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6
April
2017

The Ministry of Finance drafted a bill about allowing insurance companies access to medically confidential information

The Ministry of Finance drafted amendments to the law entitled “On the organization of the insurance business in the Russian Federation”, and pursuant to them insurance companies are granted access to information about individuals that is covered by physician-patient privilege. About one year ago, there was a similar initiative that was not able to rise up to the level of interagency debate. This time, the Central Bank supports the amendments, and the Ministry of Finance has sent the draft to different agencies so that they can receive their comments before April 10th.

Medicinskiy vestnik (Medical bulletin)
28
March
2017

The Federal Antimonopoly Service: "Complaints under Law 223-FZ have been increasing"

Complaints from suppliers taking part in procurements under Law 223-FZ have been increasing, reports FAS Deputy Head Andrey Tsarikovsky.

Trading is appropriate
23
March
2017

Clarification of summary proceedings

The Supreme Court has discussed a draft resolution on the application of summary proceedings in civil and arbitral cases.

Victor Petrov, Partner, Head of Litigation practice
New Lawyer's Newspaper (Novaya Advokatskay gazeta)
17
March
2017

The Federal Antimonopoly Service proposes prohibiting the public procurement of assets

If the president or government are opposed to it

Alexander Sitnikov, Managing partner
Vedomosti
17
March
2017

A buyer's market: good or bad for developers in Russia and worldwide?

A buyer's market encourages competition, which is good for development.

Igor Chumachenko, Partner, Head of Real Estate, Land & Construction practice
Kommersant
16
March
2017

A Supreme Court ruling will reduce the potential for local administrations to engage in suspicious land deals

Initially, a company was given a huge area of land on a leasehold basis, on a tenth of which it built a shopping centre. As the owner of the centre, it then bought out all the land without going through a bidding process, intending, with approval from the local administration, to build a supermarket there. The Antimonopoly Service's objections were dismissed by two lower courts, but the latter have now been corrected by the Chamber for Commercial Disputes. Lawyers explain what public owners can now expect, and why the Supreme Court's ruling was fair.

Pravo.ru
13
March
2017

Secrets of lawyers: Successful contractor agreements

Russia's arbitration courts are seeing more and more lawsuits seeking for contractor agreements to be declared invalid. The total amount of claims relating to such agreements was its highest ever in 2016. How can agreements be drafted in such a way as to minimise such risks and avoid litigation? Pravo.ru experts explain the secrets of success.

Pravo.ru
6
March
2017

Do not charge for payments on business trips, even if the supporting documents are phony

An employee reported hotel charges using phony documents. The Fund declared that the employee could not confirm his expenses, charged him for expenses, a penalty, and a punitive fine.

Yuriy Ivanov, Head of Tax practice
Glavbukh
5
April
2017

Debts in the law

More than a year has passed since Federal Law No.307, entitled “On amending certain Russian Federation statutes to build financial discipline on the part of energy consumers.” Nonetheless, we still cannot observe any evident positive results due to reducing consumer debt for housing and utilities services. Actions by market participants to collect debts through the courts are not as effective and powerful as the measures provided by law. The reasons for this situation, and how to change it for the better, were discussed at a roundtable called "Nonpayment for Housing and Utilities Services: Judicial Practice and Current Issues in 2017" in Samara. The event was initiated by the association "Reliable partner".

Yuriy Tatarinov, Head of Energy practice
Kommersant (Rostov)
28
March
2017

"Not exactly average people": the fate of luxury housing on Moscow State University land

The Federal State Registration Service has taken legal action to have the construction of the Shuvalovsky and Dominion developments, on Moscow State University land, declared illegal. The projects were carried out by Inteco when it was owned by Yelena Baturina, wife of former Mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov, reports Kommersant. At issue are 122 ha of land on Lomonovsky Prospekt in south-west Moscow, near the Moscow State University library. The area belongs to the state, and the university has been granted use of it in perpetuity.

Igor Chumachenko, Partner, Head of Real Estate, Land & Construction practice
Business FM
21
March
2017

Expert: "The transfer of powers to the Finance Ministry appears to be a logical measure"

The Ministry of Economic Development plans to transfer public procurement oversight powers to the Finance Ministry. The latter will have oversight of all aspects of public procurement, not just the Unified Procurement Information System (UPIS).

Trading is appropriate
17
March
2017

Work with concessions made easier for health facilities

The Russian government has approved a bill drawn up by the Ministry of Healthcare aimed at expanding the usage of concession agreements with regard to healthcare facilities. The draft law, which amends Sections 5 and 8 of the Federal Law "On Concession Agreements", will soon be put to the State Duma.

Medicinskiy vestnik (Medical bulletin)
16
March
2017

Taxpayers divided into risk categories

Russia's Federal Tax Service has divided all taxpayers into three risk categories: high, medium and low. This article explains the key aspects of the new approach, and analyses its main principles.

Yuriy Ivanov, Head of Tax practice
Legal adviser in construction
13
March
2017

How to draft a contract termination agreement properly

The Russian Civil Code provides for contract termination by special agreement. However, the different considerations applying to different types of contract need to be taken into account, as this article explains.

Financial Director
7
March
2017

The fate of the writ: what lawyers think about the rejection of writ proceedings in the Code of Civil Procedure

A bill has been introduced in the State Duma that calls for entering amendments to the Russian Federation Code of Civil Procedure that abolish writ proceedings in litigation between credit institutions and borrowers that owe them no more than 500,000 rubles.

Pravo.ru
1
March
2017

One grain trader will be kept under scrutiny

The Rostov Region Arbitration Court started bankruptcy monitoring procedures with respect to one company in Taganrog, Beliy Dvor T LLC. The reason for this was debt in the amount of 44 million rubles. The grain trader, which has an annual turnover of more than 2 billion rubles, is simultaneously trying to recover debt owed to it from business partners. Their overall size, according to court records, exceeds 400 million rubles. The company’s director, Artyom Yakushevskiy, has declared its intention to repay its debts and avoid bankruptcy.

Gorod N
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