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13
May
2016

Compensation rules found for injunctive remedies

The Supreme Court defined the roles of the applicant, the defendant, and the court

Legal.Report
10
May
2016

Supreme Court corrects another mistake in preferential land redemption

Time delays will no longer work

Legal.Report
10
May
2016

Taxmen banned from verifying signatures too often in supporting documentation

Inspectors can practically lose the right to use such evidence of violations, as invalid signatures in documents. FTS now permits the verification of signatures in supporting documentation only in exceptional cases.

Сollective of authors, VEGAS LEX
Glavbukh
25
April
2016

Anti-rating of PPP Journal

World practice and already rich Russian experience, shows conclusively that there are shortcomings in the development of standard PPP projects, which leads to misalignment of the state and business interests, and eventually to the breakdown or dissolution of the contract. With the help of expert editors, the PPP Journal in a kind of an anti-rating, which has gathered the most common mistakes made by public and private parties during the preparation of concession agreements and public-private partnership agreements. 

Irina Nikolaeva, Junior associate, Energy practice
PPP Magazine
21
April
2016

The Supreme Court admits a sub-statutory penalty

The Supreme Court has corrected appeal and cassation rulings, which allowed the application of reduced contractual penalties

Victor Petrov, Partner, Head of Litigation practice
Legal.Report
21
April
2016

“Forest amnesty”: who benefits from the new amendments to the Land Code

Ministry of Economic Development is proposing a “forest amnesty” – to legitimize the disputed borders and categories of land from the forest fund.

Igor Chumachenko, Partner, Head of Real Estate, Land & Construction practice
RBC
15
April
2016

HIV drugs being prepared for expropriation

Yesterday, during a roundtable held at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Timofey Nizhegorodtsev, Head of the Social Sphere and Trade Monitoring Department at FAS Russia, said that the introduction of compulsory licensing of drugs would give the government additional opportunities for providing drugs to the population in “extraordinary” circumstances. Such could be, as was previously stated by Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova, the current situation with the rising incidence of HIV/AIDS.

Kommersant
11
April
2016

Lagging behind?

Federal officials hit with unexpected criticism the Novoshakhtinsky Petroleum Factory (NZNP), affiliated with the “South of Russia” Company of Sergey Kislov – they were not satisfied with the pace of the construction work on the secondary refinery plant. Svetlana Radionova, deputy head of Rostekhnadzor stated that the NZNP had not done anything – not even hammered a rusty nail into the ground. At NZNP, they reject these accusations.

Gorod N
11
May
2016

How to distinguish chicanery in the use of cash register equipment from violations of the law

When accepting cash payments, organizations and entrepreneurs, in general, should use cash register equipment (Sec. 1, Art. 2 of the Federal Law dated 22.05.2003 No. 54-FZ). However, there are situations in which the law does not directly apply. Some of these have been disputed by tax experts. And who is right; this topic was debated by visitor to the PNP website – nalogplan.ru.

Сollective of authors, VEGAS LEX
Practical Tax Planning
10
May
2016

Monopoly on assessments

A draft bill was introduced in the State Duma that would create a state monopoly on cadastral valuation. In case of adoption of this initiative, the right to carry out cadastral appraisals would be given only to state-owned institutions. The prospects and market impact of this bill are discussed by our experts.

Igor Chumachenko, Partner, Head of Real Estate, Land & Construction practice
Arendator.ru
29
April
2016

Bankrupt threatens bankruptcy

The Municipal Unitary Enterprise for Housing and Communal Services MO Terengulskoye Urban Settlement has turned to the arbitration court, to declare bankrupt the regional state treasury enterprise Oblkomhoz. The government of the oblast considers this a frivolous court action, stating that no bankruptcy shall be allowed, and the only reason this step was taken is that the leaders of the enterprise “have failed to agree on something”. Experts believe that it is better not to make such statements, as “this always spoils the reputation of the enterprise”.

Сollective of authors, VEGAS LEX
Kommersant (Samara)
21
April
2016

Banks will disable remote servicing of companies emerging from “hibernation”

The Central Bank has recommended that banks include a provision in their contracts with companies, allowing for the possibility of denying them remote access to accounts, if the latter had not conducted transactions through their accounts during a prolonged period of time. This initiative, according to most experts, has great chances of a positive outcome, in the context of the fight against withdrawal of capital from the country and money laundering, but there are also those who treat this change with suspicion.

Victor Petrov, Partner, Head of Litigation practice
Pravo.ru
21
April
2016

FAS fines Perekrestok for exchanging discount cards with Azbuka Vkusa

Moscow Office of FAS has fined the Perekrestok supermarket chain for offering buyers, who would give up their discount cards from a competing supermarket chain, bonus points, according to the competition authority’s press service.

Pravo.ru
19
April
2016

Doninvest Bank is trying to recover 171.1 million roubles from Hong Kong

The Arbitration Court of Rostov Region has accepted the claim of Doninvest Bank (license revoked on 09 October 2014) against TIAGI HK LIMITED. 

Gorod N
12
April
2016

Spy bridge

“FV” analysed the draft amendments to Law FZ-7 “On Non-Profit Organizations” within the sphere of clarifying the notion of “political activities”, and came up with a curious conclusion. If this law is adopted, joining the ranks of foreign agents, with a high degree of probability, will be the majority of charities and professional associations operating in the pharmaceutical industry. Moreover, these may not only be the companies, whose staff is composed of citizens of other countries, but also those whose members are traditionally domestic organizations, but with offshore charter capital.

Pharmaceutical Bulletin
11
April
2016

Benefits and drawbacks to online access to notarial acts

The government liked the idea of ​​the Ministry of Justice to provide round the clock, and free of charge, online access to information about all of notarized acts, and this draft bill will soon be considered by the State Duma. The authors of the initiative claim that this will simplify the authentication of the documents, and most importantly – will not harm the federal budget. Experts were unanimous in their delight with these amendments, not realizing that here we have a small, yet important, "but" – this is the law on personal data.

Victor Petrov, Partner, Head of Litigation practice
Pravo.ru
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