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Criminal Matters

Mandate

The Criminal Matters Committee deals with all matters relating to the criminal provisions of the Competition Act.

Upcoming Committee Events

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Past Events

CBA Criminal Matters Committee Roundtable (June 19, 2024)

Regulating Reverse Payment Settlements in Canada (February 1, 2024)

Solicitor-Client Privilege and the Bureau’s Immunity and Leniency Programs (November 27, 2023)

CBA Criminal Matters Committee Roundtable (June 23, 2023)

Cartels 101 (January 26, 2023)

CBA Criminal Matters Committee Roundtable (September 21, 2022)

Your Must-Have Briefing on US Cartel Enforcement (May 26, 2022)

Deferred Prosecution Agreements in Canada and the US (April 20, 2022)

Criminal Matters Committee Roundtable (July 7, 2021)

Criminal Matters Committee Town Hall Meeting (June 8, 2021)

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

Criminal Matters Committee Roundtable (September 8, 2020) Recording available upon request

Guilty Pleas and Fines (April 30, 2020) Recording available upon request

COVID-19-Related Competitor Collaborations (April 28, 2020) Recording available upon request

Search Warrants 101 (December 4, 2019) Recording available upon request

Criminal Deceptive Marketing Practices: What You Need to Know (November 27, 2019) Recording available upon request

The State of Cross-Border Criminal and Cartel Enforcement: Enforcement Trends in the U.S. and Canada (May 21, 2019)

Criminal Matters Committee Roundtable (May 6, 2019)

Criminal Matters Committee Town Hall Meeting (April 16, 2019)

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

Criminal Aspects of Canadian Mergers Practice: The Intersection of M&A and Cartels (November 26, 2018) Recording available upon request

The State of Cross-Border Criminal and Cartel Enforcement: Enforcement Trends in the U.S. and Canada (June 14, 2018) Recording available upon request

Criminal Matters Roundtable with Competition Bureau Officials (May 9, 2018)

Criminal Deceptive Marketing Practices: The Criminal Threshold under Section 52 of the Act (April 27, 2018) Recording available upon request

The Bureau's Proposed Changes to the Immunity Program (December 19, 2017)

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

Criminal Matters Roundtable with Competition Bureau Officials (May 24, 2017) Recording available upon request

The State of Cross-Border Criminal and Cartel Enforcement: Enforcement Trends in the U.S. and Canada (May 2, 2017) Recording available upon request

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

Guilty Pleas 101 - The Nuts and Bolts of Guilty Pleas (January 31, 2017)

Quantitative Screening Methods for Illegal Bid-Rigging Conspiracies (December 5, 2016)

Cartels 201 - The Nuts and Bolts of Criminal Conspiracies, Immunity and Leniency (November 30, 2016) Recording

Criminal Deceptive Marketing Practices: What You Ought to Know (November 15, 2016) Recording

Cartels 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Criminal Conspiracies, Immunity and Leniency (December 8, 2015)

Member Input

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

Become a Committee Member

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