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ArticleBusiness Directory Scammer SentencedOne participant in a business directory scam targeting businesses and non-profit organizations in Canada and the United States was sentenced to 18 months in prison.CanadaCriminal LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
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ArticleDavid Vaillancourt To moderate CBA’s "Kobo Tribunal Decision" Panel, December 11David Vaillancourt, Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, to moderate the CBA National Competition Law Section – Reviewable Matters / Unilateral Conduct Committee’s panel presentation. CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
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ArticleSupreme Court To Decide If USPTOs Inter Partes Review Violates ConstitutionThe constitutionality of AIA patent inter partes review (IPR) proceedings will be examined by the Supreme Court. On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oil States Energy Services... United StatesIntellectual PropertyMilbank
ArticleFacebook Pays $9 Million Fine For Allowing Sharing Of Personal Data With 3rd Party AppsFollowing a record-breaking $5 billion (US) penalty imposed by the US Federal Trade Commission in July 2019, Facebook agreed to pay a $9 million (Canadian) ...CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleFake Discount Case Settled Against Hudson's Bay CompanyWe previously wrote about an application brought by Canada's Competition Bureau against Hudson's Bay Company, a department store retailer, for allegedly inflating the regular price of mattresses just so that it could offer them on sale.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleJohn F. Rook, KC On Canada’s Merger Efficiency DefenceBusinesses planning mergers or acquisitions in Canada are operating in a more difficult regulatory environment — and the Competition Bureau’s draft Merger Enforcement Guidelines leave a central question about the merger efficiency defence in Canada unresolved.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleNot Disclosing Additional Fees Triggers $4.5 Million Fine for TicketmasterTicketmaster L.L.C., TNow Entertainment Group, Inc. and Ticketmaster Canada LP have settled the lawsuit brought by the Canadian Competition Bureau that alleged that Ticketmaster's advertised prices were deceptive ...CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleCanada's Top Court To Hear Contract Good Faith CaseAmong other things the plaintiff had done "freebie" work in the expectation that its contracts were goign to be renewed at the end of the season.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
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ArticleSlapping A Woman's Buttocks At Work Is Just Cause For Termination, But Not Wilful Misconduct?Slapping a woman's buttocks in the workplace without remorse can be just cause for termination, the Ontario Court of Appeal recently held, but, oddly, in this case the dismissed employee was awardedCanadaEmployment and HRAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
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ArticleSCC Agrees To Hear Appeal In Another Contractual Good Faith CaseCanada's highest court is clearly alive to the need to further clarify – and hopefully restrict – the impact and application of its 2014 decision. CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleSupreme Court Of Canada Grants Leave To Appeal Decision On Enforcement Of Judgment Against Caribbean IslandsToday, Canada's highest court granted leave to appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario refusing to register in Ontario a British Columbia judgmentCanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
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