Contributing Lawyers

Canada

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Michael Flavell
Geoff Kubrick

United States

Susan Kohn Ross

India

China

Thailand

Apisith John Southam

Korea

Canadian Pleads Guilty in Gas Price Fixing Case

This posting comes from Keith Cameron ("Cameron") at Lang Michener LLP's Ottawa office -

For years consumers have questioned fluctuating gas prices, wondering how prices could rise and fall overnight and who exactly was...

Good News for Trade Lawyers in Conservative Platform

One week before the Canadian federal election, Prime Minister Harper and the Conservative Party revealed their platform.  The following promises would be interesting from a trade perspective:

- Increased Trade with Emerging...

Customs Update: Big issues roil traders

Customs Update: Big issues roil traders

 

July 2, 2008

 

By Susan Kohn Ross / The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINEĀ©

 

International traders have for the most part been insulated from a lot of the issues roiling "big...

Canada's "Compete to Win" Report Recommends Opening Canada to Foreign Investment

On June 26, 2008, Canada's Competition Policy Review Panel issued its much anticipated "Compete to Win" Report.  The Report was presented to the Minister of Industry who will consider the recommendations.  Foreign...

Canada and the United States Work Together to Combat Cross-Border Deceptive Telemarketing andFraud

On Janaury 15, 2008, the Toronto Strategic Partnership (includes the Canadian Competition Bureau, the Toronto Police Service, the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, the Ontario Provincial Police, the RCMP, the...

Qantas Joins the Crowd

It takes two to tango, but three to make a crowd and a crowd it has now become. First, it was British Airways PLC and Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., which each agreed to pay $300 million in criminal fines as the result of pleading...

Antitrust investigation expands to snare forwarders

Law enforcement authorities in the U.S., EU, Switzerland and Canada are apparently coordinating their efforts, at least as it comes to execution of search warrants as the air freight price fixing investigation continues. The...

EU Publishes New Shipping Conference Guidelines

The European Union has just released its draft guidelines for how ocean liners should conduct themselves in Europe. It has long been the practice that vessel operators were considered exempt from anti-trust requirements in order...