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Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition has approved the sale of Victoria Bank, the subsidiary of bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), to Investbank. The decision, made on June 28, was published on July 5. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed when it was announced in April. Under the proposed deal, Investbank would […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle David Rosner, Oct 14, 2015 In 2014, the Canadian Competition Bureau embarked on a multi-phase process to update its Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines. The update was needed to reflect legislative and policy developments that had occurred since the IPEGs were first issued in […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Lisa Kimmel, Oct 14, 2015 Courts and antitrust agencies across the globe continue to evaluate the role of antitrust enforcement in patent-licensing disputes between technology users and firms that have made commitments to provide access to patents essential to implement industry standards on […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Alan Gunderson, Nov 24, 2014 Health care is a very important sector within the Canadian economy. A recent report estimates total health care spending at CDN $211.2 billion in 2013 which represents 11.2 percent of the Canadian economy or approximately CDN $5,988 per […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Mark Katz, Nov 11, 2014 Canada’s Competition Bureau has maintained its focus on trade and professional associations in 2014. This has involved not only various forms of prosecutions and proceedings but also initiatives in a growing part of the Bureau’s enforcement agenda: advocacy […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Erika Douglas, Mark Katz, Jun 30, 2014 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 […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle George Addy, Erika Douglas, Mar 26, 2014 The Canadian Competition Bureau has been signaling a renewed interest in competition enforcement in the pharmaceuticals industry, and more broadly, issues at the forefront of intellectual property and competition law. While enforcement in this space has […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Marissa Ginn, Marc Van Audenrode, Mar 26, 2014 In its most recent budget released on February 11, 2014, the Government of Canada announced its intent to introduce new legislation guarding against what it terms “unjustified cross-border price discrimination” resulting from “country pricing strategies-that […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Sandy Walker, Mar 26, 2014 Canada, like the United Kingdom and the United States, has witnessed a sharp decline in state ownership in the past few decades. However, investment by foreign state investors in Canada in recent years-in effect a foreign “nationalization”-has represented […]

David Rosner, Navin Joneja, Joshua Krane, Sep 30, 2013 The Canadian Competition Bureau, pharmaceutical companies operating in Canada, and Canadian lawyers have been following the U.S. Supreme Court proceedings in FTC v. Actavis, Inc. et al. with some interest. In its June 2013 decision, the Court ruled on how so-called “reverse payments” by originator pharmaceutical companies […]

Mark Katz, Jan 15, 2013 The year just ended witnessed a changing of the guard at Canada’s Competition Bureau, with Melanie Aitken resigning as Commissioner of Competition in September 2012. Ms. Aitken was replaced on an interim basis by John Pecman, a seasoned Bureau veteran with over 28 years of enforcement experience. It is expected […]

Graham Reynolds, Sep 13, 2012 To date, most Canadian antitrust cartel cases have been resolved by means of guilty pleas by defendants. The means of accomplishing this in Canada is through the mechanism of a plea agreement which is negotiated with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (“PPSC”), the independent prosecuting authority charged with bringing […]