TY - JOUR TI - The role of attorneys-at-law in whistleblowing AU - Sołtys, Bogusław TI - The role of attorneys-at-law in whistleblowing AB - The article discusses the role of attorneys-at-law in the whistleblowing system in connection with the implementation of EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law into the Polish legal order. The article provides an assessment of the proposed provisions regarding attorneys-at-law and points out the need for their necessary amendments. It also conducts a determination of whether and to what extent there is a need to specify the rules of professional deontology of attorneys-at-law in connection with their various activities related to the issue of whistleblowing. VL - 2022 IS - 1 (30) PY - 2022 SN - 2392-1943 C1 - 2720-3670 SP - 18 EP - 28 DO - 10.4467/23921943RP.22.002.15804 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/radca-prawny/article/rola-radcow-prawnych-w-sygnalizacji-naruszenia-prawa KW - Attorney-at-law and companies with his/her participation in the whistleblowing system; EU Directive 2019/1937 and its implementation into the Polish legal order in the context of the rules of the profession of an attorney-at-law; whistleblowing vs. the co