Competitor agreement not to solicit or hire each other's employees as well as agreements among competitors to poach a rival entity's key employees could be deemed as a violation of competition law principles (and in some jurisdictions, public policy doctrines).European and US jurisprudence shows...

A number of issues arise with regard to competition law and data protection, in particular in the online services context. For one, the relationship between competition law and privacy is yet to be fully understood and we discuss below the aspects of this conundrum: first, we look into the issue...

Both anti-corruption law and anti-trust law aim to create a level playing field and they are complementary to each other in support of this aim. Given the indispensable nature of both fields in terms of reaching social welfare, it is striking how differently society reacts to the breaching...

The final destination and the ultimate goal that we put forth in our article is that the Turkish Competition Board should include innovation considerations in its merger control analyses by employing dynamic tools. Accordingly, we contend that the Turkish Competition Board should “set its...

This paper aims to provide a comparative overview and evaluation of various legal frameworks for electronic money and online payment matters by mainly evaluating and comparing U.S., EU and Turkish Law, occasionally making a comparative analysis in terms of conformity as to how EU countries...

It is hardly news to note that companies around the world have recently engaged in an escalating arms race with respect to data collection and that they have been using data collection and processing as a major growth strategy. The quickest and most efficient way for undertakings to access...

Mergers may lead to certain competitive harms that are prohibited by virtually every merger control regime in the world. To avoid the outright prohibition of a transaction that is expected to both raise several competition concerns and create pro-competitive efficiencies, the transaction may be...

An international economic order began to develop at the beginning of the 20th century, with the increasing cross-border integration of national economies and the emergence of foreign direct investments. The scale of worldwide technological progress and continuing commercial advancements at the...

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...

Unlike other industries, significant changes in the airline industry have not mainly occurred due to technological changes, but rather as a result of developments in the applicable legal framework and various institutional reforms. As a consequence of the deregulation wave which dates back to...