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May 7, 2014

Earlier today (or was that yesterday?), the New Zealand Commerce Commission (ComCom) launched what I thought was a very interesting new competition law compliance website focused on the construction industry called “Construction Site” (http://construction.comcom.govt.nz).

According to ComCom’s news release, its new website, which includes plain language overviews of New Zealand’s competition and consumer laws, examples and FAQs, is intended to “help [construction] industry members increase their understanding of competition and consumer laws so they can improve their compliance”.

As in other jurisdictions such as Canada, ComCom also recognizes that the construction sector can be (and has often historically been) potentially susceptible to price-fixing, other cartel law or competition law risks.

Given also that there are many parallels between Canadian criminal competition rules and those of other major jurisdictions, such as the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, I thought this development would also be of interest to readers of my blog.

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