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OTTAWA, Ont. – The Ontario Superior Court has fined Japanese auto parts maker Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. $5 million on charges related to an international bid-rigging scheme. The federal Competition…
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By Michael Osborne Quebec gas retailer and convenience store operator Couche-Tard Inc. escaped price fixing charges after a Quebec Superior Court judge found that the Crown’s repudiation of a settlement…
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Toronto competition lawyer Michael Osborne, a partner with Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, writes in a comment piece for the Financial Post that with the recent announcement that 91 per cent of…
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A move by the Federal Court of Appeal to uphold the government’s right to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board not only highlights the principle of parliamentary sovereignty but may also…
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Michael Osborne, a partner at Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, will be chairing the Canadian Bar Association’s National Competition Law Section’s annual spring forum on May 2. The conference theme is: “Best…
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By Michael Osborne The Quebec Superior Court recently granted an unusually strict protective order to defendants in a class action to prevent evidence from the class action finding its way…
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By Michael Osborne Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP Doing business in the US can be very lucrative. But Canadian (and other foreign) companies and their executives that engage in corrupt practices…
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The Competition Bureau has reached a settlement with the distributor of a Nivea product to stop making what the bureau says were misleading claims the product slims thighs and other…
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Competition lawyers across the country will be keeping an eye on two recent British Columbia Court of Appeal cases that say indirect purchasers cannot sue for losses they suffered as…
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