Leniency applicants take on significant risks by self-reporting behaviors that may constitute competition law violations.To balance these risks, the requirements for conditional immunity should be set fairly by competition authorities, particularly when it comes to revoking immunity. This...

Technology, whose etymology derives from Aristotle’s “techne,” (which means “craftsmanship” or “art”) represents one of the most primal instincts and distinctive features of human beings, which is the ability to use tools to increase one’s quality of life. In fact, today we can...

This article examines competition law analysis on zero-priced markets within the scope of dynamic competition model. In this regard, following the proliferation of the Internet-based services, zero-priced markets have become an important part of our ecosystem. To that end, given that the current...

Web-based businesses have become potential targets of antitrust concerns across the world with the proliferation of information, the growth of internet-related businesses and over two billion users of the internet worldwide as of the end of 2011. As a result of the use of this exponentially...

This article examines data-related abuses in competition law within today’s data driven economic world. There is no doubt that data has become an indispensable source of information and an essential business tool for almost all companies operating in various diverse markets. In this regard,...

Efforts to combat corruption have increased from the domestic level to a global level, an indication of increased global awareness that has incentivized nations to internationally cooperate to eliminate corruption. As countries sign and ratify various international conventions, various...

A compliance program, a tool which will enable companies to detect, deter and prevent any non-compliance with the applicable laws must be culturally adapted to the environment it will be implemented in. While there is some guidance on what the core elements of a compliance program should be, it...

The Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of Europe ("Convention") serves as a valuable guidance to many nations whose national legislative framework on cybercrimes require regulatory provisions on legal issues relating to cybercrimes. This article provides an overview of the Convention and...

The concept of state aid and the question of whether it serves or distorts the healthy competitive environment within the markets has been a controversial issue amongst different jurisdictions. While there is a possibility for this kind of aid to distort the competition in the marketplace by...

The competition enforcement policies of public authorities aim to prevent infringements against competition law rules, and the sanctions imposed against anti-competitive behavior seek to punish and deter such behavior. However, without sufficient individual penalties against anti-competitive...