OBA Business Law PROGRAM | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Get your essential update on the latest legal developments and compliance strategies in Advertising and Marketing Law at this essential annual event. Ensure you have the expertise to advise your clients on how to effectively advertise and market their business without getting tripped up by legislative and regulatory hurdles. 

Gain critical insights and key strategies from our exceptional faculty into the most pressing issues in the industry, including: 

• Keynote speaker: Josephine Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada
• The latest from Ad Standards: disputes, consumer complaints, updates and guidance
• The new private enforcement: what we’ve seen since the provisions came into effect in June 2025
• Environmental advertising: new obligations; new risks
• The rise of "Maple Washing" 
• And much more

Register now and gain timely insights into emerging trends, regulatory changes, and risk management.

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Michael I. Binetti, Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP
Janine MacNeil, McMillan LLP

SPEAKERS

Meredith Ashton, Home Depot of Canada Inc.
Anita Banicevic, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Yamina Bennacer, Ad Standards
Michael I. Binetti, Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP 
Evie Bouras, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Antonio Di Domenico, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Dan Edmondstone, McMillan LLP
Kelly Harris, Harris + co.
Matt Hulse, EcoJustice
Saeid Kermani, Assistant Professor of Marketing Trent University
Laura O’Laughlin, Analysis Group
Josephine Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada
Janine MacNeil, McMillan LLP
Sarah Mavula, Baker McKenzie LLP
Laura White, Mercedes-Benz Canada

AGENDA

For more information, please view the full program agenda