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The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation clarified application of general provisions of the Russian Civil Code on contract
At the end of the last year, the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (the “Supreme Court”) adopted the Ruling dated December 25, 2018 No. 49 “On some issues on application of general...
22 February 2019Newsletters
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21 February 2019Newsletters
On disclosure of UBO of Russian companies
Let us draw your attentionthat Russian legal entities are obliged topossessinformation about their ultimate beneficial owners (hereinafter the «UBO») in accordance with para.1art. 6.1 of the Federal...
7 February 2019Newsletters
Guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR
We would like to inform you that recently the European Data Protection Board (Independent EU body in charge of clarifying data protection laws and ensuring their consistent interpretation.) has...
7 February 2019Newsletters
Russian arbitration law reform
On 27 December 2018, the Russian President signed an Amendment Law into the Russian Law on Arbitration. The Amendment Law represents a further step forward in arbitration reform, which Russia is going...
5 February 2019Newsletters
Concept on pre-installing of applications elaborated by FAS Russia: returning to the Stone Age or stepping forward to the Digital Era?
Digital economy is a system of economic relations new for the Russian markets. It has emerged due to the development of modern information tech-nologies, that increased the role of information as a...
5 February 2019Newsletters
2019: key developments in Russian labour and migration legistation
Pension reform...
23 January 2019Newsletters
Guidelines on advertising of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines
During 2017-2018, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (“FAS”) paid close attention to advertisements of OTC medicines and considered large number cases of violations of advertising legislation...
16 January 2019Newsletters