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In the latest issue of Forbes Women Joanna Sebzda-Załuska talks about overcoming stereotypes about women, achieving professional successes in the so-called male world, as well as professional support received from men. We invite you to read the article by Magdalena Krukowska "Wojowniczki w męskim świecie” ("Female warriors in male world").

We are proud to announce that the Managing Partner of GWW Legal, Joanna Sebzda-Załuska has become a member of the Council of Fundacja Dorastaj z Nami.

GWW is a founding member of the Foundation, which from the beginning of its activity has been providing support in the field of ongoing legal services. We are happy that we can become more and more active in helping children whose parents have died on duty. More information about the Foundation Dorastaj z Nami available on: https://dorastajznami.org/jak-pomagamy/jak-pomagamy-program/ 

On 13-15 June 2019, we had the pleasure to be the host of the TELFA & USLAW Network Spring Conference. The Conference was organized as part of TELFA independent network of law firms, to which GWW belongs since 2018.

In addition to the regular TELFA conference points, the program included a meeting devoted to problems and challenges for companies in terms of compliance, entitled ‘A modern model of compliance policy – cybersecurity, personal data protection, collective entities' liability, taxes’, in which lectures were given by GWW specialists and invited guests: Ewa Żak-Lisowska (PGE), Sławomir Chmielewski (Orange), dr Jan Tibor Lelley (Buse Heberer Fromm, Germany), and Edward Craft (Wedlake Bell, Great Britain).

The last day of the conference was devoted to discussing the issues of Legal Tech, where during the lecture by Aleksandra Przegalińska, PhD, and the debate with Marcin Zrędy (Wolters Kluwer), Maciej Trocia (IUS.AI), and Sebastian Grzywacz (Antalis Poland, legaldpt.com) we tried to find answers to the most bothering issues related to artificial intelligence, in particular regarding using it in the work of lawyers.

We are glad that the conference aroused so much interest. We would like to thank all participants for coming.

In Puls Biznesu daily, we can find an article on two important judgments of the European Court of Justice regarding the so-called spatial trademarks. These judgments are important because they systematize the concept of obtaining secondary distinctive concept. We invite you to read a text by Michał Tuszyński, attorney and patent attorney trainee.

The article is available at the link: https://www.pb.pl/czy-ksztalt-moze-byc-wlasnoscia-intelektualna-962528

Success in a several-year-lasting dispute regarding the interruption of the tax liability limitation period! 

On 3 June 2019, the Supreme Administrative Court, sitting in a panel of 7 judges, adopted a resolution (II FPS 1/19), in which it stated that in the legal status effective until 31 December 2015, the declaration of bankruptcy did not interrupt the limitation period of the tax liability whose payment date elapsed in the year in which the bankruptcy was declared. The legal issue constituting the subject of the resolution arose from the factual situation in which there was doubt whether the declaration of bankruptcy in August 2007 interrupted the limitation period of the liability for corporate income tax for 2006. According to the Supreme Administrative Court, it is undisputable that the limitation period must run so that it can be interrupted. The essence of the problem boiled down to the question of when the limitation period began to run. Is it when the payment was due or only at the end of the year in which the payment deadline for the tax liability expired? Doubts were raised by Article 70 paragraph 1 of the Tax Code, which does not directly provide when the limitation period begins. In the opinion of the Court, the content of Article 70 paragraph 1 of the Tax Code in connection with the provisions of Article 12 of the Tax Code specifying rules for the calculation of the time limitation can make it clear, through linguistic interpretation, that the limitation period begins at the end of the year in which the tax payment deadline expired. In the circumstances of the case, this means that the tax liability in respect of which the proceedings were pending, became time limited prior to the decision issued in the court of second instance.

We are glad that we had a chance to be a co-author of this success.

Andrzej Ladziński, tax counsel, managing partner or GWW Tax, was a legal representative in this case.

The obligation to charge an increased fee may be conditioned by the fact of using the environment without a required permit (or other decision). As it turns out, however, there are situations in which, despite the lack thereof, an entrepreneur should not be charged with the obligation to pay such a fee. What are these situations? On the Sozosfera.pl website, we can find an article by Marta Banasiak, M.Sc. in Environmental Protection, attorney-at-law trainee.

Link to the article: https://sozosfera.pl/prawo/brak-pozwolenia-z-jakiej-przyczyny/

Determining the date from which an entrepreneur can start operating a plant based on the environment use permit, although it seems so, is not so obvious. So what to pay attention to and how to protect yourself against false start? An answer to this question can be found in article by Marta Banasiak, M.Sc. in Environmental Protection, attorney-at-law trainee.

Link to the article: https://sozosfera.pl/prawo/termin-rozpoczecia-eksploatacji-instalacji/  

This Thursday, May 30, we invite you to the next meeting in the Thursdays with GWW series. This is a new form of meetings at the offices of GWW in Rzeszów. During short, lasting 2-3 hours, classes in a small group, GWW lawyers talk with practitioners about problems related to new legal regulations. Tomorrow’s meeting will be devoted to changes in industry regulations adopted in order to ensure the application of the GDPR and their effects on entrepreneurs.

Ines Borkowska attorney-at-law and Piotr Czajka attorney-at-law will talk about changes introduced in labor law, commercial activities and the medical sector by means of the so-called GDPR Implementing Act. If you are interested in participating in the training, please send your applications to the following address: edyta.gdula@gww.pl

There is a limited number of places. Participation is free of charge.

 

As part of Thursdays with GWW we had the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs twice. The topics of the meeting were:

• Single Control File – automatic examination of VAT records. Analytical tools supporting accounting work in the area of ​​VAT. / May 23, 2019
• What can we expect in terms of VAT? / April 11, 2019

Follow our Linkedin profile and our news, where we will be informing about next meetings.

On June 10, “The Past for Future. Twenty-five years of Polish public procurement” ("Przeszłość dla przyszłości. Dwadzieścia pięć lat polskich zamówień publicznych”) Conference under the patronage of the President of the Public Procurement Office will be held in Warsaw.

We have the honor to participate in this Conference as speakers. We will be present in the panel “Preparation of procedure”, during which we will give a presentation on “Terms of a contract".

The conference is organized in connection with the 25^th anniversary of the adoption of the Public Procurement Act, and it aims at discussing the past and the future of the Polish public procurement system in the context of a draft of the new PPL Act.

The Conference is organized by the Editors of the ZAMÓWIENIA PUBLICZNE DORADCA monthly.

More information about the Conference and registration at: https://zamowieniapublicznedoradca.pl/konferencja/ZAMÓWIENIA PUBLICZNE.

From June 1, you will find us in a new place. You will soon see on GWW business cards the following address:
Elektrownia Powiśle, ul. Dobra 40, 00-344 Warszawa.

Branche offices in other cities continue to operate at their current addresses.

We cannot wait to move to the area, which enchants with its amazing atmosphere and unique history.

Come and visit us starting from June 3!