In February 2019, the first polish online arbitration court was created. The court advertises itself as fast, cheap and effective, and may constitute a great opportunity for better resolution of upcoming disputes in Poland.

Moreover, various industry codes have been created that specify how data is to be protected.

On 6 March 2018, the Administrative Supreme Court (NSA) issued the first ruling concerning taxation of income made from trading bitcoins by individuals (case II FSK 488/16).

It's official - the Central Transportation Port (formerly known as Central Airport) will be located between Łódź and Warsaw.

If the preliminary research suggests that the evolution of the price may be traced to anticompetitive conduct by either public or private entities, the Competition Council may launch a full investigation in order to determine the reasons for this price evolution.

On Monday, September 24, the Romanian Senate adopted the offshore law, which establishes the rules for companies that extract natural gas from Romania's Black Sea section.

Order no. 158/2018 on the establishment of the estimated mandatory quota for the acquisition of green certificates for the period August-December 2018, issued by the President of ANRE and published in the...

Emergency Government Ordinance no. 7/2016 on several measures for acceleration of the implementation of trans-European transport infrastructure projectsl entered in force on 18 March 2016.

In preparation for the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), which comes into force in May 2018, Romania has updated its Classification of Occupations (COR) to include data protection officers (DPOs).

A first benchmark in such roadmap consists of the appointment of a Data Protection Officer ("DPO").

Serbian competition rules dealing with agreements restricting competition are largely taken from and harmonized with EU competition rules.

By 2016, interest rates set by the European Central Bank reached historic lows. For this reason, a mortgage loan has become a more common way of financing the purchase of real estate.

The new Merger Clearance Regulation that entered into force on 19 August 2016, can be considered as another step towards harmonizing Ukrainian legislation with EU law.

The Judgment addresses nine questions which were inconsistently resolved by lower courts.

THE "CONTRACTS OF CHOICE" FOR THE WORLD'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED

On February 8th, 2018, the Polish Ministry of Finance released the long-awaited first draft of the bill on employee capital plans (Ustawa o pracowniczych planach kapitałowych).

On November 7, 2019, the Statute substantially amending the Civil Procedure Code and other Statutes will come into effect.

Drafts of the new Polish Personal Data Protection Act ("PDPA Draft") and Provisions Implementing the Personal Data Protection Act ("Amending Act Draft") were published on 14 September 2017.

A SUNDAY TRADING BAN, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT ON MARCH 1, 2018, AIMKS TO GRADUALLY IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON BRICK-AND-MORTAR SUNDAY ACTIVITIES

On 1 January 2018, New Rules of Arbitration entered into force for commercial arbitration proceedings before the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the CCIR...