07 February 2019
Our Warsaw expert co-writes an international publication on settlement practices for corruption cases
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/poland/190102-karolina-stawicka-iba

Karolina Stawicka, head of our Warsaw office Employment group, has contributed the Polish chapter of the international publication "Structured Settlements for Corruption Offences towards Global Standards", which was ...

30 April 2020
Update Of The Draft Bill Concerning The German Associations Sancitons Act
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/update-referentenentwurf-verbandssanktionengesetz

The German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) has revised the draft bill of the German Associations Sanctions Act (VerSanG-E), which was first circulated in August 2019, and recently published it ...

20 September 2018
Criminal justice: companies, managers, employees, all concerned, all accomplices
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/france/criminal-justice-companies-managers-employees-all-concerned-all-accomplices

Criminal law in France lays down a simple, clear, two-fold rule: everyone is responsible for his or her own actions and one bears responsibility only for one’s actions.

17 December 2019
German act to implement the 5th EU money laundering directive
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/gesetz-zur-umsetzung-der-fuenften-eu-geldwaescherichtlinie

To implement RL (EU) 2018/843 (so-called 5th EU Money Laundering Directive) the German Federal Government published – subsequent to the draft bill of the Federal Ministry of Finance – a draft legislation on 31.07.2019. ...

03 December 2019
Increased Liability for Breaching AML Obligations
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/poland/191204-alert-prawny-aml

On 30 November 2019, another amendment to the Act of 1 March 2018 on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorist Financing (the "AML Act") entered into force. The amendment is primarily aimed at a more complete ...

23 July 2019
Dispute Resolution London Update July 2019
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/uk/dispute-resolution-london-update-july-2019

Our London disputes team is delighted to provide you with the latest edition of our Dispute Resolution bulletin featuring articles on topical dispute resolution issues, recent legal developments and an introduction as ...

14 January 2019
Analysis of innovation facilitators established in the EU
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/analysis-of-innovation-facilitators-established-in-the-eu

Our payments team focus in on some of the observations set out in the ESA's joint comparative analysis of the innovation facilitators in the EU.

18 August 2020
ICA launches investigation into Apple and Amazon for alleged restrictions in the online sale of Apple and Beats branded products
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/ica-launches-investigation-into-apple-and-amazon

On 22 July, the Italian Competition Authority (the "ICA") announced it had opened an investigation against Apple and Amazon for an alleged violation of article 101 TFEU.

16 November 2020
Quantification of cartel damages – first German Court recourses to freehand estimation
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/quantification-of-cartel-damages

The Regional Court of Dortmund is the first German court quantifying a cartel damage claim by estimating the amount of damage on the basis of § 287 of the Code of Civil Procedure of Germany. In contrast to the previous ...

18 August 2020
UOKiK publishes its guidelines on the principles of imposing fines on managers
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/poland/uokik-publishes-its-guidelines-on-the-principles-of-imposing-fines-on-managers

The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Act foresees that sanctions for implementing anticompetitive agreements may be imposed on companies and their managers. Managers who intentionally permit their company to ...