05/06/2008
Private applicants flock to Tribunal
by Michael Osborne
What do hockey, chickens, and airlines have in common? They have all been the subject of recent private applications in the Competition Tribunal.
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14/03/2008
OSC clarifies when merger negotiations must be disclosed
by Hooman Zargarzadeh, Articling Student
Companies do not have to disclose merger negotiations as a material change until there is sufficient likelihood that the deal will close, the Ontario Securities Commission held recently in Re AiT Advanced Information Technologies Corp.
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14/02/2008
Whose book of business is it, anyway? Confusion reigns on 'ownership' of investment firm clients
by Kenneth Dekker
There are few, if any, legal issues affecting the investment industry that are more cloudy and less certain than whether investment firm clients belong to the investment advisor or to the investment firm. And there are arguably few issues more important. 
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12/02/2008
Class action attacks “economic effect” of DuPont’s prices
by Michael Osborne and G.L. Sonny Ingram
Canada’s first vertical price maintenance class action certified against DuPont.
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23/01/2008
The year of the guideline
by Michael Osborne
2007 was the year of the guideline. The Competition Bureau issued six guidelines and bulletins, some in draft, some in final form.
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23/01/2008
Antitrust Division’s conduct in revoking immunity "fundamentally unfair"
Court dismisses charges against Stolt-Nielsen
by Michael Osborne
The US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division has lost its fight to evict Stolt-Nielsen S.A. from its immunity program.
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15/01/2008
Rebate program case settles
Canada Pipe agrees to offer alternative modified rebate program
by Michael Osborne
Canada Pipe Company Ltd. and the Competition Bureau have settled their long running dispute over the rebate program offered by Canada Pipe to its distributors by filing a consent agreement with the Competition Tribunal. This brings to an end an abuse of dominance case begun in 2002.
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10/01/2008
Courts have power to grant injunctions against parties outside their jurisdiction
by G.L. Sonny Ingram
Earlier this year, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed a trial decision awarding damages against an employment placement agency for not checking the references of an employee who would later go on to defraud her employer of more than $263,000.
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