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Archive for 2008

OSC clarifies when merger negotiations must be disclosed

March 10th, 2008 | By Hooman Zargarzadeh | Posted in Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation

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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Class action attacks “economic effect” of DuPont’s prices

February 15th, 2008 | By Michael Osborne | Posted in Class Actions and Other Private Actions, Competition Law

Canada’s first class action alleging vertical price maintenance may have far reaching consequences for Canadian manufacturers and distributors.

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Competition Law Year in Review 2007

February 1st, 2008 | By Michael Osborne | Posted in Competition Law, Year in Review / The Litigator (Print Edition)

Contributors: Michael Osborne , Jennifer Cantwell, Sandra Monardo, Michelle Booth, Sonny Ingram, Hooman Zardarzadeh

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Ice storm
Ice supplier Arctic Glacier Inc. tried to crush its fledgling competitor, Polar Ice Express Inc. by unlawfully interfering with its economic relations, an Alberta court found…

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Whose book of business is it, anyway?

January 25th, 2008 | By Kenneth Dekker | Posted in Commercial Litigation

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…

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The year of the guideline

January 23rd, 2008 | By Michael Osborne | Posted in Civil Anti-Competitive Conduct, Competition Law

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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