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Has your agent brought in “new customers”?

Who is an agent's new customer? On won-back customers, new products, and the burden of proof for indemnity.

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06.10.2026

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Banking, Financial institution agency networks

What are ‘substantial benefits’ for the principal, and when do they entitle an agent to an indemnity?

One of the conditions for an indemnity is that, after the agency agreement has ended, the principal derives substantial benefits from contracts with customers brought in by the agent, or…

20.10.2026

approx. 2 min

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Agency Tuesday

When does increased business with existing customers entitle an agent to an indemnity?

An agent may be entitled to an indemnity not only for bringing in new customers, but also for substantially increasing business with the principal’s existing customers.

13.10.2026

approx. 2 min

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Disputes

Where does an opinion end and an infringement of personal rights begin?

Part II: Reputation protected—how does the law safeguard a business’s good name?

30.09.2026

approx. 6 min

Emil Frącz

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Music covers and sampling — legal aspects, Part 1

Navigating the legal issues around covers and sampling requires an introduction. This article explains key questions in creating and using covers, and the meaning and principal forms of sampling.

25.07.2024

approx. 7 min

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Corporate services, M&A, Competition law

Quantifying damage caused by infringements of competition law — Part 2

In part I , Maciej Rzepka discussed legal conditions for competition damages under the Act of 21 April 2017 (the Claims Act ) and civil procedure. Here we examine economic…

16.07.2024

approx. 5 min

Łukasz Doktór

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Corporate services, M&A, Competition law

Quantifying damage caused by infringements of competition law — Part 1

Proving the amount of loss is among the hardest tasks for a tort claimant. This is even more true under the Act of 21 April 2017 on competition damages claims…

09.07.2024

approx. 5 min

Maciej Rzepka

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Corporate services, M&A, Competition law

Protecting confidential communications in competition proceedings

The 2023 amendment to the Competition and Consumer Protection Act introduced protection of confidential communications between an undertaking and an independent advocate or legal adviser: legal professional privilege (LPP).

03.07.2024

approx. 5 min

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Corporate services, M&A, Competition law

Principles of liability for infringements of competition law

A business that infringes competition law must compensate anyone harmed by that infringement. What governs its liability? The Act of 21 April 2017 on claims for damages caused by competition…

25.06.2024

approx. 5 min

Maciej Rzepka

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Creators

Using artificial intelligence in screenwriting

As artificial intelligence becomes common in everyday life, its substantial influence on the arts is hard to overlook. This article outlines the main issues arising from AI use in literary…

19.06.2024

approx. 6 min

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Labor law, Whistleblowers

Does the law protect pigs better than employees?

After “only” two and a half years’ delay, Poland’s Whistleblower Protection Act will leave Parliament for the President’s desk. Its journey has been bumpy, with emotions running high at the…

17.06.2024

approx. 5 min

Bartosz Góźdź

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Corporate services, M&A, Competition law

Private enforcement — what does it mean?

“Private enforcement” is a convenient term for pursuing claims arising from competition law infringements through private proceedings, alongside and independently of sanctions imposed by the public authorities enforcing competition rules—the…

11.06.2024

approx. 5 min

Łukasz Doktór

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Bitcoin, Technology, Personal data protection

Privacy rights and the EU Regulation on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets

The new EU regulation on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets (the AML Regulation) requires crypto-asset service providers to give public authorities information about transfer participants on request.…

07.06.2024

approx. 5 min

Marcin Liszka

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Corporate services, M&A, Commercial contracts

Will artificial intelligence replace corporate lawyers in drafting contracts?

Can AI development and the free, widely available ChatGPT [1] replace a lawyer’s knowledge and experience? I examine a ChatGPT-drafted loan between a limited liability company and its board member,…

04.06.2024

approx. 7 min

Dominik Wesołowski

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