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On December 26, the Government of Russia will discuss the possibility of replacement of value-added tax with sales tax. Maxim Rovinskiy, Head of Tax and Customs Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", told the reporters of PRIME information agency, why such measure may cause discontent in the society.

The Federal Chamber of Advocates of the Russian Federation together with the Law Firm "YUST" held a contest of journalism papers on the problems of justice and protection of rights of organizations and individuals – the “RIGHT TO KNOW”. The Guild of Court Reporters was a strategic partner of the event.

The results of the annual study of the legal market, which is done by Pravo.RU together with “Vedomosti” newspaper and Ernst&Young have been published. The Law Firm "YUST" has reaffirmed its reputation of a leader of the legal market.

Arthur Rokhlin, Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", gave to “Vedomosti” newspaper a commentary on the news that Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich suggested the assignment to “Rosneftegaz” company of a large energy asset: the state-owned stock of “Inter RAO”.

On November 29-30, the IBA Conference “Managing a law firm” was held. Yury Pilipenko, Managing Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", shared his views on the trends of regulation of the legal profession with the members of the plenary session.

The Government of Moscow and the foundations of support for businessmen held on November 30 a Conference “Optimization of registration procedures for property titles”. Denis Shumskiy, Advocate of the Law Firm "YUST", spoke on peculiarities of formalizing know-how rights.

Mikhail Prokopets, Head of Sports Law Group of the Law Firm "YUST", gave an expert’s commentary to “Komsomolskaya Pravda” newspaper concerning the rules, according to which the Court for Sports Arbitration of Lausanne will be considering the complaint by “Zenit” FC against the decision by the Committee of Control and Discipline of the Russian Football Union.

Denis Shumskiy, Advocate of the Law Firm "YUST", gave the “Izvestia” newspaper an expert’s commentary on the motives, for which an applicant’s request to register a trademark may be denied.

On November 30, the ceremony of awards of the winners of the Second All-Russian Competition of Research Papers by young scientists on comparative jurisprudence was held in MGIMO. Evgeny Zhilin, Associate Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", took part in the event and explained why a lawyer needs to orientate himself in the law of different jurisdictions.

The VI Professional Conference “Labour law: topical issues and best practices of 2012” was held on November 28 and 29. Advocate Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Associated Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", was the moderator of the session dedicated to practical aspects of restructuring of employment relations.