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Blakes Competitive Edge™: May 2025 Update

Welcome to the May issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian competition and foreign investment law, including updates on enforcement activity by the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau), recent initiatives and key trends.

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Challenge To Amusement Park Price Promotions Adds To Roller Coaster Of Canadian Drip Pricing Enforcement

Just months after obtaining a record C$38.9-million penalty in the first fully contested drip pricing case in Canada, the Competition Bureau has initiated a new drip pricing case...

Canada Anti-trust

DW

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Discount Deception: Demystifying Ordinary Selling Price Claims Under The Canadian Competition Act

In the current economic environment, many businesses may feel pressured to get creative with their marketing and pricing strategies to remain competitive.

Canada Anti-trust

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Droit de la concurrence et investissements étrangers dans un contexte de mesures tarifaires et de tensions commerciales

Le contexte économique actuel pourrait bien induire des changements dans les normes et les tendances relatives aux examens réalisés en vertu de la Loi sur la concurrence et de la Loi sur Investissement Canada) (la « LIC »).

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Navigating Compliance: Competition Law And Foreign Investment Reviews Amid Tariffs And Trade Tensions

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A Guide To Commercial Patriotism: Understanding 'Made In Canada' And Similar Labels

Canada Anti-trust

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Drip, Drip, Drop: Court Of Appeal Awards Punitive Damages For Drip Pricing Violations – Door Open For Future Claims

Canada Anti-trust

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Perspectives pour 2025 : Droit de la concurrence/antitrust et de l'investissement étranger

Canada Anti-trust

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Trends To Watch: 2025 Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment Outlook

Canada Anti-trust

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Avantage Concurrentiel Par Blakes : Mise À Jour D'avril 2025

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Understanding The Chilling Effect On Mergers And Market Share

Canada Anti-trust

AG

Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP

Words Matter: A Reminder For Drafters And Contracting Parties

Canada Anti-trust

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Private Competition Tribunal Challenges To Abuse Of Dominance: A JAMPing Off Point

Canada Anti-trust

ML

McMillan LLP

Avantage Concurrentiel Par Blakes : Mise À Jour De Mars 2025

Worldwide Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Top Tips For Canadians Crossing The U.S. Border: Updated Travel Advisory (Video)

Canada Immigration

SL

Siskinds LLP

Tokenized Carbon Credits: How Blockchain Is Revolutionizing Carbon Markets

Canada Technology

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

No More Sick Notes? What B.C. Employers Need To Know About Bill 11, Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2025

Canada Employment

AH

Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

Canadian Tax Facts 2025

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Mental Health In The Workplace: Obligations And Best Practices

Canada Employment

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BCF Business Law

Antitrust, EU Competition

Blakes Competitive Edge™: May 2025 Update

Welcome to the May issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian competition and foreign investment law, including updates on enforcement activity by the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau), recent initiatives and key trends.

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Challenge To Amusement Park Price Promotions Adds To Roller Coaster Of Canadian Drip Pricing Enforcement

Just months after obtaining a record C$38.9-million penalty in the first fully contested drip pricing case in Canada, the Competition Bureau has initiated a new drip pricing case...

Canada Anti-trust

DW

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Discount Deception: Demystifying Ordinary Selling Price Claims Under The Canadian Competition Act

In the current economic environment, many businesses may feel pressured to get creative with their marketing and pricing strategies to remain competitive.

Canada Anti-trust

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Droit de la concurrence et investissements étrangers dans un contexte de mesures tarifaires et de tensions commerciales

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Navigating Compliance: Competition Law And Foreign Investment Reviews Amid Tariffs And Trade Tensions

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A Guide To Commercial Patriotism: Understanding 'Made In Canada' And Similar Labels

Canada Anti-trust

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Ontario Proposes Limits On Critical Mineral And Essential Infrastructure Investments By Non-Canadians

GL

Goodmans LLP

Drip, Drip, Drop: Court Of Appeal Awards Punitive Damages For Drip Pricing Violations – Door Open For Future Claims

Canada Anti-trust

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Perspectives pour 2025 : Droit de la concurrence/antitrust et de l'investissement étranger

Canada Anti-trust

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Cartels, Monopolies

Ontario Court Of Appeal Affirms Enforceability Of Non-Competition Covenants In M&A Transactions

The recent 2024 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal (the "ONCA"), Dr. C. Sims Dentistry Professional Corporation v. Cooke has reinforced the principle that Ontario courts...

Canada Anti-trust

RA

Robins Appleby LLP

Activision-Blizzard Anti-Trust Lawsuit Has The Potential To Fundamentally Change The Esports Industry

A new lawsuit is making headlines in the world of esports, and while I tend to roll my eyes at headlines stating that a particular case might "change esports forever," in this particular case, that may actually be true, so I thought I would provide a summary of the case and the issues it brings up.

Canada Anti-trust

SL

Segev LLP

That's Some Serious Dough: Price Fixing Leads To $50 Million Fine For Bread Company

On June 21, 2023, Canada Bread Company, Limited ("Canada Bread") pleaded guilty to four offences involving violations of the Competition Act.

Canada Anti-trust

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Significant Amendments To Canada's Competition Act Are Now Law: Takeaways For Agribusiness, Food & Beverage Businesses Operating In Canada

Canada Anti-trust

F

Fasken

Canada Pushes Through Competition Act Amendments

Canada Anti-trust

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Significant Amendments To Competition Act Coming Soon

Canada Anti-trust

F

Fasken

Are National Classes Still Possible? Quebec Court Refuses Stay, Questions Whether Other Provinces Can Include Quebec Class Members

Canada Litigation

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canadian Government Announces Plans To Review Potential Changes To The Competition Act

Canada Anti-trust

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Cartel Conduct: Courts Reject Conspiracy Claims In Proposed Class Actions

Canada Anti-trust

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

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Trade Regulation & Practices

Supreme Court Of Canada: Substance-Over-Form Dictates Whether Discoverability Applies To Statutory Limitations

There are many statutes containing limitation periods that bar plaintiffs from bringing an action after a specified period of time.

Canada Anti-trust

TG

Theall Group LLP

In ODD Decision, Supreme Court Severs Link Between Certification And Common Issues Trial For Price-Fixing Cases

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Pioneer Corporation v Godfrey, 2019 SCC 42, was a victory for the plaintiff, but it may prove advantageous for class action defendants in other cases.

Canada Anti-trust

TG

Theall Group LLP

Sweet Justice For IP Rights Holder: Agreement Not In Restraint Of Trade

The intersection of intellectual property law and competition law is an area that gains greater significance with each passing year.

Canada Litigation

LS

Lenczner Slaght LLP

Supreme Court Confirms In R. v. Comeau That Provinces Can Restrict Interprovincial Trade In Beer And Other Goods

Canada Anti-trust

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Ontario Court Of Appeal Enforces Contracts Restricting Grey Market Sales, Not Void For Restraint Of Trade

Canada Anti-trust

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

SCC Upholds Inter-Provincial Liquor Trade Restrictions: One Man's Goodbye To Constitutionally Guaranteed Cheap Quebec Beer And The Broader Implications

Canada Commercial

CP

Cox & Palmer

New 2018 Investment Canada Act Threshold For State-Owned Enterprise WTO Investments

Canada Commercial

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Loosening the Strings: Internal Free Trade in Canada

Canada Anti-trust

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Class Dismissed: Competition Bureau's Privilege Claims Denied By FCA

Canada Anti-trust

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

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Latest Videos

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Épisode 2 : La transformation du droit de la concurrence au Canada (Video)

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Fasken (French)

Episode 2: Transforming Canada's Competition Law (Video)

F

Fasken

Expert Advice For Thriving In The Canadian Flooring Industry (Video)

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Sobirovs Law Firm

Competition Law - Samuel Beighton - ThinkHouse March 2016 (Video Content)

GW

Gowling WLG

Competition Law And Foreign Investment: Three Key Regulatory Issues (Video Content)

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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