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Stikeman Elliott » Competition
2M ago
Given the Canadian government’s increasing scrutiny over M&A activity in the food, transportation and critical infrastructure sectors, Canadian businesses operating in these sectors should plan accordingly and remain prepared for the possibility of ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
2M ago
The Canadian government has increased the monetary thresholds to determine whether a net benefit review of a foreign investment in Canada is required under the Investment Canada Act for 2024. All acquisitions of control of Canadian businesses by ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
2M ago
In the final months of 2023, the Commissioner made it clear that misleading online advertising continues to be a focus of enforcement for the Competition Bureau, registering two consent agreements with the Competition Tribunal to address allegations ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
2M ago
For more than a year, Canada’s foreign investment review regime has been on the cusp of a dramatic expansion that will supercharge foreign investors’ obligations to obtain pre-closing national security non-objection or approval in certain cases and ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
4M ago
With the passing of Bill C-56, the most recent in an ongoing series of amendments to the Competition Act have now been enacted (with more expected to follow). The Commissioner of Competition has been pushing for amendments to the Act for years ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
4M ago
Three members of our Competition and Foreign Investment Group recently co-authored the Canada chapter on Merger Control, part of the International Comparative Legal Guides series published by the Global Legal Group. This publication provides an ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
4M ago
On November 28, 2023, the Canadian government unveiled another round of amendments to the Competition Act that had been previewed in its Fall Economic Statement the previous week. These changes, together with several amendments already introduced in ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
5M ago
The Competition Bureau’s new guidance on and the amendments to the abuse of dominance provisions in the Competition Act significantly expand the scope of these provisions. These developments, coupled with private access to the Competition Tribunal ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
6M ago
Urgency cues remain near the top of the Competition Bureau’s misleading advertising enforcement priorities, as demonstrated by the Bureau’s recent consent agreement with a furniture chain retailer. Following an investigation into the marketing ..read more
Stikeman Elliott » Competition
7M ago
In Difederico v. Amazon.com, 2023 FC 1156, the Federal Court refused to certify a proposed class action involving allegations that a collection of Amazon entities (“Amazon”) had breached sections 45 and 46 of the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c ..read more