Due to an increasing number of consumer complaints related to the accuracy and clarity of advertisements and price claims being immediately corrected by the concerned advertiser, ASC’s Board of Directors has implemented a streamlined process to address such complaints.

Earlier this year, the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services ("Ministry") announced in a consultation paper ("Consultation Paper") that it was seeking public input on the broader use of administrative monetary penalties ("AMPs").

Looking for love on the internet? Exercise appropriate caution, as Mary Kay Beckman learned the hard way.

Effective dates for a number of important amendments to the Business Corporations Act and Consumer Protection Act have recently been announced.

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.

Bell has agreed to reimburse its customers who paid for "premium text messaging" up to $11.82 million. This is the latest and largest settlement reached by the Competition Bureau in its investigation into third party charges for premium text messaging that were passed on to consumers by Canadian mobile telephone companies.

In its Notice of Application, the Bureau submits that the prices advertised to the public by Avis and Budget are "not in fact attainable,"...

Canada's third largest telco, TELUS, has agreed to reimburse customers up to $7.34 million to settle allegations that it made, or permitted to be made, false or misleading representations...

The Competition Bureau has released the first issue of its Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest (formerly the Misleading Advertising Bulletin).

A Tweet may represent a mere 140-characters; however a recent investigation in the UK is exposing that those 140-characters can represent big money.

By way of a proceeding commenced March 11, 2015, the Competition Bureau has alleged that two car rental companies, Aviscar and Budgetcar, have engaged in deceptive marketing practices, including false or misleading emails.

Lit markets may also include dark order types or partly dark order types.

Establishing a common misrepresentation can be a high hurdle to class action certification for misrepresentation claims where multiple representations are alleged to have been made.

In this set of cases, individual representative plaintiffs had purchased tickets for international air travel from each of five different defendant airlines.

On Thursday, August 23 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) declined to hear an appeal that has been over seven years in the making.

The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services to release consumer complaints about Bell's alleged deceptive marketing practices to the Competition Bureau.

On February 27, 2013, the government of Quebec introduced the Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting the application of the Consumer Protection Act.

"Great Fun" is a service offered by a company called Trilegiant.

The Federal Government has proposed a new regime for the handling of complaints by customers of banks.

In July, the Competition Bureau brought a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court against two of Canada's largest home furniture retailers, Leon's Furniture Limited and The Brick Ltd.