cartels and price fixing defence

When companies face criminal investigations or class actions alleging price fixing or other anti-competitive cartel behaviour under the Competition Act, our lawyers are poised to draw on their deep experience to help navigate both the criminal and civil aspects of mounting an effective defence. Our team has been involved in most major Canadian cartel cases and has advised clients on all aspects of cartel issues and price fixing defence.  Our extensive experience in international cartel defence means that we are particularly adept at the type of cross-border coordination that these matters often require.   

On the criminal side, our experienced competition practitioners develop and implement the most effective and cost-efficient strategies for responding to Bureau investigations, and if necessary, prosecutions.  This may involve building a full and aggressive defence or accessing the amnesty and leniency programs to co-operate with the authorities and bring an investigation to an early conclusion.  Please visit our Bureau Investigations page for more information.

We are also ready to defend your interests against related private civil claims.  In Canada,  these claims are routinely brought as class actions commenced in one or more provinces.  We can draw on our team of experienced counsel in each of the major Canadian jurisdictions to respond to any civil claim of this nature.

representative matters

• acted for a defendant in the Vitamins criminal investigation/prosecution and follow-on class actions
• acted for a defendant in the DRAM criminal investigation/prosecution and follow-on class actions
• acted for a defendant in the Auction Houses criminal investigation and class action
• acted for a defendant in the Graphite Electrodes investigation/prosecution and follow-on multi-plaintiff actions
• acted for a defendant in the Choline Chloride investigation/prosecution and follow-on class action
• acted for a defendant in the Copper Market, Maltol, Travel Agent Commissions, Linerboard and Polyester Fiber class actions
  

April 2012 Canada Chapter in: Getting the Deal Through – Cartel Regulation 2012 Getting the Deal Through

March 2012 awarding costs under section 36 of the Competition Act: 321665 Alberta Ltd. v. ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. competition bulletin

2010 Canada: Private Antitrust Litigation An extract from the 2010 Antitrust Review of the Americas - a www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com special report.

October 2009 Canada Chapter in: Getting the Deal Through - Private Antitrust Litigation 2010 Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Private Antitrust Litigation 2010 (published in October 2009).

August 2008 Understanding Italy's New Class Actions Regime LexisNexis Expert Commentary (republished by Bocconi University Press, 2009)

Winter 2008 Italy Leads the European Movement for Class Actions Focus on Italy Magazine, Winter 2008 issue

April 2006 Conspiracy Class Actions: Evidence on the Motion for Certification Article

Spring 2006 Cross-Border Class Action Settlements: Unwilling Litigants in the U.S. Courts Article: International Antitrust Bulletin - ABA Section of Antitrust Law