The authors of the upcoming Carswell book The Competition Law Guide for Associations in Canada will discuss the risks faced by Canadian trade and professional associations under Canadian competition law and will offer practical guidance on how to avoid potential issues. The program will include a review of the key provisions of the Competition Act relevant to association conduct; outline the specific types of association activities that can raise competition law concerns (including membership criteria and discipline, codes of conduct and standard setting, meetings and information exchanges and joint association activities); and highlight some of the practical steps that associations can take to protect themselves from investigations, prosecutions and civil proceedings.
Presenters:
Mark Katz is a senior partner in the Competition and Foreign Investment Review group of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. Mark has advised domestic and international clients, including trade and professional associations, on all aspects of Canadian competition law, and has litigated some of the leading cases in the area.
Steve Szentesi is a competition lawyer based in Vancouver working in association with the litigation firm Hakemi & Company Law Corporation. Steve practices exclusively in the competition law area with broad experience providing competition law advice to professional and trade associations across Canada. He was formerly competition counsel for one of Canadas largest single-industry trade associations, The Canadian Real Estate Association in Ottawa, and taught competition law at the University of British Columbia for three years.
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