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Influencer activities in the European Union may be deemed unfair market practices, potentially harming the brands they promote.

At the end of November, the Polish Competition Authority (UOKiK) imposed a fine exceeding PLN 76 million (approx. EUR 16.5 million) on Eurocash for the...

New legislation that affects investments in Polish entities by investors from outside the EEA and OECD will enter into force on 24 July 2020...

In a request for a preliminary ruling requested by District Court of Warsaw, Poland to the European Court of Justice ("ECJ"), three Polish citizens brought an action against Provident Polska...

EU Regulation 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the EU Council regulation of December 12, 2017, on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection...

Christmas is one of the few occasions during the year when consumers make an unusually large number of higher-than-normal purchases.

Recently an increasing number of brands on the Polish market have been raising important social issues in their communication with customers through advertising. Breastfeeding in public...

There have been discussions for some time about changes in consumer law in Poland. The amendments are aimed to counteract false promotions - where prices of goods are raised only to be lowered to the initial level shortly.

Influencers have long been working with well-known (and yet unknown, niche) brands to promote their services or products.

In the first part of the article on the recommendations of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection ("President of the OCCP") on the labeling of advertising content by...

Implementation of the Omnibus Directive entered into force in Poland on 1 January 2023. The Implementation act amended inter alia principle Acts of Polish Consumer Law, incl.:

In recent years, the subject of increased interest by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection ("OCCP") has been the activities of so-called influencers...

W ostatnich latach przedmiotem wzmożonego zainteresowania Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów („UOKiK") jest działalność tzw.