Turkish Abstract: İşbu makalede ilk olarak, Avrupa Birliği Komisyonu, Avrupa Genel Mahkemesi ve Avrupa Birliği Adalet Divanı'nın, Intel Corporation kararındaki değerlendirmeleri özetlenmiş ve bu doğrultuda, ABAD'ın farklılaşan değerlendirmelerine vurgu yapılarak bunların AB ve...

In June 2014, the Court of Justice of European Union (“CJEU”) resolved an important debate on whether the damages arising from the “umbrella effects” of cartel actions may be claimed for compensation by umbrella customers. In its Kone ruling, the CJEU declared that victims of harm...

English Abstract: Compliance programs are an invaluable tool in preventing antitrust violations. Some argue that the increased risk of cartel discovery stemming from the implementation of leniency programs, which help competition authorities uncover cartels, already provides sufficient incentive...

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...

The prevalent use of ‘‘most favored nation'' (MFN) clauses in commercial agreements has garnered significant attention in the economics and legal literature and by practitioners and enforcement agencies. From an antitrust standpoint, there is a strong consensus that while MFN provisions can...

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,...

English Abstract: With its MasterCard decision on 9 September 2014, the Third Chamber of the General Court has emphasized that the essence of public access to administrative documents is traced at the application of exceptions and the procedure of refusal of such request. According to the...