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Reviewable Matters/Unilateral Conduct

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The Reviewable Matters/Unilateral Conduct Committee deals with all aspects of the Competition Act's reviewable matters provisions, including abuse of dominance, price maintenance, refusal to deal, exclusive dealing and tied selling, as well as related policy and enforcement matters.

Upcoming Committee Events

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Past Events

Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Roundtable with the Competition Bureau (June 13, 2024)

Excessive Pricing by Dominant Firms – What even IS that? (March 7, 2024)

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

Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Roundtable with the Competition Bureau (November 15, 2023)

How To Have An Effective Pre and Post S.11 Issuance Dialogue (March 27, 2023)

Registering for Settlement: Generic and Biosimilars (February 28, 2023)

A Primer on the Amendments to Canada's Abuse of Dominance Provisions (December 2, 2022)

Mergers/Monopolistic Practices Roundtable (May 26, 2022)

Making an Effective Abuse of Dominance Complaint (March 10, 2022)

Abuse of Dominance 101: Legislation vs Jurisprudence (January 11, 2022) Recording available upon request

Epic v. Apple (December 14, 2021)

Mergers and Reviewable Matters/Unilateral Conduct Committees Joint Roundtable (May 19, 2021)

Defanging the "FANGs" - Why the Focus on Big Tech? (January 29, 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)

Mergers and Reviewable Matters/Unilateral Conduct Committees Joint Roundtable (May 22, 2019)

Antitrust Tips for In-House Counsel: Perspectives from the Private Bar, Competition Bureau, and Corporate Counsel (November 27, 2018)

Life After TREB: the Outer Limits (October 23, 2018)

Big Data Antitrust Risks — Which Jurisdiction Will Strike First? (July 24, 2018)

Civil Reviewable Matters Roundtable with Competition Bureau Officials (May 24, 2018)

The Commissioner’s Public Interest Privilege – Necessity or Anachronism? (July 18, 2017) Recording

The Antitrust Perils of IP Licensing in North America (June 8, 2017)

Civil Reviewable Matter Roundtable with Competition Bureau Officials (May 3, 2017)

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

Litigating at the Tribunal (January 20, 2016)

Member Input

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

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.