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Key antitrust findings - May 2024

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. David Higbee (Global Head of Antitrust) and Dominic Long (Global Deputy Head of Antitrust) are our editors this month....more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: January 2024 Update

Welcome to the January 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...more

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Federal Government to Significantly Overhaul the Competition Act

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Following several years of lively public discussion, two high-profile consultations and the introduction of several “interim amendments” to the Competition Act in 2022, the federal government has now tabled two new bills...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour d’octobre 2023

Bienvenue à l’édition de novembre d’Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes présente un survol...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Competition Law Update: Further Changes Coming to the Competition Act

On November 21, 2023, the Canadian federal government released its Fall Economic Statement (FES) laying out the government’s economic plan and next legislative steps. It signaled, among other things, additional expansive...more

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Blakes Competitive Edge™: November 2023 Update

Welcome to the November 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...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: February 2023 Update

Welcome to the February 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...more

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Federal Court of Appeal Dismisses Competition Commissioner's Appeal in Rogers/Shaw/Videotron Deal

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Significance of Decision for Competition Law - - Transaction is the first merger to be fully contested by the Commissioner prior to closing. - The Tribunal and Federal Court of Appeal expedited their decisions,...more

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Competition Act Review Threshold Remains Same for Third Year in Row While Investment Canada Act Review Threshold Increases for...

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For the third year in a row the Competition Bureau announced that the transaction-size threshold for pre-merger notification under the Competition Act will be $93 million....more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: January 2023 Update

Welcome to the January 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...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: December 2022 Update

Welcome to the December 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...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: November 2022 Update

Welcome to the November 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...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: June 2022 Update

Welcome to the June 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...more

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Competition Bureau Provides Guidance on Approach to Failing Firm Analysis

On April 29, 2020, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a statement outlining its approach to analyzing mergers that involve a “failing firm.” The statement was issued following the Bureau’s investigation into scrap metal...more

Hogan Lovells

Competition Amendment Bill

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On 1 December 2017, Minister of Economic Development published the Competition Amendment Bill (the Amendment Bill) for comment. Pursuant to input from various interested parties an updated version of the Amendment Bill was...more

A&O Shearman

Overview of Public Merger & Acquisition Regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Since the introduction by the Capital Market Authority (the “CMA”) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the “Kingdom”) of the Merger and Acquisition Regulations approved by the Board of the CMA pursuant to its Resolution No....more

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New Competition Act and Investment Canada Act Review Thresholds Announced for 2018

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On February 9, 2018, the Competition Bureau announced the 2018 size of transaction pre-merger notification threshold under the Competition Act would increase to $92 million (the 2017 threshold was $88 million). Acquisitions...more

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EU & Competition Law Update – June 2016

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BREXIT – BUSINESS AS USUAL...AT LEAST FOR NOW - What do you need to know? Despite the UK's vote to leave the European Union ("EU"), companies doing business in the UK can still continue to trade with the EU in...more

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Important Developments in Canadian Merger Control and IP Matters

KEY TAKEAWAYS - The Competition Bureau (Bureau) has obtained a significant remedy in a merger between non-Canadian companies that was not notifiable in Canada. Parties to non-Canadian transactions must keep in mind that...more

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Doing Business in Canada: Foreign Investment

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In addition to certain industry sector regulations that may apply, both the Investment Canada Act and the Competition Act subject foreign investments to review in Canada. While the Canadian government encourages foreign...more

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