New Act on contractual advantage – food market
Unfair use of the contractual advantage on the agricultural-food market by retail chains is a problem that suppliers have been
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Competition protection
Trade discounts and unfair competition
Discounts granted by suppliers of goods are often used in business as a way of making settlements between contractors. The
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A new act of unfair competition: violation of prohibition of competition-restricting practices
Art. 15c of the Act of combating unfair competition is applicable from 24 September 2021 and it introduces a new
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The employer may terminate the non-competition agreement more easily
Concluding non-competition agreements with former employees, mandataries, sales representatives or agents is a common practice, the main purpose of which
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Knowledge, experience and skills acquired by the employee vs trade secret
In the course of employment with a given employer, an employee has access to a range of information that is
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Non-competition agreements when selling real estate – what are the limits of freedom of contracts?
The principle of freedom of contracts enables the parties to a legal relationship to adopt solutions limiting the scope of
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Tender collusion as the basis for rejection of the offer
An agreement aimed at influencing the result of the public procurement proceedings i.e. tender collusion is considered to be an
Read morePreventing the unfair use of contract advantage in trading of agricultural and food products
On 15 December 2016 the Sejm (the lower chamber of the polish Parliament) passed an Act on the prevention of
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Polish government is currently carrying out legislative works on the draft act on actions for damages caused by an infringement
Read moreNew rules of procedure for recognizing contractual causes as unlawful
On 5th August 2015, the amendment to the Polish Act on Competition and Consumer Protection of 16th February 2007 [ACCP]
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