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Are You Influencing Your Influencers too much?

30th November 2018
Under the FTC Act (the “Act”), the FTC tasks brands, influencers, and possibly their agencies and PR firms with ensuring that influencers disclose any "material connection" to a brand with which an influencer has a relationship. It’s basically a social media form of “truth in advertising,” to assure consumers are aware when an influencer is […]
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Google Harassment Scandal: Should NDAs Be Banned?

30th November 2018
In fact, 20%[1] of Google’s workers protested from around the globe, from Tokyo setting precedent, all the way to Berlin, it was estimated that more than 1,500 employees - mostly women - walked out from more than 60% of Google’s offices at 11:10AM[2]. Why were they protesting? Well, it may have been a shock to […]
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#copyrightdirective and the #deathofmemes

1st November 2018
From exploiting Spongebob Squarepants to Kermit the Frog and making Grumpy Cat one of the richest cats after she earned $100 million in around two years, memes have taken the internet by a storm. By being “an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other […]
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The Best Corporate Health Retreats for Business and Leisure

31st October 2018
Coping with the stress and pressure that the modern working environment puts us under can be disruptive to both our mental and physical health. As a successful professional, we want to be energetic, positive and productive, but with ever increasing workloads and long hours, our well-being is being pushed aside as our work takes centre […]
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Kika/Leiner property assets in Austria acquired by the Signa Group

31st October 2018
The SIGNA Group has submitted a purchase offer for the furniture chain kika/Leiner to the Steinhoff Group. This bid includes both the operational commercial business, with its some 5,500 employees, as well as the approximately 70 real estate locations in Austria and CEE, and means an Austrian solution for the company. Steinhoff has accepted the […]
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Migros Ticaret A.S. merges with Kipa Ticaret A.S.

31st October 2018
Migros Ticaret A.Ş. ("Migros"), which has previously acquired shares of Kipa Ticaret A.Ş. ("Kipa") from Tesco Overseas Investments Limited on 1 March 2017, has now merged Kipa under Migros as of 31 August 2018, upon approval of the Capital Markets Board on 19 July 2018. Paksoy is pleased to announce that Sera Somay (Partner), Ökkeş […]
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IFC grants credit to Agrotec

31st October 2018
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an entity of the World Bank, granted a loan of USD 25 million to Agrotec SA, to help support the Paraguayan agricultural services company. Agrotec is one of Paraguay’s leading agronomy services and is a subsidiary of the Agrihold Group, which was established in 1969 and today operates at both […]
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