Help Your Clients Navigate the Antitrust Rules of North America

 

Today, businesses have no borders.  But domestic competition laws still differ in complex and potentially dangerous ways, particularly between Canada and the United States, for the uninformed client. With increasing liability, cross-border mergers and abuse cases, and cross-border criminal enforcement, an understanding of antitrust essentials on both sides of the border is more important than ever.

 

Competition and Antitrust Law: Canada and the United States is the ONLY book that provides you with an in-depth comparison of Canadian and U.S. competition laws, from their nineteenth-century origins to the latest cases involving mergers, pricing practices, cartels, advertising, and abuse of dominance, with a special chapter on antitrust economics, which makes economics accessible to lawyers.

 

By identifying crucial differences between Canadian and U.S. laws, in this critical area you’ll be able to:

• Give clients valuable up-front advice on the legality of North American business strategies
• Understand and apply powerful economic principles to your client’s matters
• Plan mergers to avoid uncertainty and costly delays
• Identify strategic opportunities and pitfalls
• Adopt and revise worldwide policies to conform with business standards in North America
• Anticipate and plan for changes to the law

Answers to Critical Questions

• Market power - what is it and when does it matter? Does it differ between Canada and the United States?
• Globalization - what new rules will the International Competition Network develop for multi-jurisdictional clients?
• Merger notification - when is it required in Canada? In the United States?
• Abuse of dominance - how will the rules apply after Canada Pipe in Canada and Trinko in the United States?
• Efficiencies defence - when can you use this defence in Canada? In the United States?
• Pricing guidelines - when do your clients need different guidelines for Canada and the United States?
• Reforms - what changes are likely in the next five years?