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We are gladly announce that at 1st of October mec. Agata Durczyńska, who’s the member of our team for over 10 years, has advanced to the circle of DJP Partners! In her practice mec. Durczyńska specialise in court disputes, commercial contracts, M&A transactions , and also in restructuring and bankruptcy. We believe, that mec. Durczyńska as a new Partner will boost development of our Law Firm, and we wish her all further success!

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We recommend the new article by Gracjan Pietras in iMagazine.

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This year we’re celebrating the 15th anniversary of the DJP! 🎉
Years of challenges, gaining experience and consistent work allowed us to create a stable brand in the legal services market . Today we have a younger generation of partners, a team of more than a dozen associates and many loyal clients. Thank you.

Congratulations to our team 👏 Gracjan Pietras Maciej Rzepka Justyna Poliszak Tomasz Urbanek

Link: curia.europa.eu

Już 30 czerwca 2022 r. wejdzie w życie nowelizacja Kodeksu cywilnego, zgodnie z którą złożenie wniosku o zawezwanie do próby ugodowej nie będzie już skutkować przerwaniem biegu przedawnienia, lecz spowoduje jedynie jego zawieszenie.
Zachęcamy do zapoznania się z naszym podsumowaniem dotyczącym najistotniejszych zmian wynikających z nowelizacji.

Newsletter DJP_06_2022_Zawezwanie do próby ugodowej nie przerwie terminu przedawnienia

Rady nadzorcze oraz odpowiedzialność organów – najważniejsze zmiany w 2022

W dzisiejszym wydaniu Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, w dodatku Firma i Prawo ukazał się artykuł na autorstwa Łukasz Doktór i Katarzyna Lewińska na temat rozszerzenia uprawnień rad nadzorczych w związku z ostatnią nowelizacją k.s.h.  Zmiana ta ma w założeniu wzmocnić pozycję rad nadzorczych i zapewnić bardziej aktywny nadzór nad bieżącą działalnością spółek. #DJP #DziennikGazetaPrawna #DGP #KSH #nowelizacja #prawospółek #radanadzorcza

Kancelaria DJP poszukuje osób na stanowisko Młodszego Prawnika 🏆 ⚖️

Jeśli chcesz zdobyć doświadczenie i rozwijać swoje umiejętności zapraszamy do przesyłania CV na adres e-mail: 📩👉rekrutacja@djp.pl

Więcej informacji w zakładce WSPÓŁPRACA

The latest issue of iMagazine – Polish Mac Magazine features an article written by Gracjan Pietras
We encourage you to read it! 👉Dlaczego bitcoin ma wartość (str. 217)

#bitcoin #kryptowaluty #crypto #finanse #djp

Kancelaria DJP poszukuje osób na stanowisko Młodszego Prawnika 🏆 ⚖️ Jeśli chcesz zdobyć doświadczenie i rozwijać swoje umiejętności zapraszamy do przesyłania CV na adres e-mail: 📩👉  rekrutacja@djp.pl
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We present the latest publication by DJP lawyers in the international publishing series Global Legal Insights 2021. Łukasz Doktór, Adriana Palczewska and Maciej Rzepka describe key aspects of civil proceedings in Poland with particular emphasis on cassation appeals, attorney-client privilege, litigation costs and the impact of the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic on litigation funding in Poland.  In their article, they also take a closer look at class actions, interim relief, enforcement of judgments, international arbitration, mediation and regulatory proceedings.

From July 1, 2021, submitting applications to the National Court Register KRS shall be made only in electronic form. We encourage you to get acquainted with the edition of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna  where Magdalena Humnicka i Anna Rzepecka describe step by step how the new procedure works in practice.

The provisions on a simple joint-stock company create a new type of authority of this company – a board of directors. In today’s edition of  Dziennik Gazeta Prawna we recommend an article written by Łukasz Doktór conserning this topic.

We recommend a new article by Gracjan Pietras in iMagazine.

In the latest podcast of Magazyn ekonomiczny on Polskie Radio RDC, Łukasz Doktór discusses legal and practical aspects related to the simple joint-stock company

Magazyn ekonomiczny: aspekty prawne i praktyczne związane z nową formą prowadzenia działalności

On July 1, 2021, a new type of company will appear in the Code of Commercial Companies – a simple joint-stock company. Dziennik Gazeta Prawna has published a comprehensive guide for entrepreneurs on a simple joint-stock company written by the lawyers of our firm. Łukasz Doktór, Katarzyna Lewińska and Magdalena Humnicka go into the details of the legal and practical aspects concerning this new form of running a business.

Advocate Łukasz Doktór, advocate Gracjan Pietras, legal advisor Agata Durczyńska and advocate Jacek Tuśnio are recommended in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 (Legalease) ranking in the field of Dispute Resolution. We would like to thank our clients for appreciating our practice.

Advocate Gracjan Pietras, Advocate Jarosław Jerszyński Advocate Adriana Palczewska are again recommended in the 2021 edition of  The Legal 500 (Legalease) EMEA 2021 ranking in the field of Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT).

We would like to thank our Clients for their trust and appreciation of our services.

In today’s issue of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Łukasz Doktór analyzes the most common clauses in distribution contracts that violate competition law regulations

Jak się ustrzec błędów zawieranych w porozumieniach dystrybucyjnych

Today, in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Łukasz Doktór and Katarzyna Lewińska analyze the practical aspects of share sale transactions in light of new regulations concerning shares after dematerialization and the shareholder register.

O czym należy pamietać sprzedając akcje po dematerializacji

We recommend DJP’s briefing material on the changes to the share disposition rules in connection with the dematerialization of non-public company shares.

In today’s supplement to the issue of Rzeczpospolita Adriana Palczewska analyzes the new provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure introducing separate proceedings in intellectual property disputes and takes a closer look at the new solutions in the field of evidence proceedings. Enjoy reading!

Łatwiej dochodzić roszczeń za naruszenie praw własności intelektualnej

In today’s issue of Rzeczpospolita Jarosław Jerszyński and Bartosz Góźdź focus on the legal obligations of the digital service providers within the national cybersecurity system.

Łukasz Doktór comments for Rzeczpospolita:

Spółka Partnerska z jednym podatkiem

Today, Bartosz Góźdź, lawyer from our law firm, will have pleasure to lead a lecture on personal data protection, organised by the European Law Students’ Association ELSA Poland, whose DJP is a pro bono partner.

We recommend a new article Obliczanie odszkodowania przy roszczeniach z tytułu deliktów antymonopolowych in Rzeczpospolita by Łukasz Doktór.

Here is the latest publication by DJP lawyers published in the international series Global Legal Insights 2020. Łukasz Doktór, Adriana Palczewska and Maciej Rzepka outline the key aspects of civil proceedings in Poland.  They also address alternative dispute resolution (arbitration and mediation) and take a closer look at the efficiency of judicial proceedings in Poland.

We would like to thank our Clients for their trust and appreciation of our services.

Legal 500 EMEA 2020 | TMT

We would like to thank our Clients for their trust and appreciation of our services.

Today Jarosław Jerszyński will give a lecture about managing the security of companies with regard to cyber-threats.

We recommend the latest episode of  #RZECZoPRAWIE in which Łukasz Doktór gave an interview on antitrust claims.

The Central Register of Ultimate Beneficial Owners

will start out on 13th October. Existing companies will have six months to disclose information about actual beneficiaries, i.e. natural persons exercising direct or indirect control over a particular entity.

The companies that will have to register are: unlimited partnerships, limited partnerships, limited joint-stock partnerships, joint-stock companies other than public partnerships, and (from March next year) – simple joint-stock partnerships. The register will be public.

Failure to comply with the obligation to  indicate the actual beneficiaries will result in a fine of up to 1 million PLN.

More in  Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

On 6th September 2019, the Commercial Companies Code and amendments to certain other acts were signed. This amendment introduced mandatory dematerialization of shares of private companies and full dematerialization of shares of public companies. The regulations will come into force in January 2021 and from that moment paper registered and bearer shares will be digitally recorded.  Our trainee Katarzyna Jaworska wrote about the planned changes in the article “Not only bonds – common dematerialization of shares is in the pipeline”. Soon we will present another study on how dematerialization will change the share trading market and how companies and their shareholders should prepare for it.

Nie tylko obligacje – szykuje się powszechna dematerializacja akcji

We present the latest publication by DJP lawyers published in the international series Global Legal Insights 2019. Łukasz Doktór, Adriana Palczewska and Maciej Rzepka outline the key aspects of civil litigation in Poland.  They also address alternative dispute resolution (arbitration and mediation) and take a closer look at the attempts to streamline and digitalize court proceedings.

DJP had a pleasure of advising Primeon Sp. z o.o. on the exit of venture capital funds: AIP Seed and Inovo.  Our support included participation in negotiations and preparation of contractual documentation concerning the exit of investors.

Łukasz Doktór (Partner) and Katarzyna Lewińska (Senior Associate) were involved in the project.

More in Puls Biznesu

DJP hosted members of the National Board of ELSA Poland.  We’re glad that we can support the activities of law students. During the meeting we defined the goals of our cooperation for the next year.

We wish all students involved in ELSA Poland activities many new projects and many successes in the upcoming academic year! #elsa #probono #djp

Kancelaria DJP miała przyjemność doradzać Fundacji Polskiego Funduszu Rozwoju w związku z powołaniem przez Fundację Centralny Dom Technologii CDT – unikalnego miejsca na edukacyjnej mapie Warszawy. Nasze zaangażowanie obejmowało przygotowanie rozbudowanej dokumentacji umownej oraz wsparcie w jej negocjacjach. Jesteśmy dumni, że mogliśmy przyczynić się do realizacji tak istotnego projektu wykorzystującego innowacyjną metodologię nauczania STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). Misja realizowana przez Centralny Dom Technologii CDT  spowoduje zwiększenie zainteresowania innowacjami technologicznymi, pozytywnie wpłynie na rozwijanie kompetencji przyszłości oraz przyczyni się do budowania społeczności skupiającej entuzjastów nowych technologii, technologicznych wizjonerów, liderów i aktywistów. W prace nad projektem zaangażowani byli Agata Durczyńska (partner) oraz Jacek Tuśnio (starszy prawnik).

Zachęcamy do odwiedzenia Centralny Dom Technologii CDT!

Until now, the courts’ jurisprudence on the amount of damages awarded for copyright infringement has been ambiguous.

The Constitutional Tribunal will now decide whether authors will be able to claim twice as much remuneration for infringing their copyrights.

More in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

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Przekleństwo darmowej informacji

We recommend the new article by Gracjan Pietras in iMagazine.

Gdy stajemy się produktami, budzą się demony

DJP has been highlighted in The Legal 500 EMEA 2019 ranking in the categories of TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms) and Dispute Resolution. Many thanks to our clients for their trust and recommendations. The recommended lawyers are Gracjan Pietras (TMT, Dispute Resolution) and Łukasz Doktór (Dispute Resolution) #legal500 #tmt #litigation #djp

Our firm had the pleasure of advising Polski Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. by conluding number of agreements concerning creating, providing and long-term servicing of register system of Employees’ Capital Plans. Our work contained creating drafting contarcts and supporting PFR in negotiations refering to their provisions with selected contarctor. We are proud to have been able to support such a substantial project, which has a chance to impact on the situaton of millions of Poles. In the project were involved Gracjan Pietras, Łukasz Doktór, Adriana Palczewska, Kamila Świątkowska and Bartosz Góźdź.

New amendment of industrial property law signed by president will adjust our law to requirements of the European Union. New regulations give the definition of trademark a wider meaning. From now – it will be possible to register trademarks not only in graphic form, but also in three-dimensional form or sound form. More in Puls Biznesu

The government adopted the amendment of the Code of Commercial Companies under which it will be created the Simple joint-stock company. Advantages of this fledgeling legal form will be: simplified process of registration, electronisation and simplification of the procedures in company. The solutions indicated above are supposed to ensure the start-ups market development in Poland. More in Rzeczpospolita

On 1st March 2019 amendments of the Code of Commercial Companies will be entering into force. One of the most significant change regarding limited liability company is change which allows voting on resolutions in writing. More in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

The act on the administration of succession introduces a new participant to the Polish legal system – an administrator of the succession, who, upon an entrepreneur’s death, will be in charge of all activities within ordinary management and exceeding ordinary management, subject to the consent of all owners of the inherited enterprise. The administrator of the succession will be entitled to participate in judicial and/or administrative proceedings and to file for bankruptcy.

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We recommend a new article written by Katarzyna Jaworska 

Nie tylko obligacje – szykuje się powszechna dematerializacja akcji

Nowa ustawa o zmianie niektórych ustaw w związku ze wzmocnieniem nadzoru oraz ochrony inwestorów na rynku finansowym i jej znaczenie dla emitentów

We recommend a new article written by Łukasz Doktór

Sprawa Apple Inc. vs. Pepper i co z niej może wyniknąć

The Parliament adopted the „MŚP package” – a package of savings, benefits and facilitations for entrepreneurs, prepared by the Ministry of Business and Technology. The amendment provides in particular changes in terms of functioning of a company with limited liability – it will be possible to adopt all shareholder’s resolutions remotely by circulation. More in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

In 2019, the Act introducing a number of changes to the provisions on enforcement proceedings will enter into force. The most important changes include a creation of enforcement departments in the district courts, which will be responsible for giving enforcement clauses and supervising the work of bailiffs. In connection with the amendment, the courts will be able to revoke the immediate enforceability granted to the default judgment, and in proceedings for disclosure of property use coercive measures not only for natural persons, but also for representatives of organizational units. There will also be a facilitation to help speed up the proceedings, which will be the application form for the initiation of enforcement proceedings and the complaint form for the activities of a bailiff. More in Rzeczpospolita

Today, Jarosław Jerszyński, legal counsel, partner to our law office, will have the pleasure to lead a lecture on implementation of the Act on the national cyber-security system and on the Regulation concerning key services, organised by the Polish District Heating Chamber of Commerce (IGCP).

The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has drafted an amendment of the act on competition and consumer protection. A purpose of the drafted provisions is to strengthen the institutional position of the President of the OCCP, to ensure the OCCP an access to information which may constitute a bank or fiscal secrets and to enable a transfer of information between the President of the OCCP and FSA (KNF). In addition, the amendment provides that the President of the OCCP will apply the EU regulation on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market (2018/302). More in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

In regard to actio pauliana, the Court of Justice of the European Union has recognized that aggrieved creditors may use a special jurisdiction and demand a hearing theirs case in a country, in which a potential ineffective agreement has been concluded. More in Gazeta Prawna

Głos za prawnym zakazem korzystania z botów w walce politycznej

European Parliament adopted by a vast majority a draft of copyright directive. The proposed directive includes controversial art. 13, which introduces mandatory web content filtering with regard to infringements of copyrights, and art. 11, which covers related rights for press publishers. Detailed information on how rules for monitoring and publishing of content are going to change please see issue of Puls Biznesu

As part of the amendment to the Code of Commercial Companies, planned for 2019 by the Ministry of Enterprise and Technology, work is underway to create a simple joint-stock company. The Polish Bank Association believes that the draft simplifies the rules and is beneficial for the shareholders of such a company, but does not adequately protect its potential creditors and business partners. More on this topic in Gazeta Prawna

The Ministry of Justice is preparing an extensive amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure. The main purpose of this amendment is to accelerate the court proceedings and allow to organize more efficient proceedings. Amendments are intended to cover, inter alia, provisions regarding evidence procedure, as well restore an economic procedure liquidated in 2012. More in Rzeczpospolita

The revised Audiovisual Directive will cover not only traditional media but also video-sharing platforms such as Netflix, You Tube or Spotify. The new rules reflect digital progress and provide, among others, a fairer environment for all audio-visual providers, protection of minors and consumers against harmful content and provisions on promotion of European creators in on-demand catalogues with at least 30% share of European content. More in  Gazeta Prawna

The bankruptcy procedure is not fully transparent and many people cannot restructure their debts” Deputy Minister of Justice Marcin Warchoł announced another amendment to the Bankruptcy Law at the beginning of 2019. For more details about planned changes please see today’s issue of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

“The bankruptcy procedure is not fully transparent and many people cannot restructure their debts” Deputy Minister of Justice Marcin Warchoł announced another amendment to the Bankruptcy Law at the beginning of 2019. For more details about planned changes please see today’s issue of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

The Court of Justice of the European Union will soon decide whether the copyrights to the electronic edition of a book are ‘exhausted’ in the context of resaleability of a purchased copy.

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The amendment to the act on combating unfair competition, which awaits its publication in the Journal of Laws, raises controversies as regards the employees’ liability for violation of trade secrets. While the experts differ on whether the new regulations are going to improve or deteriorate the protection of trade secrets, it is generally agreed that the amendment will force entrepreneurs to introduce changes in their internal regulations and agreements with employees.

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As a part of amendments to the Civil Procedure Code, Ministry of Justice is considering an introduction of a new fee in the amount up to 100 PLN for appointing a witness, expert witness or party only during the proceedings’ course. The purpose of the amendments is to force entrepreneurs to submit evidence in a documentary form and to avoid an extension of proceedings.

Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

The Right to be forgotten is not applicable to data available in public registers such as National Court Register (KRS) or Central Registration and Information on Business (CEIDG). Enterprises and non-governmental organisations don’t have to ask for a consent to process such data.  For more details please see today’s issue of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

We recommend a new article written by Gracjan Pietras.

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The reform of copyright law proposed by the European Commission will change the rules for monitoring the content available on the Internet.

Google, YouTube and Facebook will be required to systematically check the content provided by their users, such as video or music, from the point of view of respect for copyright law. More in Puls Biznesu

Works on the act on collective management of copyright and related rights have been completed. Organizations of collective management of works will have limited freedom in managing collected royalties and the issues of distribution of funds between creators will be more regulated. #copyrightlaw #royalties More in Rzeczpospolita

The Supreme Court decided that the existence of a premise for dissolution of a limited liability company including a final court judgment, does not automatically mean its dissolution – the dissolution is only when the liquidation process is completed and when the company is removed from the National Court Register. More in Puls Biznesu.

Shorter limitation periods, a new way of calculating the time limits for limitation, end of pursuing barred claims and changes in the enforcement of cash benefits are just some of the changes to the new, published on Friday in the Journal of Laws – Act of 13th April 2018 amending the Civil Code and some other laws. More in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

BTE will not be changed even by the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal

The Supreme Court issued a decision under which it recognized that the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 15th April 2015 declaring the unconstitutionality of the procedure for issuing BTE does not constitute grounds for reopening proceedings undermining the enforcement of bank enforcement titles. More in Rzeczpospolita

The new act on liability of collective entities provides for winding up of a company and a takeover of its assets and shareholders rights by the State in the event of serious infringements. For more details please see today’s issue of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Pursuant to an amendment of the Civil Code adopted by the Polish Senate, the limitation periods for pecuniary claims shall be reduced from 10 to 6 years. Changes adopted at the same time in the civil procedure shall include i.a. a requirement to indicate a claim’s due date already in a lawsuit. More on lex.pl

We recommend a new article written by lawyer Jarosław Jerszyński on Linkedin

We recommend a new article written by lawyer Jarosław Jerszyński which recently appeared on the iMagazine website.

A draft amendment to the Act on Combating Unfair Competition has been submitted to the Sejm. Acquiring someone else’s information constituting the company’s secret will be considered as an act of unfair competition. At the same time, the requirements necessary to obtain legal protection by the entrepreneur will increase. More on this topic in Puls Biznesu