While opposition to AT&T’s recently announced plans to acquire cable giant DirecTV in a $48.5 billion deal has already surfaced, few members of the opposition are likely to succeed in blocking the merger. But according to reports, there is one entity that threatens to prevent the deal from happening: the …read more
May 21, 2014
Earlier today, the Competition Bureau posted new remarks by the Commissioner of Competition from the Canadian Bar Association’s 2014 Competition Law Spring Forum (one of two annual Canadian competition law conferences hosted by the CBA). See: Remarks by John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition. These …read more
May 21, 2014
Now and then I like to think about, and post, a roundup of recent advertising law enforcement trends. In Canada, over the past few years these have tended to remain, at least from the perspective of the federal Competition Bureau, false or misleading price, performance or headline/banner claims …read more
European Commission Press release Brussels, 21 May 2014 The European Commission has approved under EU state aid rules Spain’s map for granting regional investment aid between 2014 and 2020. The map is based on the new regional aid guidelines adopted by the Commission in June 2013 (see IP/13/569), which set… …read more