Competition Law of Canada

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ISBN-13: 978-1-57823-096-9 / ISBN-10: 1-57823-096-9

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Table of Contents

About the Book:
Written by leading members of the Competition Practice Groups of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP and Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Competition Law of Canada is the definitive work on the subject and is recognized by the Canadian Legal Expert Directory as most frequently cited as the leading loose leaf service on Canadian competition law. Organized in a logical, easily accessible format, this work provides comprehensive analysis, historical perspective and practical examination of Canadian competition law. All the major areas of competition law are examined in individual detailed chapters, including:

• Mergers and Notifiable Transactions
• Abuse of Dominance
• Conspiracy and Agreements in Restraint of Trade
• Pricing Practices
• Distribution Practices
• Unfair Sales Practices
• Regulated Conduct
• Intellectual Property and Competition Law
• International Aspects of Competition Law

As well as being updated annually, this service includes as Appendices (on CD ROM) important competition related legislation, regulations, guidelines, treaties, speeches, cases and decisions (many unreported) and advisory opinions - as well as periodic Legal Letters to advise readers of significant developments that impact on Canadian competition law in the interim between releases.

About the Editors-in-Chief:
Calvin S. Goldman, Q.C., is a Partner with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, one of Canada's leading law firms with more than 450 lawyers in five offices across Canada as well as London and Beijing. Mr. Goldman began his professional career at Blakes in 1976 where he remained with the firm specializing in antitrust litigation until 1986 when he was appointed Director (since renamed "Commissioner") of the Competition Bureau in the Canadian Government. As such, he was the first head of the Competition Bureau under the new Competition Act. He returned to private practice in 1990. His practice covers all aspects of competition law and trade practices. This includes strategic advice and representation before the Competition Bureau in relation to mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, abuse of dominance and other reviewable trade practice matters. It also includes advice and representation in relation to the range of criminal matters under the Competition Act. A substantial portion of his practice involves trans-border mergers and criminal cases. In recent years, Mr. Goldman's practice also has included an increasing number of cases pertaining to competition issues in information technology industries. Cal is Chair, International Chamber of Commerce's Task Force on Competition and International Trade; Vice-Chair, Competition Committee of the Business & Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, and Chair, Competition Policy Committee, Canadian Council for International Business. Over the course of his career, Mr. Goldman has been appointed to a number of positions, in addition to having been the Director of the Competition Bureau, including: Assistant Special Prosecutor for the Attorney General of Canada in the uranium cartel proceedings, 1977-1983; Vice-Chair of the OECD Committee on Competition Law and Policy, 1987-1989; First appointee to the Soloway Chair of Business and Trade Law, University of Ottawa, 1989-1990; and Special Counsel to the Attorney-General of Canada in the appellate proceedings relating to the constitutionality of the conspiracy section of the Competition Act, 1991-1992; Past Co-Chair of the International Antitrust and Foreign Competition Law Committee, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, 1998 - 2001. Past Chair, National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, 1995 - 1996. Member of the Advisory Boards of the BNA Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report and the Canadian Competition Record. Mr. Goldman has become known as a pre-eminent competition lawyer both in Canada and abroad. Nationally, he is recognized as one of the most frequently recommended competition law practitioners in The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory 2001 and is included in LEXPERT's The 2001 Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Internationally, he is the only Canadian lawyer to be identified in the November 2001 issue of Global Counsel as one of the top 10 antitrust lawyers in the world. He was also named one of the world's top 20 competition and antitrust lawyers in Euromoney's The Best of the Best 2000. Further, The World's Leading Lawyers 2001-2002, published by Chambers Global, refers to Cal as being thought of by many to be Canada's "top competition lawyer".

John D. Bodrug John Bodrug is a partner in the competition and foreign investment review group. In practice for over 20 years, he has extensive experience in all aspects of competition law, including mergers, price fixing investigations (such as the thermal fax paper inquiry) and other pricing, distribution and advertising matters.

John has represented and advised Canadian and U.S.-based corporations across a range of industries, including the energy and resources, transportation, agricultural, manufacturing, financial services, retailing and consumer products sectors. John has obtained Competition Act and Investment Canada Act clearances for numerous merger transactions. For example, he represented United Grain Growers with respect to the regulatory aspects of its acquisition of Agricore Cooperative Limited to form the largest grain handling company in western Canada, including two separate Competition Tribunal proceedings to resolve issues raised by the Competition Bureau in certain markets. John also regularly represents companies that are the subject of inquiries under the criminal provisions of the Competition Act, including both in the context of contested matters, resolutions short of proceedings, and immunity or leniency agreements. John has also acted as a special counsel for the Director of the Competition Bureau in the Competition Tribunal proceedings relating to the Interac shared electronic financial services network under the Competition Act.

John was ranked among the world’s top 45 competition lawyers under the age of 45 in a worldwide survey by the Global Competition Review. He is recognized annually as a repeatedly recommended competition law practitioner in the Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory, is included in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers, in Law Business Research's The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers as a foremost competition legal practitioner, in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook and PLC Cross-border Competition and Leniency Handbook. He is cited annually in Chambers Global’s The World's Leading Lawyers, and IFLR 1000's Guide to the World's Leading Business Law Firms as a leading individual in Canadian Competition/Antitrust law.

John is a co-editor of Competition Law of Canada (Juris Publishing), a leading text on Canadian antitrust law. He has written numerous articles in the field of competition and trade practice law, including articles on the Canadian merger enforcement process in the ABA's Antitrust Law Journal and Antitrust magazine, and has been a speaker at ABA, CBA and other conferences.

John is the Chair of the National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. He is also a non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network, an organization of international competition authorities devoted to improving worldwide cooperation and convergence. John has lectured on competition law at the University of Western Ontario Law School, where he obtained his LL.B. in 1985.

Christopher Margison is a partner in the competition and foreign investment review group. He has represented and advised clients on many aspects of competition law, including mergers, price fixing, strategic alliances, distribution and pricing practices, and misleadingadvertising matters.

Chris has experience in a wide variety of industries, including the entertainment, telecommunications, information technology, agricultural, manufacturing, plastics and consumer products sectors. In the last few years, Chris has acted in connection with a number of significant mergers and acquisitions. For example, Chris acted for Agricore United with respect to Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc.'s acquisition of Agricore United, which resulted in the formation of Western Canada's largest grain handling and merchandising company. Similarly, Chris acted for Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund with respect to its acquisition of the Famous Players movie exhibition business from Viacom Inc.

Chris has co-authored several articles on competition laws, including articles published in Antitrust Magazine and Canadian Competition Record. In addition, Chris is the contributing author for the competition law section of Legal Alert and the Canadian Developments section of Sherman Act Section 1 Newsletter.

Chris graduated at the top of the English Common Law Program at the University of Ottawa in 1998. While at law school, he spent two summers at the Competition Bureau, working in what is now known as the Fair Business Practices Branch. Prior to attending law school, Chris graduated from the Business Administration Program at the University College of the Fraser Valley. He became a partner in 2003.

Navin Joneja is a Partner in the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group, where his practice encompasses a wide range of competition issues. Navin regularly advises clients engaged in mergers, joint ventures and other types of strategic alliances concerning the notification and clearance provisions of the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act. Navin also counsels clients concerning potentially anticompetitive business practices, such as an abuse of dominant position, refusal to deal or exclusive dealing, as well as the conspiracy and related provisions of the Competition Act. In addition, Navin's practice entails the provision of advice concerning corporate competition law compliance programs and developments in international antitrust/competition law matters.

About the Editorial Board:
The editorial board includes leading members of the competiton practice groups of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP and Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP.

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