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Competition Litigation

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The Competition Litigation Committee deals with all forms of civil litigation before the courts and the Competition Tribunal, including private recourses before the Competition Tribunal, practice and procedure issues before the Tribunal and private actions before the courts (including class actions) resulting from alleged violations of the criminal provisions of the Act.

Upcoming Committee Events

Watch for details of upcoming sessions

Past Events

Merger Review and Litigation After Section 96 (March 5, 2024)

Let's Talk Private Access! (January 12, 2024)

Future of Buy-Side Agreements (January 20, 2021) Recording available upon request

Section 11...101 (January 20, 2020) Recording available upon request

Abuse of Dominance Comes in for a Landing: The State of s. 79 Following VAA and TREB (January 17, 2020)

Godfrey and After: What’s New and Next in Canada and Lessons from the American Experience (November 8, 2019)

Managing The Civil and Criminal Aspects of A Cartel File (March 7, 2019) Recording available upon request

Here, There, and Everywhere: Jurisdiction, the Civil Provisions and s. 36 of the Competition Act (February 13, 2019)

Competition Tribunal Procedure 101 (October 22, 2018) Recording available upon request

Style and Substance – Preparing and Presenting Expert Economic Evidence in Competition Law Cases (May 22, 2018) Recording available upon request

Litigating For and Against the Bureau (April 5, 2018) Recording available upon request

Paper, Rock, Privilege - Document Production in an Age of the Million Document Case (March 13, 2018) Recording available upon request

Managing The Civil and Criminal Aspects of A Cartel File (November 8, 2017)

Managing the Civil and Criminal Aspects of a Cartel File (April 4, 2017)

If it’s Broke, Ain’t it Worth Fixing? (March 24, 2017)

A Firsthand Analysis of the Parkland Case (January 25, 2017)

Member Input

Ideas for program topics and other feedback to assist the committee in meeting members’ needs can be forwarded to the Committee Chair, Akiva Stern.

Become a Committee Member

Any member of the CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section can become involved in this committee through participation in the committee listserv. Join online.