Tribunal restores Sherbrooke store to Rona
On May 30, the Competition Tribunal ruled that home improvement retailer Rona Inc. can keep a store it had agreed to sell in order to gain Competition Bureau approval of its acquisition of competitor Réno-Dépot in 2003, because of a “change in circumstances”.[1] Rona’s application was under s. 106 of the Competition Act, a provision that hides numerous interpretive difficulties under deceptively simple language. The Tribunal’s decision is the first interpretation of s. 106 as applied to a consent agreement and contains important comments on a number of interpretive difficulties that s. 106 presents. Background Rona has grown from small ... [more] Full article
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Masiel has a broad commercial litigation practice and represents both national and international clients in a variety of complex matters. Masiel has experience litigating cases involving professional negligence, commercial leasing and real property disputes, insurance, contract disputes, shareholder disputes, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, employment matters and defamation claims.
