Perhaps more than ever, tensions between suppliers and retailers have become the defining feature of the grocery industry worldwide. These tensions have also frequently formed the basis for interventions (or proposed interventions) by competition enforcement authorities in this sector.
Canada is no exception to this global trend. The Canadian retail grocery …read more
June 24, 2014
Over the past several months I’ve begun to increasingly turn my mind both to Canada’s new anti-spam legislation (CASL) and its potential application to social media in particular.
In general, CASL will, once largely in force July 1st, create a mandatory advance express consent regime for commercial electronic messages …read more
The European Commission announced Tuesday that it has decided to extend antitrust exemption given to shipping liner joint ventures for another five years.
According to the watchdog, the antitrust exemption will be valid until April 2020.
After public consultation, the regulator said the exemptions provide “legal certainty” to deals that benefit consumers …read more
According to reports released this week, agricultural biotech giant Monsanto was considering an acquisition of a Switzerland-based rival in hopes of transferring its tax location outside the US.
Reports say Monsanto explored a buyout of Syngenta for more than $40 billion. Syngenta reportedly declined to pursue negotiations, however, and the merger …read more