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COMPETITION LAW David W. Kent McMillan LLP Tel: (416) 865-7143 Fax: (416) 865-7048 Toronto david.kent@mcmillan.ca Robert E. Kwinter Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-3283 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto robert.kwinter@blakes.com Michelle Lally Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-5925 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto mlally@osler.com David Kent is Co-chair of the firm's Dispute Resolution Group and Co-chair of its Class Action Practice, and a member of its Competition and IP groups. His practice emphasizes complex litigation, including competition, copyright, commercial and regulatory disputes. His extensive class-action experience includes more than 40 national cases involving competition, consumer, privacy and securities claims in a wide range of industries, raising issues including cross-border discovery, settlement and certification. He has been counsel in many competition cases, including more than 25 cartel class actions (e.g., vitamins, rubber chemicals, cross-border vehicle sales, credit cards, e-books, Gmail and computer components such as DRAM, SRAM, LCDs and CRTs), as well as private actions, contested mergers and Competition Bureau investigations. Kent taught ADR at Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto) and Queen's University Law School (Kingston) for nine years. Member, CBA, IPIC and ABA (section on antitrust). LLB (Hons.) and Dean's Key, University of Toronto. Ontario Bar (1983). Competition law. Advises clients with respect to the Competition Act, including conspiracy, bid-rigging, trade association activities, misleading advertising, mergers and other reviewable trade practices. Regularly advises clients with respect to regulatory approval under the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act, in respect of major transactions. Litigation counsel in cases under various provisions of the Competition Act, including extensive experience in class actions, including DRAM, Air Cargo, Hydrogen Peroxide, EPDM, Chocolate, LCD and Credit Cards. Recently successfully represented Visa Canada as lead counsel before the Competition Tribunal in a contested price maintenance application. Developed a recognized proficiency in the misleading advertising field and has acted as counsel in some of the leading comparative advertising cases in Canada, including Church & Dwight v. Sifto and UPS v. Purolator. Member of the ABA's International Task Force and Vice Chair of the Competition law and policy committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Admitted to Ontario Bar in 1986. Michelle Lally is Chair of the firm's Competition Law and Foreign Investment Group and a former Chair of the National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Lally's practice has a particular emphasis on mergers & acquisitions and competitor collaborations. Lally regularly represents parties facing civil and criminal investigations by the Competition Bureau and civil proceedings before the Competition Tribunal. She represents both immunity applicants and targets of domestic and multinational conspiracy investigations before the Competition Bureau and the Department of Public Prosecutions. Lally also provides strategic counseling advice on the application of the abuse of dominance and vertical restraint provisions of the Competition Act, antitrust compliance more generally and foreign investment review under the Investment Canada Act. Member of the CBA and ABA, Antitrust Section. Osgoode Hall Law School, LLM (International Trade & Competition Law) (1998); University of Western Ontario, LLB (1990); Queen's University, HBA (1987). Admitted to the Ontario Bar (1992). James B. Musgrove McMillan LLP Tel: (416) 307-4078 Fax: (416) 865-7048 Toronto james.musgrove@mcmillan.ca James Musgrove is Co-chair of the Competition and Antitrust Group and a member of the Board of Partners at McMillan LLP. He is past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Competition Law Section and past President of the Toronto Lawyers' Association. He is Chair of the Unilateral Conduct Committee of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, and a member of the Competition Tribunal/Bar Liaison Committee. He practices primarily in the areas of antitrust and marketing law and advises on mergers, cartels, distribution issues, foreign corrupt practices, Investment Canada and misleading advertising. He is a leading lawyer in the advertising and competition sections of The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Martindale-Hubbell, and various international directories. LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 71