4 November 2024
The time has come to use plain language in banks' communications with customers. To date, despite the lack of a statutory obligation, some banks have already begun implementing accessible language and legal design methodologies in their contracts and terms and conditions. However, this change will become a legal requirement as of 28 June 2025, when the Acces...
13 September 2024
The amendment to the National Cybersecurity System Act, which implements the NIS2 Directive in Polish law, means significant changes are ahead for many entities from different sectors of the economy. What is particularly important is that the number of entities that are part of the National Cybersecurity System Act will increase significantly. The specific r...
30 August 2024
On 30 August 2024, a communication concerning the submission of price offers following the issuance of a resolution of the Economic Commission (the “Communication”) was published in the System for Reimbursement Lists (Polish: System Obsługi List Refundacyjnych) (the “SOLR”). Given its small size, it is worth quoting it in full: “We would like to remind y...
6 August 2024
Capital market participants had certain legal concerns regarding how to determine the exact moment of the emergence of the obligation to notify of a change in the share in the total number of votes in a public company under Article 69 of the Public Offering Act[1] in connection with an increase or decrease in the share capital of a public company. In order t...
22 July 2024
14th package of sanctions has been in place since 24 June of this year. It includes a further 69 individuals and 47 entities subject to asset freezes (in total, over 2,200 individuals and entities are now included), and has introduced further restrictive measures targeting sectors of the Russian economy such as energy, finance and trade. However, its main ob...
10 July 2024
Competition law in the labour market remains a hot topic in Poland and on an international scale. The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (the “UOKiK”), following global trends in the area of competition law violations in the labour market, has issued a guide to provide a set of guidelines for businesses, in particular for their respective HR depar...
24 June 2024
The Whistleblower Protection Act (hereinafter also: the "Act") has already been signed by the President. This means that it will be published in the Journal of Laws very shortly and the requirements concerning internal whistleblower reporting will come into force within approximately three months with regard to all of the entities covered by the Act. The ...
27 May 2024
As part of what is known as the Major Amendment to the Reimbursement Act (frequently referred to using the Polish acronym “DNUR”), the updated Article 36(6) of the Reimbursement Act has introduced the obligation for the outcome of negotiations with the Economic Commission to be published, together with the minutes of such negotiations, in the event of a reje...
24 May 2024
On 18 May 2024, the Extraordinary XVI National Congress of Physicians adopted a new Code of Medical Ethics. The provisions of the Code set out the principles of ethics and govern the practice of the profession of a physician and include, among others, rules for the cooperation of physicians with the pharmaceutical industry, in particular with manufacturers o...
24 May 2024
We now know the content of the bill on the protection of whistleblowers (the“Whistleblower Protection Bill” and the “Whistleblower Protection Act”) after its adoption by the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament (Sejm). The Whistleblower Protection Bill is to require the implementation of local procedures and confidential channels for reporting violations o...
