Competition Law, Policy, and the Digital Economy
Presented by the CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section
Cost
CBA members: $65
CBA Young Lawyer Members (<5 years): $55
CBA Student members: $15
Non-members: $155
Plus applicable taxes
Group rates available. Please contact pd@cba.org.
This is the 5th webinar in the CBA Competition Law Fall Online Symposium. Registrants will receive an on-demand recording following each webcast. You can purchase the full online symposium at a package rate.
Day 2 - Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Competition Law, Policy, and the Digital Economy
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Significant pressure is building across the globe for major investigations and enforcement actions relating to the digital economy, particularly in respect of major global platforms.
However, the “winner take most” reality of digital markets, particularly those involving digital platforms, presents a unique systematic challenge to effective competition policy. In an arena where competition laws may not be able to prevent terminal harm to emerging businesses and where expected penalties for non-compliance are relatively small, is it better to have succeeded and face antitrust scrutiny, or to have failed and watch your (very rich) competitor face that scrutiny instead?
This panel will explore the current investigatory and enforcement landscape facing “big tech”, and discuss existing and potential tools available to the Competition Bureau to both address current issues in “big tech” and proactively address emerging issues.
Presenters
Vass Bednar, Executive Director, Master of Policy Program, McMaster
Krista McWhinnie, Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau
Chris Hersh, Norton Rose Fulbright
Moderator
Kaeleigh Kuzma, Oslers
