by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Merger Control
⚡ TL;DRMerger reviews run in two stages almost everywhere: a Phase I screen of roughly 25–40 working days that clears the vast majority of deals, and a Phase II in-depth investigation of four to eight months for deals raising serious doubts. Remedies —...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Merger Control
⚡ TL;DRGun jumping is implementing a merger before clearance — either by closing a notifiable deal without filing, or by exercising control over the target during review. Fines have reached €124.5 million (Altice), €28 million (Canon) and ~€432 million...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Merger Control
⚡ TL;DRIn 2026 the key thresholds are: US — HSR filings from $133.9 million deal size; EU — combined worldwide turnover above €5 billion with two parties each above €250 million in the EU (or the alternative €2.5 billion test); UK — voluntary, but...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Merger Control
⚡ TL;DRYou need competition authority approval when a deal creates a lasting “change of control” and the parties’ revenues exceed national notification thresholds. In mandatory, suspensory regimes — the EU, Türkiye, China, the US and roughly 130...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 24, 2026 | Data Privacy & KVKK
⚡ TL;DRThe Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825 million — the second-largest GDPR penalty ever issued — for using an automated system to suspend and permanently deactivate driver accounts without meaningful human review. The case turns on GDPR Article...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 16, 2026 | Personal Injury Law
Last Updated: August 2026 Personal injury law trends in 2026 are being shaped by two forces pulling in opposite directions at the same time. Jury verdicts keep climbing into eight and nine figures, while a wave of new state tort reform laws is trying to pull them back...
