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Vietnam: Competition Law Fact Sheet
Overview of the main provisions of the Competition Law, and discussion of the enforcement regime and recent enforcement trends.
Canada | Publication | January 2020
Canada is a top destination for foreign companies and investors attracted to our wealth of natural resources, stable and sound political and financial systems, and world-class infrastructure. While Canada is an open economy and welcoming of foreign investment, there are issues that corporations and investors should keep in mind when doing business in Canada, such as our two legal systems (civil and common law) and the division of legislative authority between the federal and provincial/territorial governments.
Canada is a federal state with 10 provinces and three territories, each with its own government. The Constitution Act, 1867 divides legislative authority between the federal and provincial governments.
The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over national matters such as regulating interprovincial and international trade and commerce, bankruptcy and insolvency, foreign affairs and criminal law. The federal government also has jurisdiction over the territories; however, the territorial governments do have authority over a number of local government programs.
The provincial governments have legislative power in areas such as property and civil rights in the province, education, and all matters of a local or private nature.
All provinces and territories in Canada are common law jurisdictions with the exception of Quebec, which is a civil law jurisdiction. Courts in the common law jurisdictions apply a combination of statute and common law, whereas courts in Quebec apply the Civil Code as well as federal and provincial statutes.
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Overview of the main provisions of the Competition Law, and discussion of the enforcement regime and recent enforcement trends.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) raises many intellectual property (IP) issues.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) recently ruled in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz & Ors v. Switzerland (Application No. 53600/20) that Switzerland had breached the European Convention of Human Rights (the Convention) by not taking sufficient action against climate change. In particular, it found a breach of the right to respect for private and family life contained in Article 8 of the Convention, based on Switzerland’s failure to mitigate the impact of climate change on the lives, health, well-being and quality of life of its citizens. It also ruled that Switzerland had breached the right to a fair trial in terms of Article 6, in that the domestic courts failed to examine the merits of the applicants’ complaints, including the scientific evidence. In this article we consider the key features of this landmark judgment, which has wide ramifications for Member States of the Convention.
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