Johnson & Johnson case

Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against Johnson & Johnson, a company known for its baby products, in recent years – but the most well-known one involves 22 women who alleged that their ovarian cancers have been caused by the baby powder they had been using. After the appeal, by the end of which the amount of money the company had to pay those women was reduced from 4.7 billion to 2.1 billion, Johnson & Johnson took legal steps to present the case before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has decided not to consider their case, however, which resulted in leaving in place the last verdict of the Missouri appeals-court.

The link between the illness and the product was supposed to be based on the fact that Johnson & Johnson baby powders contained talc. Talc is oftentimes found in close proximity to asbestos, which is carcinogenic, and in the past the talc has been contaminated with asbestos. It is also worth mentioning, that talk on itself is dangerous while inhaled in large doses but the studies aren’t clear on whether or not it’s carcinogenic on itself.

Although Johnson & Johnson denies that their products are dangerous to health, they will no longer be selling the baby powder containing talc in the US and Canada, focusing instead on the corn-starch-based alternative.

Polish Regulations

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Amendments introduced by the Polish Senate regarding the entry into force of the National Register of Debtors in December 2021 were supported by the Polish Sejm. Over 30 Senate amendments to the amendment to the Act on the National Register of Debtors (KRZ) were adopted by the Sejm. Most of them were editorial and precise. The amendments postponed the entry into force of the provisions on the Polish National Debt Register – from the beginning of July 2021 to the beginning of December 2021. The amendment will now go to the Polish president. The new regulations also introduce a partial computerization of consumer bankruptcy proceedings.

Purpose of the amendment

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On the website of the Polish Government Legislation Center there was published a draft act aimed to amend the act on investments in wind farms (“the distance act” or “the 10H Act”). Currently, it is not possible to issue permits for the construction of wind farms at a distance less than ten times the total height of the turbine from residential properties and forms of nature protection. This is a very high risk both for the further development of this sector of electricity producers and for the already operating wind farms.

Slowdown in the construction of new wind farms in Poland

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AML stands for anti-money laundering, and its main task is to protect the financial system from being used for criminal purposes. Currently, the virtual currency market is one of the fastest growing in the world. Unfortunately, they are often used for illegal purposes. To prevent this, on May 15, 2021 an amendment to the AML Act entered into force.

Act of March 1, 2018 on counteracting money laundering and financing of terrorism – Polish regulations

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The lawyers of KIEŁTYKA GŁADOWSKI KG LEGAL took part in Industry 4.0 audit, a meeting organized by LifeScience Cluster in Kraków together with A1 Europe, as part of SIG Smart Health. The subject of the meeting was the digital audit and the benefits resulting from its implementation, i.e. the assessment of the client’s digital maturity, completed with a report with recommendations regarding organizational and technological changes, increasing operational efficiency and competitiveness through the use of digital technologies. It also applies to broadly understood Industry 4.0, in particular in the field of process automation and robotization, and the source of subsidies for companies in the upcoming EU perspective.

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