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December 26, 2022

CASL (FEDERAL ANTI-SPAM LAW)
COMPLIANCE PRECEDENTS AND CHECKLISTS

Do you need CASL precedents or checklists
to comply with Canadian anti-spam law?

In addition to our legal services, we offer lawyer-prepared CASL compliance precedents and checklists that identify key consent, disclosure and other requirements to send commercial electronic messages (CEMs) to Canadians and provide checklists and templates to comply with CASL.

Our compliance precedents and checklists are an excellent way to mitigate risk and avoid common CASL-related issues, including relating to express consent requests, sender identification information for CEMs, CASL-compliant unsubscribe mechanisms, business related exemptions and types of implied consent and documenting consent and scrubbing distribution lists. We also offer a template CASL corporate compliance program based on the Canadian CRTC’s CASL compliance program recommendations.

All of our Canadian CASL compliance precedents and checklists include practical overviews of each of the relevant requirements, compliance checklists and guidance how to use them.

Our CASL compliance checklists and precedents are Word version documents with PayPal checkout and credit card payment options.

For more information and to order see: CASL Compliance Checklists and Precedents.

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Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL) came into force in 2014. Since then, marketers and their advisors have been working to comply with what remains a complex law with some outstanding uncertainties in key areas.

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December 14, 2022

Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update that discusses recent Canadian Competition Bureau enforcement and advocacy.

Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Legal Update.

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November 30, 2022

On November 17, 2022, Canada’s federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (the “Minister”) released a Statement from Minister Champagne on the launch of the Competition Act review (the “Statement”), which discusses a comprehensive review of potential fundamental changes to improve and reinforce Canada’s federal Competition Act.

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November 29, 2022

Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update that discusses the Competition Bureau’s (Bureau) updated Information Bulletin on Misleading Representations and Deceptive Marketing Practices: Choice of Criminal or Civil Track under the Competition Act and new Information Bulletin on Transparency. These two enforcement related Bulletins are noteworthy in light of the recent amendments to the Competition Act in June 2022 and current federal government consultations for further stage II amendments to the Act.

Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Legal Update.

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November 26, 2022

CASL (FEDERAL ANTI-SPAM LAW)
COMPLIANCE PRECEDENTS AND CHECKLISTS

Do you need CASL precedents or checklists
to comply with Canadian anti-spam law?

In addition to our legal services, we offer lawyer-prepared CASL compliance precedents and checklists that identify key consent, disclosure and other requirements to send commercial electronic messages (CEMs) to Canadians and provide checklists and templates to comply with CASL.

Our compliance precedents and checklists are an excellent way to mitigate risk and avoid common CASL-related issues, including relating to express consent requests, sender identification information for CEMs, CASL-compliant unsubscribe mechanisms, business related exemptions and types of implied consent and documenting consent and scrubbing distribution lists. We also offer a template CASL corporate compliance program based on the Canadian CRTC’s CASL compliance program recommendations.

All of our Canadian CASL compliance precedents and checklists include practical overviews of each of the relevant requirements, compliance checklists and guidance how to use them.

Our CASL compliance checklists and precedents are Word version documents with PayPal checkout and credit card payment options.

For more information and to order see: CASL Compliance Checklists and Precedents.

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Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL) came into force in 2014. Since then, marketers and their advisors have been working to comply with what remains a complex law with outstanding uncertainties in some key areas.

Read the rest of this entry »

November 18, 2022

On November 17, 2022, Canada’s federal government announced a sweeping stage II review of Canada’s competition laws (see: Consultation on the future of competition policy in Canada).

In announcing the consultation, the government said:

“The Government of Canada welcomes your perspective and comments on a wide range of issues, including how to ensure the law and its provisions remain effective in serving our national interest, and how to improve or protect competition in emerging data and digital markets.”

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November 15, 2022

We offer CASL (Canadian anti-spam law) legal advice, including how to comply with its express and implied consent, sender identification and unsubscribe mechanism requirements. We also help clients with CASL compliance, due diligence, structuring and maintaining distribution lists and CASL compliance programs.

In addition to our CASL related legal services, we also offer lawyer prepared CASL compliance checklists and precedents.

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October 31, 2022

Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update that discusses two recent class action related decisions by the British Columbia Supreme Court (BCSC) where territorial jurisdiction was challenged in relation to, among other things, violations of the conspiracy and deceptive marketing provisions of the Competition Act. In both cases, the BCSC found that the plaintiffs had satisfied the requirements to establish a real and substantial connection between British Columbia and the facts pleaded against the defendants pursuant to section 3 of the Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act and based on prior jurisdiction-related case law.

Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Legal Update.

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