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...

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...

Turkish Abstract: Devletlerin temel görevleri arasında kendi içlerindeki farklılık ve çeşitliliklere rağmen, tüm ekonomik oyunculara eşit pazar şartları ve imkânları sağlanması bulunmaktadır. Bu görevler yerine getirilirken şeffaflık ve hesap verebilirlik ile temiz davranış...

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...

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,...

A range of legal regimes from employment law to corporate and securities law foresees a reduction or elimination of “enterprise liability” for organizations that can demonstrate the existence of “effective” internal compliance structures. The pervasiveness of corporate conduct codes and...

Turkish Abstract: Teşebbüslerin internet ortamındaki faaliyetlerinin hızla yayılmasıyla birlikte, bu faaliyetlerde, rekabet hukuku ilke ve parametrelerini geleneksel yaklaşım yerine, daha esnek bir değerlendirmeyle ele alan uygulama yöntemlerini tercih etmenin doğru olup olmayacağı...

With its more than a decade-long enforcement practice, Turkish competition law has undergone significant changes that could indicate a move towards converging with the European jurisdiction in many respects. In particular, the Turkish merger control regime has been introduced to a new...