Biography: Competition

James Musgrove is chair of the ABA section of antitrust law, unilateral conduct committee, and a member of the Canadian Competition Tribunal/bar liaison committee. He is the past chair of the Canadian Bar Association national competition law section, and past president of the Toronto Lawyers' Association.

Mr Musgrove advises on Investment Canada, cartel, merger, monopolisation and distribution matters, as well as misleading advertising, and makes regular representation and submissions to the Competition Bureau. Leading competition law cases include MasterCard/Visa, NutraSweet, Interac, West Fraser, Polaroid and Air Canada/Toronto Port Authority. Mergers include Kraft/Cadbury, Shell/Himont, Teck Cominco/Fording Coal, Procter & Gamble/Tambrands, Rogers/Quebecor and Philip Morris/Nabisco. Cartel investigations and class actions include those involving cathode ray tubes, compressed gas, electrical contractors, copper concentrates, fine paper, real estate services, liquid crystal display and marine hoses, amongst others.

Mr Musgrove is editor-in-chief of Fundamentals of Canadian Competition Law – CBA/Carswell (second edition 2010); founding editor of the Toronto Law Journal; and a designated contributor to Canadian Advertising and Marketing Law, as well as the author of the Competition Law Tab in the Canada Corporations Law Reporter, CCH Canada Limited.