Randall J Hofley

Practice Areas

Randall Hofley - partner in the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment and Litigation groups.

Trusted advisor on competition law and federal business regulation and lead litigator, with a focus on investigations by the Competition Bureau and litigation before the Competition Tribunal and all levels of Canadian courts. Brings both private-sector and public-sector experience, most recently serving as General Counsel and Senior Enforcement Advisor, Competition Bureau Legal Services.

Litigated high-profile Competition Act cases, including the first abuse of dominance case to reach the Supreme Court of Canada, the only Federal Court of Appeal decision to address patents and the criminal cartel provision in the Act, the only (civil) price maintenance case, the first case considering the Act’s competitor collaboration provisions, the only appellate level case on the application of the Act’s cartel provisions to agreements between purchasers of goods or services, the only Competition Tribunal case to address the Regulated Conduct Doctrine, and numerous cases in provincial and federal courts setting standards for summary judgment, class-action certification and prosecutions in the competition law context.

Professional Memberships

Former Chair, CBA's International Law Section and National Competition Law Section's Criminal Matters Committee; previously was an adjunct professor of Government Control of Business at McGill University; currently vice-president and treasurer of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies