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A book „40th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy: Fordham Competition Law 2013”, edited by Prof. Barry Hawk, was published in April 2014 by The Juris Publishing Inc. The book is a post-conference collection of articles and records of discussions taking place during the international conference of the Fordham Competition Law Institute in New York in September 2013. At that conference, J. Sroczynski presented a paper on „Dominance, Collectivism and Behaviorism: New Perspectives?”, now published as an article, along with the discussion transcript of the panel „Future of Unilateral Enforcement and Policy”.

Artykul_RP_R_MarkiewiczOn April 23, 2014, “Rzeczpospolita” published a comment of Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz, regarding the illegality under EU law of downloading for personal use recordings and videos placed in the internet without the consent of the rightholder. The comment can be accessed at: prawo.rp.pl/artykul/756571,1104013.html

On April 11-12, 2014 a Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Rectors of the Polish Academic Schools has taken place in the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Among guests attending this event, including the Prime Minister Donald Tusk and representatives of science and culture, was Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz. During the session on science issues, he delivered the lecture entitled ”Intellectual property law in the context of ”affranchisement” of scientists and the open science”.

The second edition of “Merger Control”, a joint publication of the European Lawyer, co-edited by prof. Jean-François Bellis and Porter Elliott, was published in March 2014. Jaroslaw Sroczynski is the author of a chapter on merger control issues in Poland. Further information can be obtained at the internet address: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetails.aspx

On March 14, 2014 MM Conferences organized in Warsaw a workshop entitled “New Act on Consumer Rights – new obligations for entrepreneurs”. At the workshop Piotr Suski presented a lecture on “Increased obligations and responsibilities for the entrepreneur according to a new consumer directive”. It was devoted to an analysis of obligations imposed on entrepreneurs by the new bill on consumer rights, which implements provisions of Directive 2011/83/EU. Particular attention was paid to the specific consumer disclosure requirements.

On March 13, 2014 during a ceremony in Warsaw, Marcin Mioduszewski was honored with a statuette “Noble Heart of Legal Counsel”, awarded by the National Council for Legal Advisers.
Marcin Mioduszewski for over five years has been providing pro bono legal assistance to the WIOSNA Association. His professionalism and dedication, as the initiator and Chief Legal Officer, contributes to the development of pro bono work for the people in need.
See also information on the Cracow Bar’s website: www.oirp.krakow.pl/ViEdycjaKonkursukrysztaowe.html

On February 27, 2014 Tomasz Koellner was extensively featured in the radio broadcast hosted by Janusz Weiss. The program concerned the right of personal portrayal. The broadcast can be heard (in Polish) on the website:www.polskieradio.pl/7/3086/Artykul/1063271,Jestes-tlem-czy-bohaterem-To-ma-znaczenie-dla-ochrony-wizerunku