Whether motivated by ethical reasons, the deterrent effect of fines and other sanctions, or both, an increasing number of companies coordinate compliance with anti-corruption regulations in conjunction with compliance with competition laws when establishing their corporate governance policy...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

The main objective of this article is to discuss the current approach adopted by the competition law authorities and relevant courts on the liability of service providers, such as independent consultants or data processors, in cases involving cartels. The question of service providers' liability...

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...