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On 25-26 June 2020, a workshop entitled “Implementation agreements for IT systems” will be organised by the Puls Biznesu daily.

The programme of the meeting includes the following topics:

• How to draft a good agreement? – examples of implementation models existing on the market
• What is the liability for non-performance or improper performance of works in practical IT agreements?
• What scope of liability should be required from a licensor or a transferor of rights?
• What are the changes in the protection of company secret and the protection of computer software?
• What should be considered before negotiating an Agile agreement?
• How to protect personal data in cloud and non-cloud IT implementation projects?
• What are the requirements of the Act on the National Cybersecurity System?
• What are the consequences of exit from an agreement for IT system implementation?
• How to carry out IT implementation in line with the budget, schedule and adopted requirements – the checklist for Providers and Contracting Parties

During the event lectures will be given by: Xawery Konarski, Attorney-at-Law (Day 1: “Liability of IT service providers for improper performance of agreements”) and Agnieszka Wachowska, Attorney-at-Law (Day 1: “IT implementation – how to draft a good agreement?”) On Day 2 our experts will sum up the event discussing together the topic “How to carry out IT implementation in line with the budget, schedule and adopted requirements – the checklist for Providers and Contracting Parties”.

You are very welcome to participate in a webinar entitled “The processing of information about clients and beneficial owners in AMLD5 implementation project”, organised by the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

The meeting will be led by Maciej Miąsko, Attorney-at-Law from the Traple Konarski Podrecki I Wspólnicy Law Firm.

The aim of the webinar is to present new requirements connected with the processing of information by obliged institutions, following from a proposal of amendment of the regulations on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (AML), the main objective of which is to implement in Poland the so called Fifth AML Directive. Topics discussed during the webinar will include, among other things:

• changes in financial security measures in light of a proposal of AMLD5 implementation, including simplified and enhanced measures;
• impact of the proposed amendment on the rules of personal data processing by obliged institutions.

Webinar will be held on 24 June 2020, between 11.00 a.m. and 11.45 a.m.

Do not hesitate to apply!

The Rzeczpospolita Daily and experts from the Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy Law Firm invite you to participate in an online training entitled “New Public Procurement Law (as of 1 January 2021) – practical guide for Awarding Entities and Contractors”, which will be held on 18 June 2020.

The aim of the training is to present to both Awarding Entities and Contractors new rules and procedures connected with public procurements, implemented by the Act on Public Procurement of 11 September 2019. The lecturers will compare the rules of conducting the procurement procedure applicable to date with the regulations that will enter into force on 1 January 2021. They will also address issues connected with the regulations relating to the public procurement market in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

The meeting will be led by: Agnieszka Wachowska, Attorney-at-Law, Tomasz Krzyżanowski, Attorney-at-Law, Karolina Grochecka-Goljan, Attorney-at-Law, Wojciech Karwacki, trainee Attorney-at-Law.

Feel free to apply!

On 17 June 2020 at 10.00 a.m. you are welcome to participate in a free webinar entitled “Intellectual property courts already as of 1 July 2020?”

Everything suggests that 1 July 2020 will be the date of entry into force of the Act on amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure and certain other laws of 13 February 2020 (Dz. U. [Journal of Laws] of 2020, item 288, hereinafter: the “Act”). The regulations introduced in the Act with respect to proceedings in intellectual property matters provide an amendment which will allow a special adjudicating procedure to be applied in cases involving intellectual property. Legal professionals agree in their opinion that specialised courts for intellectual property will start operating in Poland.

The following matters, among other things, will be discussed during the webinar:

• What cases will be resolved by those specialised courts?
• What will be the location and the number of the courts?
• New procedural instruments facilitating the enforcement of claims
• Special actions – instruments for the defendant

Feel free to apply!

You are welcome to participate in a webinar entitled “Status and role of a DPO in view of the most recent rulings and positions of supervision authorities and courts”, which will be held on 16 June 2020.

During the webinar we will review the most recent decisions on the status and role of a DPO in an organisation and their conclusions for the practical performance of a DPO function. We will also discuss (4) the issue of insurance policies for a DPO, i.e. what types of policies are currently offered on the market, whether it is worth to have such a policy and what it actually does protect from.

We will focus especially on the following cases:

1. Belgium: a fine imposed on Proximus with the explanation:

• whether a DPO may hold functions of a compliance officer or head of the audit and risk management department;
• what additional responsibilities and functions may he held by a DPO; what additional responsibilities and functions may cause a conflict of interests within the meaning of Article 38.6 of GDPD;
• what should be done in order to avoid a conflict of interests;
• whether it is necessary to have a conflict of interests policy in place;

2. Germany: the position of the Bavarian supervision authority, which has explained:

• whether an organisation may appoint more than one DPO;
• whether a DPO may have a deputy;
• whether it is necessary to appoint a DPO team and what is the status thereof;

3. Germany: the ruling of the German Regional Labour Court, wherein it has been resolved:

• what should be understood under a notion of professional knowledge required from a DPO;
• whether a DPO should be “an expert in everything”;
• when a DPO can be removed;
• when the removal of a DPO will be reasonable.

On 10 June a webinar entitled “Adjudicating practice of the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection – selected examples for the FinTech sector” will be organised by the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Communications.

During the webinar an expert from our law firm – Henryk Hoser, Attorney-at-Law, will discuss selected decisions of the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection containing material positions of the supervision authority. He will focus on those rulings that may be significant for or directly apply to companies from the FinTech sector.

We hope to see you there!

You are welcome to participate in a webinar of the Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy Law Firm and the Baran Książek Bigaj Law Firm entitled “Paperless” in business trade and HR.

The following topics will be discussed during the event:

• Philosophy of paperless – legal and organisational aspects
• When can contracts be concluded and terminated in an electronic form?
• What should be changed in contract templates in order to adapt them to current reality?
• Electronic signature in HR documentation (e.g. employment contracts, annexes, termination letters).
• Perception of paperless – barriers, opportunities based on research made in various sectors of the economy
• Technology and implementation of paperless
• What does “validation” of electronic signatures consist in?
• Conclusion of contracts using electronic signature with contracting parties from the EU and outside the EU.

The meeting will be led by:

Artur Miękina – Asseco Data Systems
Agnieszka Wachowska, Attorney-at-Law from the Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy Law Firm
Magdalena Gąsowska-Paprota, Attorney-at-Law from the Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy Law Firm
Paweł Krzykowski, Attorney-at-Law from the Baran Książek Bigaj Law Firm

Feel free to apply!

You are very welcome to participate in a webinar entitled “Patriotic and ecological marketing”

One of clearly visibly trends on the fashion market at the moment is that consumers pay a special attention to the Polish origin and ecological character of the product. How to take advantage of this new trend in accordance with the law in marking clothes and footwear? You will be able to hear about that on 3 June during the webinar that will be led by: Beata Matusiewicz-Kulig, Attorney-at-Law, and Katarzyna Menszig-Wiese, PhD, LL.M., Attorney-at-Law.

The programme of the meeting includes:

• When can clothes or footwear be marked as made in Poland?
• How to draft communications about origin of the goods so as not to fall out of favour with customers?
• What to do if a competitor misleads consumers about the origin of its goods?
• What are certificates of ecological origin and when can they be used?
• How to carry out green marketing in accordance with the law?

To register, go to: https://lnkd.in/ei-DTch

On 28 May 2020, a webinar entitled “The law of new technologies – Regulations significant at the times of COVID-19” will be organised by the Rzeczpospolita daily.

During the webinar our experts: Paweł Podrecki, PhD hab., Professor of the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Attorney-at-Law, Beata Matusiewicz-Kulig, Attorney-at-Law, Tomasz Targosz, PhD, Attorney-at-Law, Agnieszka Wachowska, Attorney-at-Law, will present a number of regulations that are of key significance during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as:

• operation of courts and the law of new technologies during the pandemic
• rules of contract performance and changes in conditions of remunerating
• situation of the IT sector
• risks connected with the exchange of information

We hope to see you there!

On 26 May 2020 you are welcome to participate in a webinar entitled “Public contracts in light of the new Act on Public Procurement – presentation of selected material novelties”, which will be led by Tomasz Krzyżanowski. Attorney-at-Law.

During the webinar we will speak about selected material novelties in public contracts to be introduced by the new Act on Public Procurement of 11 September 2019. There will be also discussion about the Act on Public Procurement in the context of circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

To register, go to: https://lnkd.in/ejaszwt

The training is organised by the Enterprise Europe Network centre at the Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Krakow.

You are welcome to participate in a free webinar entitled “Renegotiation of commercial lease agreements at the times of COVID-19”, which will be held on 12 May 2020 between 11.00 a.m. and 12.30 p.m.

The event will be divided into a lecture of one hour and a 30-minute discussion, during which the host – Rafał Klimek, Attorney-at-Law will answer questions asked by the participants.

The programme of the meeting includes, among other things:

• rules of contractual liability under the Civil Code and COVID-19 – general issues
• COVID-19 regulations (prohibitions relating to a leased asset or activities of the lessees from executive regulations to the Act on the prevention and combat of infectious diseases in humans; the extinguishing of mutual obligations under Article 15ze of the COVID-19 Act; the extension of a premises lease agreement under Articles 31s and 31t of the COVID-19 Act)
• relation of the COVID-19 regulations to the provisions of the Civil Code
• practical aspects of the regulations on leases for individual categories of leased assets and lessees in the context of renegotiation of commercial lease agreements
• how to secure interests of the lessee at the time of renegotiation of commercial lease agreements?

To register, go to: http://bitly.pl/K0QOU

On 22 April 2020, a webinar entitled “Selection of a regulatory model for the provision of payment services in FinTech projects” will be organised by the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Communications.

During the webinar we will discuss often encountered practical problems and questions related to areas such as exemptions from the obligation to apply the Act (especially the so called exemptions for telecom businesses and exemptions for instruments of limited application), legal qualification of services (with special regard to new payment services – PIS and AIS) or the choice of form of conducting the regulated activity (KIP, MIP, provider of only AIS).

We are pleased to inform you that the webinar will be led by experts from our Law Firm: Karol Juraszczyk, Attorney-at-Law, and Michał Synowiec, trainee Attorney-at-Law.

To register, go to: https://piit.clickmeeting.pl/wybor-modelu-regulacyjnego-swiadczenia-uslug-platniczych-w-projektach-fintech