Law In Brief: Contract law; Company confidentiality; NSA; JTT Computer

Neither lease nor rental contracts can be discontinued before their expiry date unless their provisions clearly allow for such an action, the Constitutional Tribunal has ruled. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C1) ... The decision as to which pieces of information concerning a company should be treated as confidential, lies with the offering party - the only restriction being regulations dealing with unfair competition, Public Orders Office (UZP) experts have decided. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C2) ... The NSA has annulled a decision of the bar to strike off from the official register of barristers several lawyers who admitted to co-operating with Communist secret services and whose names have been published in Monitor Polski. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C3) ... The final verdict in the tax irregularities case of JTT Computers, is expected on May 6. The company's three top officials have been accused of incurring a zł. 2.5 million debt to the Treasury Ministry due to tax fraud. (Puls Biznesu, p.6) J.K. Tax News