Canadian Tire affiliate FGL Sports’ acquisition of Pro Hockey Life Sporting Goods Inc. is unlikely to substantially lessen or prevent competition in the retail market for hockey equipment, the Competition ... [more] Full article

A Japanese bearings manufacturer, NSK Ltd., has pleaded guilty to two counts of bid-rigging and was fined $4.5 million for its participation in an international bid-rigging cartel (see Competition Bureau ... [more] Full article

The Commissioner of Competition has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the CRTC regarding the implementation of Canada’s new Anti-Spam Legislation(CASL), the ... [more] Full article

The Competition Bureau announced on January 20, 2014, that the pre-merger notification size threshold will increase to $82 million, effective immediately following the publication of the Canada Gazette, which is ... [more] Full article

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. can proceed with its acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation after the Competition Bureau issued a No Action Letter on December 5, 2013, indicating that the Commissioner ... [more] Full article