Sentences with phrase «federal competition bureau»

As reported Monday by the Star, a federal Competition Bureau probe into the Canadian Real Estate Association has resulted in a tentative settlement, the terms of which are expected to allow more innovative, technology — and discount - minded realtors into the market.

Canadians in the housing market will pay less in realty commissions and fees if the federal Competition Bureau has its way.

The Globe & Mail is reporting that the federal Competition Bureau may not be finished with organized real estate and is still investigating how MLS data is stored.

He is not concerned that the federal Competition Bureau will interfere in the transaction.

On the eve of the Canadian Real Estate Association's Annual General Meeting, the federal Competition Bureau has served CREA with a court order that seeks documents and answers as a part of a formal investigation.

Both boards had been critical of the earlier resolutions, concerned that they might be perceived as anti-competitive by the federal Competition Bureau.

Until last week when the Northeastern New Brunswick Wild Blueberry Growers Association announced it had learned the federal Competition Bureau was investigating the blueberry industry in the Maritimes.

The Act is administered and enforced by the federal Competition Bureau (Bureau), a federal enforcement agency headed by the Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner).

The federal Competition Bureau also expressed misgivings about the proposals, and warned that the bureau might launch an inquiry into the operation of the MLS system.

The federal Competition Bureau is determined to break TREB's policies covering crucial real estate information such as home sales data, which TREB believes will compromise buyer and seller privacy and other matters.

Just prior to Melanie Aitken's August 2009 appointment to the federal Competition Bureau's top job (Commissioner), the government implemented sweeping legal powers, dictatorial and unconstitutional in nature, in my opinion, that enabled Ms Aitken to impose «Administrative Monetary Penalties» (AMPs) on businesses that she alone determined to be in violation of the Competition Act.

«Without a doubt, the person who had the single most important impact on Canadian real estate over the last 25 years is Melanie Aitken, former commissioner of the federal Competition Bureau,» says Brian Martindale, a retired sales rep and prolific commenter on REMonline stories.

c) If by having a national organization, the «business» can be attacked by the zealot - making - a name - for - self from the federal Competition Bureau, then maybe we don't require an attackable national association?

I wonder how many mollycoddled employess of the Federal Competition Bureau would last twenty - five months?

There could be hell to pay for suggesting one of Calgary's top law firms is behind the reason Canadians can not trust the federal Competition Bureau.

A bully is someone like the recently departed Commissioner of the Federal Competition Bureau, Ms Melanie Aitken.

Another danger is that the federal Competition Bureau could force the MLS System to become a public utility.

As REM went to press, no Statement of Defence was available and no public comment had been made by the federal Competition Bureau, which has investigated allegations of anti ‑ competitive behaviour in the real estate industry in the past.

Realtysellers sued TREB and filed a complaint with the federal Competition Bureau.

To tackle potential procurement - related competition law violations, the federal Competition Bureau has increased its efforts to educate government bodies on how to detect and deter anti-competitive practices.

Such requirements, however, came under attack with the release of the federal Competition Bureau's 2007 report on the self - regulating professions.

The federal Competition Bureau has launched an aggressive attack on the Canadian Real Estate Association, challenging its rules governing the Multiple Listing Service and calling for a radical change in how homes are sold in Canada.

According to Federal Competition Bureau, Canadians lost an estimated $ 290 million to fraudsters between January 2014 and December 2016 — and a disproportionate number of the victims were new immigrants.

The federal Competition Bureau has concerns about the Canadian Real Estate Association's control of the Multiple Listing Service, the realtor - controlled website with information on homes for sale.

The federal Competition Bureau estimated in 2010 that credit card acceptance fees added up to $ 5 billion annually — a figure that has likely grown since — with about $ 4 billion of that coming in the form of interchange fees.

The issue of permitting virtual office websites (VOWs) to publicly display sold data — a property's purchase history — is still before the courts, a years - long litigation between the Toronto Real Estate Board, CREA and the federal competition bureau.

Under pressure from the federal Competition Bureau, the Canadian Real Estate Association had only just introduced interim rules allowing members to offer no - frills services, including simply posting properties on its listing service and leaving the client to show the property, field offers and seal the deal.

Now the federal competition bureau has begun legal proceedings against Rogers (owner of Canadian Business) over alleged misleading advertising that claimed the startup services suffered more dropped calls.

Using a website, a YouTube video and a few posters designed to be shared over social media, the board, which represents 34,000 Greater Toronto Area realtors, portrays itself as the guardian of consumer privacy and safety in an ongoing legal fight with the federal Competition Bureau.

Not exact matches

After investigations by the United States Federal Trade Commission and Canada's Competition Bureau in 2010, 4 US bamboo companies were charged, and 78 warnings were issued for misleading advertising claims related to «bamboo fabrics».

Attendee Ed You, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Biological Countermeasures Unit, said one way this type of culture is being created is the through the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition, of which the FBI is a co-sponsor.

Alexandria, Va. (March 6, 2014)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Notice on the Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Focused Comment on E-rate Modernization to modernize the E-rate program and increase the quality and speed of Internet connectivity in our nation's schools.

Earlier this month, the federal Competition Tribunal sided with Canada's Competition Bureau over a long, drawn - out dispute with the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB).

The latest ruling involving TREB and the Competition Bureau was released Friday, with the federal court dismissing an appeal by TREB of a Competition Tribunal decision from 2016.

During law school, she was the Editor - in - Chief of the Berkeley Business Law Journal, clerked at the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, and served as a research assistant to revise an antitrust law textbook.

A Competition Bureau spokeswoman confirmed TREB «has applied to the Federal Court of Appeal to stay the Competition Tribunal's order, pending resolution of TREB's appeal.»

Clearance was granted by both the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau with only a single business unit divestiture required.

«The investigators from the Competition Bureau were very inexperienced and really didn't appear to understand the IT service business in contracting with the federal government,» he says.

Mr. DelNero most recently served as Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau.

My new Canadian Lawyer column discusses practical tips for brands and influencers in the expanding area of endorsements and testimonials, in light of Federal Trade Commission, Competition Bureau and industry regulator guidance.

False performance claims can be challenged by the Competition Bureau in courts (provincial courts or Federal Court) or before the Competition Tribunal.

Earlier today, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) issued a Business Alert warning businesses to ensure that their eco-related claims, such as using the terms «organic», «green» and «eco-friendly», comply with the federal Competition Act, particularly the false or misleading advertising and performance claim provisions.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC, tasked alongside DOJ with enforcing antitrust law) in general, and its current Competition Bureau Director in particular, does not like these settlements.

The choice today is to invest more fully and sincerely in supporting the Law Practice Program through its growing pains, or to sit back and wait for the letter to arrive from the federal Bureau of Competition opening an investigation into restrictive admission practices by the self - regulating body for Ontario's lawyers.

In its efforts to get tougher on white - collar crime, the federal government may have made it tougher for the Competition Bureau to get individuals and corporations to work with its established leniency programs.

«On the one side from the Federal Court we have a more stern position on sentencing and the bigger fines, but set against that is the Competition Bureau still wants to do its job and that will be the interesting thing to watch,» says Steve Szentesi of Steve Szentesi Law Corp. in Vancouver.

In a Q&A for Global Competition Review (GCR), litigation partner Andrew Forman touches on his time at the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition; his experience in private practice; the most important issues in antitrust...

CREA's proposed ban of zero per cent listings on MLS has a number of Canada's real estate boards seeking assurances that supporting such a ban would not put them at odds with the federal government's Competition Bureau.

The complaint against TREB was initially dismissed on April 15, 2013, but the Competition Bureau successfully appealed the case to the Federal Court of Appeal the following February, arguing the previous committee improperly defined section 79 of the Competition Act — the «abuse of dominance» clause.

The Competition Bureau took it upon themselves to cause Federal and provincial laws to be broken.