ArticleLeon's And The Brick Donate $750,000 In Furniture To Settle Buy Now, Pay Later ComplaintsThe settlement was reached by way of a mediation.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleOnline Job Scammer In The SlammerAn online job scammer will have new job opportunities as a prison inmate after being sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticlePre-Merger Notification Threshold Increased to $82 MillionThe Competition Bureau announced on January 20, 2014, that the pre-merger notification size threshold will increase to $82 million, effective immediately following the publication of the Canada Gazette, which is anticipated to occur on January 25, 2014. The party size threshold remains set at $400 million.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticlePre-Merger Notification Threshold Increases To $86 MillionThe transaction size pre-merger notification threshold for 2015 will be $86 million, up from $82 million in 2014, the Competition Bureau announced recently. CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticlePre-merger Notification Threshold Raised To $87m For 2016The pre‑merger notification threshold relating to transaction‑size will be $87 million in 2016, up from $86 million last year, the Competition Bureau announced recently.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleShaw's Acquisition Of WIND ApprovedShaw Communications can complete its acquisition of Wind Mobile following the Competition Bureau's announcement that it will not challenge the transaction.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleThe Great American Chocolate Bar FineChocolate maker Hershey Canada Inc. has pleaded guilty to fixing chocolate prices and was fined $4 million.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleThe Steam Clears In Bureau's Investigation Of Direct EnergyThe Bureau alleged that Direct Energy engaged in anti-competitive conduct, including adopting product return policies designed to make it difficult for existing customers to terminate their water heater rental agreement.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleTurbulence Ahead: Vancouver Airport Authority Accused Of Abuse Of DominanceThe Bureau claimed that VAA has repeatedly refused to permit anyone to provide in-flight catering service at the Vancouver International Airport, other than the two existing firms...CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
Article$7.34m Rebate Settles Mobile Cramming AllegationsCanada'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...CanadaConsumer ProtectionAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleMerger Notification Threshold Raised To $88mThe pre‑merger notification threshold relating to transaction‑size will be $88 million in 2017, up from $87 million last year, the Competition Bureau announced recently.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleOSC Announces "no-contest" Settlement ProgramThe Ontario Securities Commission decided it will now settle enforcement proceedings in some cases without requiring admissions of fault (announced on March 11, 2014).CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleWill Crowdfunding "Kickstart" Ontario’s Exempt Market?On March 20, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) along with its counterparts in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, unveiled the proposed rules to deal with crowdfunding (among other things) as a source of capital for start-ups and SMEs. CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleWill Crowdfunding "Kickstart" Ontario’s Exempt Market?On March 20, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) along with its counterparts in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, unveiled the proposed rules to deal with crowdfunding (among other things) as a source of capital for start-ups and SMEs. CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleEmployee Not Entitled To Wrongful Dismissal Damages For Share Bonus (Dividend) During Notice Period, Court Of Appeal AffirmsThe Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed last week its earlier decision in Mikelsteins v. Morrison Hershfield Ltd. that a terminated employee was not entitled to share bonuses during the notice period...CanadaEmployment and HRAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleOntario's Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce Releases Final ReportIn February 2020, the Capital Markets Modernization taskforce was appointed by the Ontario government to provide "recommendations to reduce regulatory burden and ensure a...CanadaFinance and BankingAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleRegulations Relating To Financial Advisors And Planners To Be ReviewedThe Ontario Ministry of Finance, further to its announcement in the 2014 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, is launching a review of regulations pertaining to financial advisors and planners.CanadaFinance and BankingAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleCourt Of Appeal Declines To Enforce Jurisdiction ClauseForeign parties often assume that if their contract points to a foreign jurisdiction or applies a foreign law, then any dispute should be dealt with there. But the Court of Appeal for Ontario has recently reminded...CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleOntario Court Of Appeal Can Order An Appeal To Be Heard Entirely In Writing – Even Where A Party ObjectsIn a brief scheduling decision in 4352238 Canada Inc. v. SNC Lavalin Inc., Madame Justice Lois Roberts set a new precedent for the Court of Appeal for Ontario that the Court may order an appeal to be heard entirely in writing, ...CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleCASL Is Coming. Are You Prepared?Canada’s strict new anti-spam legislation is coming in just three weeks.CanadaMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP