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On November 18, 2010, a new edition of the workshop “Distribution Agreements” was held in Warsaw. The workshop, organized by Business Media Solutions, grouped representatives of various businesses. Jarosław Sroczyński presented a lecture entitled “Development of Online Distribution: New Opportunities Stemming from the EU Regulation on Vertical Restraints”.

On November 11-12, 2010 Jarosław Sroczyński participated in the international conference in Madrid: “Reviewing Vertical Restraints in Europe: Reform, Key Issues and National Enforcement”. The conference was devoted to various aspects of vertical arrangements, in connection with the entry into force as of June 1, 2010 of the new block exemption Regulation No. 330/2010 and the Guidelines of the European Commission. The conference was organized at the University of San Pablo in Madrid, by the Centre of Competition Policy of the Institute of European Studies. The participants of the conference were representatives of the European Commission, national regulatory authorities, academia, businesses and legal practice. During the conference, Jarosław Sroczyński presented a lecture entitled “Enforcement of Vertical Restraints in Poland (overview and specific issues)”.

On November 4, 2010, during New Media Salon at the 14th Book Fair in Cracow, our lawyers – Mr. Piotr Suski and Mr. Marcin Mioduszewski – presented a lecture entitled “Around Electronic Book – Legal Issues”, in which they outlined the legal character of e-books as well as the legal aspects of their marketing and selling.

On September 28, 2010, a workshop entitled „Class Actions: New Instrument of Claim Enforcement by Clients” was organized in Warsaw by Business Media Solutions. Representatives of legal and commercial department of undertakings from various branches of business participated in the workshop, during which Jarosław Sroczyński gave a lecture entitled „Class Actions: New Weapon in the Law Protecting Competition and Consumers?”.

On September 8, 2010, a workshop “Distribution Agreements” was held in Warsaw, devoted to competition law issues. The workshop, organized by Business Media Solutions, grouped representatives of various businesses. Jarosław Sroczyński presented a lecture entitled “Development of Online Distribution: New Opportunities Stemming from the EU Regulation on Vertical Restraints”.

On August 24, 2010 Jarosław Sroczyński delivered a presentation for the 42nd Academy of Computer Law seminar, devoted to legal issues of traditional and internet publishing. The subject of the presentation was “The activities of publishers in the field of internet sales: new antimonopoly regime introduced by Commission Regulation No. 330/2010 on vertical agreements”. The seminar, organised in Warsaw by the Centre for the Promotion of Computer Science, was attended by representatives of publishing companies, ministries, universities, etc.

An article by I. Walencik entitled “Boutiques become fashionable among lawyers” was published in “Rzeczpospolita” of April 28, 2010. Jarosław Sroczyński was interviewed by the author of this article, expressing comments on activities of specialized law firms. See the article in pdf version (in Polish):