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Comment: New Zealand's criminalization of cartels pose risk for small businesses, tech startups

By Laurel Henning ( April 9, 2021, 06:44 GMT | Comment) -- New Zealand’s criminal cartel laws have been the subject of a high-profile advertising campaign and updated immunity guidelines for key witnesses. But as the measures entered into force this week, legal experts were left wondering whether the threat of jail terms could create new tensions between companies and their employees when faced with cartel allegations.Builders agreeing not to compete for jobs, real-estate agents agreeing over coffee not to fight over the same property listings... as the camera pans out to reveal the “do not cross” police tape, with a threatening voiceover saying: “You’ve just witnessed a crime.”...

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