A positive result of an procedure before the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection for web portal.
We gladly inform, that MyLo law firm succeeded in bringing proceedings before the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection to a positive end, in which it represented a client – a web portal.
The Office conducted an investigation, that could have led to filing charges, with accusations of collective consumer interest violation or unfair competition. During the proceedings the web portal – according to our advice – declared changes in some of its marketing announcements on the website, so that they could be more transparent for the users. In march 2017 we received a formal letter, in which the Office informed, that it intends to close this investigation without taking any further actions, on the grounds of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act.
In this type of investigations it is crucial not to voluntarily change the practice/regulation or content of an agreement that has been contested by the Office immediately after receiving the first formal letter, but to duly exchange further correspondence. Immediate change of the contested content accordingly to the Office’s charges may lead to commencing a formal collective consumer interest violation procedure, resulting in a formal decision in which the Office will assert renunciation of the contested practice, but will nevertheless impose a fine on the entrepreneur.
The investigation before the Office commenced in June 2016 and MyLo represented the client since November 2016. The case was conducted by legal advisor Agnieszka Grzesiek-Kasperczyk.