that acquisitions of Canadian businesses are "economic in nature and don’t have other strategic or political objectives".

Construction Benvas Inc. was paid $25,000 by the winning bidder, CIV-BEC Inc., for unlawfully agreeing not to submit a bid for the infrastructure repair project on Courville St.

Earlier this year the head of French fashion's governing body rejected the option being explored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America to allow fashion week runway shows to be converted into consumer events.