On October 13, 2022, there will enter into force changes to the Polish Commercial Companies Code, which will have influence on corporations operating in Poland, particularly from the perspective of holding law, regulations increasing the powers of supervisory boards and imposing additional obligations on the management boards of capital companies. The changes are introduced by the latest amendment to the Polish Code of Commercial Companies and Partnerships of February 9, 2022, published on April 12 in the Journal of Laws (Journal of Laws, item 807).
The changes contained in the amendment are important both for the owners of entities (shareholders), as well as for members of supervisory boards and members of management boards.
The dangers of drones are no longer just a question of military use. The ease of acquiring and controlling drones as well as the possibility to test invented tasks in advance means that small flying devices are already used not only by the military. Currently, they are becoming more and more popular in various criminal groups.
Scenarios of terrorist attacks using civilian drones are not only analyzed by the services of individual countries, but also physically tested. Also, many institutions in the USA responsible for national security pay attention to new threats related to the use of drones.
From May 1, 2022 in Poland adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after at least two lines of systemic treatment will receive funding for the novel CAR-T (tisagenlecleucel) therapy.
CAR-T is a breakthrough in the treatment of hematology patients. The mechanism of action of this therapy is completely different from the drugs used so far. Individualized CAR-T therapy uses the patient’s immune system. The patient’s T lymphocytes are collected and modified outside the body, thanks to which they are able to recognize cancer cells expressing a specific antigen and fight them.
Polish data protection authority announced the launch of inspections regarding compliance with regulations concerning data protection officers and published questions to be asked by the Polish authority in the course of such inspections.
From the beginning of the application of the provisions of the GDPR, the Polish Office for Personal Data Protection, both as part of the ongoing proceedings and in response to reported cases of non-compliance with the provisions on data protection officers, took actions resulting from its powers, specified in art. 58 of GDPR. The previous experience of the supervisory authority in this area has been used to formulate a list of issues which – together with the presentation of relevant evidence – will have to be addressed by the requested controllers and processors.
