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Executive Summary A recent approval under the Investment Canada Act ('ICA'), and a policy statement by the Minister, signals important developments for investors into Canada, including: The 'market' length for [...]

The Competition Act has been amended to include a new criminal offence for employers that enter into agreements to fix wages, or that agree not to solicit or hire each [...]

The Government of Canada has introduced amendments to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) that propose to enhance the government's ability to review, block or modify foreign investments in Canada on [...]

In advance of the 66th Annual ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, we have summarized the top five recent developments in key areas of Canadian competition law: Competition Bureau. [...]

Summary Starting September 21, 2017, the monetary threshold for reviews of investments to acquire Canadian businesses under the Investment Canada Act (the 'ICA') is $1.5 billion in enterprise value for [...]

Summary On December 19, 2016, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains, announced the release of long-awaited guidelines relating to the national security review of investments by non-Canadians, [...]

The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), released publicly on November 5, 2015, includes commitments by the Government of Canada to increase monetary thresholds (the 'Review Threshold') to C$1.5 billion [...]

The Government of Canada announced that new (higher) monetary thresholds for Investment Canada review of investments from WTO countries will become effective April 24, 2015. It also introduced amendments to [...]

Non-Americans who have recently acquired or established businesses in the U.S. or intend to, should be aware of reporting requirements that have recently been reintroduced. The United States Bureau of [...]

The Government of Canada's decision this week to block the takeover of Allstream by Accelero Capital S.a.r.l. Group compounds the current uncertainty about when national security considerations might prevent foreign [...]

Marriage initiative: Responses to Cynthia Tucker's column 'Shallow ploy's goal is votes,' @issue, Jan. 28 Don't waste tax money Although I am a conservative Christian Republican who likes President Bush, [...]

Skipping school: Three-day rule isn't enforced; boards, state should step up The April 28 article on truancy mentions an attendance policy that requires teachers to report students who miss more [...]

Dr Michael Koch & R.N. Gnanapragasam In line with changes made to the Patents Co-operation Treaty (PCT) as of 1 April 2007, the Singapore Patents Act and Rules have been [...]

A partially valid patent refers to a situation where some claims in a granted patent are found valid while other typically broader claims are found invalid, e.g. during infringement proceedings. [...]

Article by Robert Malcolmson and Michael Koch Introduction A recent jurisdictional tussle pitted the Bureau of Competition Policy's general mandate under the Competition Act against the specific mandate of the [...]

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including the assessment of the community work of churches, demand for increased bond funds for elementary schools under the Hinijosa Plan and voting against the law that bans gay marriage.