Despite decision delay, expect ComCom to kick ‘StuffMe’ to kerb, expert advises
Recent refusals are not the result of any changes at ComCom but rather in the markets it polices, Ross Patterson says
Recent refusals are not the result of any changes at ComCom but rather in the markets it polices, Ross Patterson says
Competition lawyer Ross Patterson thinks today’s announcement of another delay in the Commerce Commission’s decision on the proposed merger between NZME and Fairfax NZ doesn’t indicate the watchdog is wavering from its initial inclination to decline the transaction.
And he goes one better,