Innovation can either be viewed by the competition authorities as a parameter that should be protected from the potential negative effects of a transaction, or it can be utilized by the merging parties as part of a defense argument to set off against or abate the anticompetitive concerns raised...

Corruption is a threat to the individual, the company executive, the company's reputation and its shareholders and to international trade and commerce generally. The publication of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Guidelines has once ignited the debate surrounding proper or improper conduct of...

Nowadays one of the more commonly used types of advertisement is through the use of influencers by brands on social media. There is no doubt about social media's – and therefore the influencers' – potential to reach a wide range of global consumers. Accordingly, such reach makes this global,...

Turkish Abstract: Bu karar incelemesi “B. B.” adlı sinema filminin (“Eser”) yapımcısı ("Davacı") ile davalı arasında eserin işleme, çoğaltma, umuma iletim haklarının davalıya devri ve temlikine ilişkin olarak imzalanan Yayın Hakkı Lisans Sözleşmesi (“Sözleşme”)...

The conception of “economies of scale” in the conventional production era led to the proliferation of natural monopolies, as if demand for certain needs and products could only be sufficiently met by colossal entities. The most efficient method for achieving higher production capacities,...

Over the years,for combatting cartels competition enforcement authorities have introduced and utilized various instruments, among which settlement procedure is an efficiency-enhancing instrument that is designed to increase effectiveness and which incentivizes and rewards tangible contributions...

Many industries have undergone or are currently undergoing an inevitable digital transformation process due to various technological developments in the past few decades and the ensuing convergence of different services. The TV broadcasting sector is among the markets that are most susceptible...

In this article, we will first assess whether market share can still be considered as an adequate or suitable indicator for ascertaining dominance in dynamic markets, given that the market forces and competitive parameters that prevail in dynamic markets differ significantly from the traditional...

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...

M&As, as critical and complex corporate transactions, require relatively lengthy negotiation and/or due diligence processes in order to enable the parties to accurately appraise the financial advantages that might be achieved through the concentration as well as its potential drawbacks. While...