In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out by 1 January 2018 all direct sponsorship of HCPs to attend educational conferences organised by third parties, as well as introducing stricter rules to control indirect sponsorship. The announcement by the European…
Baker & McKenzie has released its first global client survey on Social Media. Based on the responses from international…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on December 2, 2014 released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery…
On 3 December 2014, Transparency International (“TI”) launched its latest Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI”) 2014. The CPI ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. In this latest CPI, 175 countries are included. Significance of the CPI The CPI Index was established in 1995 as a…
On 23 October 2014, Transparency International published a report which analyzed the enforcement of the the Organisation for…
The Turkish Capital Markets Board (the “CMB”) recently initiated criminal proceedings under Article 109/2 of the Capital Markets…
The years 2013 and 2014 have witnessed significant developments in compliance activities in Turkey. Many amendments have been introduced in the major compliance regulations. A noteworthy compliance incident is the major corruption and bribery investigation initiated against some Turkish key figures. A corruption investigation causing a great political scandal in…