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- June 2020
Turkey Legal Update - June 2020
Dividend Distribution Restrictions Imposed on Equity Companies in Scope of COVID-19 Measures
Dividend distribution restrictions imposed on companies in scope of COVID-19 measures and assessment of liability of shareholders and board of director members in case of dividend distributions contrary to the new regulations
Getting Back To Work: How to Prepare Workplaces for the “New Normal” After COVID-19
As Turkey enters the normalization phase after COVID-19, employers should ensure that the minimum requirements set by the guidelines of the governmental authorities are taken at the workplaces to minimize the risk of transmission.
“Inventing” in COVID-19 Environment and Key Local/ International Developments
Patent protection is the main incentive to invent in COVID -19 time and it is not only about sustainability of access to medicine but also inventing acts. Strengthening compulsory licensing can only have a chilling effect on inventing.
Measures Against Manipulation and Misleading Transactions Are Expanding
To ensure uniform comprehension of manipulative and misleading transactions in banking, the newly introduced regulation may require further guidelines and indicators.
Can Foreign Court Decisions Concerning IP Rights Be Enforced in Turkey?
Under certain conditions, foreign court decisions can be enforced in Turkey and with the enforcement, foreign court decisions will be treated as Turkish court decisions, they will have the same consequences and will be executed in Turkey.