The subject of the authors' analyses in this article is the issue of requirements that must be met when publishing information recommending or suggesting an investment strategy in social media. The specificity of communication using technology that enables the exchange of various content via websites and mobile applications (e.g. social networking sites) creates special challenges for their users. This applies to both, the persons publishing, who must comply with the rules specified in the law (including those concerning counteracting unlawful behavior on financial markets) in order not to expose themselves to sanctions, as well as the recipients of the content, who may have difficulty recognizing the truthfulness of the information posted and be subject to information manipulation. This implies certain consequences for market confidence and investor protection. With this in mind, the study indicates and discusses the requirements that investment recommendations posted in social media must meet and the consequences of violating legally established obligations.

The aim of this article is to find the answer for the crucial question, important for the legal practice in Poland, whether the franchise contract can be treated as the capital group under the Polish pharmaceutical law. The answer for this question is critically important for thousands of Polish firms which conducts the professional business in the pharmacy sector.

The purpose of this article is to answer, from a practical perspective, a crucial question related to legal status of OLAF final control reports (investigative reports conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office — OLAF): whether these reports can or cannot be applied in the administrative or tax proceedings. Therefore it will be examined whether the OLAF Reports have the value as measures of inquiry in administrative or tax proceedings and whether the content of the OLAF final control report is binding for the public administration, and whether it can be regarded as an official document. Research methodology is based on the analysis of legal texts and interpretations. The legal analysis shows that the OLAF report should be classified as an official document which does not have binding force for the public administration. Moreover when the authority decides, the OLAF report should be taken into account in the administrative or tax proceedings. As a further consequence, the OLAF report can't, unless it is based on special rules, give rise to liability for misconduct of public officer, because it is not a legal act binding on the authority.