Category: Global Blogs

EU: Commission may expand Ireland’s tax practices probe (Competition Policy International)

According to an unnamed source, the European Commission has informed Ireland that it may expand its investigation into the nation’s tax practices, which already includes Ireland’s relationship with Apple.

The Commission launched a probe into Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and their tax relationships with major companies, over concern that the …read more

CASL (Anti-spam Law) Development: Canadian CRTC Issues CASL Compliance Guidelines (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

June 20, 2014

Yesterday, Canada’s CRTC issued new Compliance and Enforcement Guidelines (CRTC Bulletin 2014-326) to assist businesses develop compliance programs to comply with Canada’s upcoming anti-spam law (CASL) and do-not-call list rules.

In general, the CRTC’s new Guidelines describe why corporate compliance programs are important and what the …read more

Roundup of Competition & Advertising Law Developments: June 18th & 19th 2014 (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

A number of interesting competition and advertising law developments caught my eye over the past couple days including:

June 19th

Anti-spam (CASL) law: Businesses scramble as anti-spam law draws near: Globe:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/businesses-take-advantage-before-anti-spam-law-begins/article19252592/

Ad law: Consumer protection or nanny state?: “Looking So Good It Hurts: New Bill Would Let FTC Regulate Photoshop”:

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New Books: International Advertising Law: A Practical Global Guide (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

June 19, 2014

Globe Law and Business recently published a new international advertising law text entitled: International Advertising Law. Given that I work a lot in the Canadian advertising and marketing law areas, as well as the relative dearth of advertising and marketing law texts generally (both …read more