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On November 23, the conference “Top-10: the most topical judicial disputes of 2012” organized by The Moscow Times newspaper was held. Maxim Rovinskiy, Head of Tax and Customs Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", spoke on the key “precedents” of tax disputes of 2012.

An article by Ivan Shiyonok, Advocate of the Law Firm "YUST", on the ways to prevent disputes with tax and antitrust authority after New Year sales, was published at the “Commercial Director” magazine (No. 12, December of 2012).

Vitaly Grebennikov, lawyer of the Law Firm "YUST", spoke at the seminar of the Statut Law School dedicated to the latest trends of competition law. Members of the Higher Court of Arbitration of Russia and of the Federal Antitrust Service of Russia also spoke at the event.

Advocate Maxim Rovinskiy, Head of Tax and Customs Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", gave an expert’s commentary to the PRIME information agency (RIA Novosti) on the most important latest novelties to the tax regulation.

Mikhail Prokopets, Head of Sports Law Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", spoke at the TV “Rain” channel about the consequences, which FC “Zenit” faces in connection with the firecracker thrown at the field by the club’s fan.

Advocate Alexey Popov, Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", gave “R-Sport” information agency (RIA Novosti) an expert’s commentary on legal consequences for the fan, who had injured the goalkeeper of Dinamo football club with a firecracker on Saturday, 17.11.2012.

Advocate Tatiana Starikova, Head of Private Clients Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", gave Russian Agency of Legal and Judicial Information (RAPSI) an expert’s commentary on the recent ruling by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the case of contesting the provision of Air Transportation Rules, which, according to the claimant, permits the carriers to arbitrarily refuse to carry wheelchair-bound disabled persons.

Wolters Kluwer publishing house together with the International Bar Association (IBA) published the book “Competition law in the BRICS Countries”. The book contains the comparative analysis of competition law provisions of Brazil, Russia, India, China and the South-African Republic. Arthur Rokhlin, Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", and Radmila Nikitina, Head of Competition Law Group of the Firm, are the co-authors of the chapter on abuse of dominating position in Russia.

Maxim Rovinskiy, Head of Tax and Customs Law Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", commented on the resolution by the FCA of the Moscow District on the illegality of the position of the organization, which had ordered a bank, which had no funds at the loro account, to complete the transfer of tax payments.

Igor Pastukhov and Alexander Petrov, Advocates of the Law Firm "YUST", told the ComNes journalists of the punishments faced by the persons involved in the case of misappropriations during the development of the GLONASS system.