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SEATTLE BASED GROUP STARBUCKS IS SUED BY CONSUMER GROUP ABOUT “ETHICAL” SOURCING

A U.S. consumer advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, alleging that the coffee chain falsely promotes its tea and coffee as "ethically" sourced, while sourcing them from farms in Kenya, Brazil, and Guatemala plagued by human rights abuses.

THE US FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REACHES FIRST LOCATION DATA TRACKING SETTLEMENT

Data broker X-Mode Social and its successor Outlogic LLC reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission prohibiting the company from sharing or selling sensitive location information.

US JUDGE RULES, APPLE AND AMAZON MUST FACE CONSUMER LAWSUIT OVER IPHONE, IPAD PRICES

Amazon is currently facing legal action over its pricing practices, with one lawsuit filed by US residents who purchased iPhones and iPads on the platform since January 2019. The legal action centers around the agreement Apple made with Amazon to discount its products, on the condition that the e-commerce platform reduced the number of third-party Apple resellers.

COMPANY DIRECTORS CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR BREACHING CLIMATE-RELATED LAWS

The global litigation cases related to exposures associated with environmental, social and governance (ESG) have more than doubled since 2015 to over 2,000. Almost the quarter of these cases occurred between 2020 and 2022.

A FIRST IN TURKEY BY OZGUN LAW!

We Are Entitled to Become the Exclusive Member from Turkey to the FraudNet organization reporting to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)!

SUPPORTING CONVERSION OF GOLD AND FOREIGN CURRENCY ACCOUNTS INTO TURKISH LIRA ACCOUNTS

Recently, an excessive increase in exchange rates has been observed in Turkey. For this reason, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey announced that the locally-based legal entities can benefit from their support if they convert their foreign currency and gold deposit and participation fund accounts into Turkish liras term deposit and participation accounts.

IF THE EMPLOYEE’S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT IS TERMINATED DUE TO A CRIME COMMITTED OUTSIDE THE WORKPLACE, THE EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO SEVERANCE PAY

Absenteeism resulting from a conviction due to a crime committed outside the workplace is a compelling reason for the employee, and in case of termination of employment contract by the employer, the employee is entitled to severance pay.

ACCESS BLOCK AUTHORIZATION OF TURKISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION (TFF)

Upon enaction of the Law Nr. 7346 Amending Certain Laws published on the Official Journal on December 25, 2021, a new additional article was incorporated under the Law Nr. 5894 on Establishment and Duties of the Turkish Football Federation.

CONSIDERATION POINTS FOR FOREIGNERS WHILE BUYING AN IMMOVABLE PROPERTY TO ACQUIRE CITIZENSHIP

Real or legal persons of foreign national is required to file an application with the Land Registry Office to buy an immovable property or to perform the procedures for a preliminary contract for sales.

REQUEST ON APPRAISAL REPORT FOR FOREIGNERS TO BE FILED ON WEBTAPU SYSTEM!

Appraisal report, drawn up by legal persons, is required to be submitted to perform sales transactions, to which real persons of foreign national are a party as the buyer or seller, and to buy immovable properties to acquire citizenship.

AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION IN TAX MATTERS

This convention has been signed by 136 countries as of today, including countries such as Switzerland, Norway, Brazil, and India, as well as the EU member states.

BEARER SHARES TO BE REGISTERED WITH CENTRAL REGISTRY AGENCY

The Law nr.7262 on Prevention of Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, was adopted on December 27, 2020 at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.