Crypto assets and their evolving ecosystems are capturing global attention, with Türkiye securing a notable position within the international landscape. The recent legislative proposal presented to the Turkish Grand National Assembly, aiming to amend the Capital Markets Law, underscores this significance...
Go to blogCurrently, there is no single and comprehensive legal instrument which governs how trademarks are protected and treated under various legal contexts, which applies to more than one legal system. This the main reason why countries have their own interpretation and codification of trademark law, which leads to certain difficulties in the international application of trademark law(s)...
Go to blogOn February 8, 2024 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation directly recognized the possibility of opening bankruptcy proceedings against foreign companies in the Russian’s courts. In this ruling, the court listed in detail the criteria under which such proceedings are possible and in what forms they can take place
Go to blogThe "Banking Case" of 2020 sparked important discussions on the scope and limits of the extensive investigative powers the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) enjoys under the Act No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition. While initially probing potential competition law violations, which were eventually dismissed, the preliminary inquiry garnered attention for the TCA's broad interpretation of its authority to request information from entities...
Go to blogClimate change, which has become one of the most important environmental problems today, has started to be discussed within the framework of corporate law discipline in recent years. In this context, two important Directives have been prepared by the European Union for the purpose of reducing and preventing the environmental impacts of companies...
Go to blogThe infrastructure projects, funded by multilateral development banks (MDBs) to contribute to the development of the countries, sometimes cause negative externalities on the social lives of people and/or the environment. Such externalities led to calls for accountability of MDBs. Consequently, they adopted substantive and procedural norms and subjected themselves to take into consideration the social and environmental concerns...
Go to blogIn today's rapidly growing online commerce sector, facilitated through electronic marketplaces, websites, and platforms, competition law issues are becoming increasingly intriguing, especially with practices like the best price guarantee. The Most Favored Customer (MFC) clause has become an indispensable part of online commerce. How extensively do competition authorities intervene in MFC clause practices?..
Go to blogThis study aims to offer new answers to questions regarding cross-border trademark infringements from a private international law perspective, and examines in particular, how to determine the applicable law and the international jurisdiction of the courts...
Go to blogBusiness enterprises are considered as a whole. The legislator enables commercial businesses to be treated as independent entities in transfers and other legal procedures...
Go to blogMultinational enterprises (MNEs) are important actors in today’s global economy, with the power to impact the masses through their activities. National legal systems remain insufficient to regulate the activities of MNEs, which operate worldwide, not only in the countries where the parent companies reside (home country), but also in countries where the subsidiaries operate (host countries).
Go to blogCrowdfunding is a financing method that enables persons to obtain funds for a project via internet, by collecting small amounts from a relatively large number of individuals, without traditional intermediaries (such as banks) for profit, cultural or social purposes...
Go to blogThe increased importance of digital platforms for society and the ability of large digital platforms to cause considerable harm to consumers and businesses, thereby harm innovation, put pressure on the lawmakers to regulate the competition problems associated with digital markets...
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