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Alexander Petrov, Advocate at the Law Firm "YUST", answered the letters of the readers of “ezh-YURIST” newspaper (№ 50, December 2011)

Alexander Petrov, Advocate at the Law Firm "YUST", gave to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” a commentary on possible legal consequences of uploading personal data to the Internet.

Lawyers of the Law Firm "YUST" – Partner, Advocate Artem Kukin, Associate Partner, Advocate Alexander Bolomatov, Advocate Denis Shumskiy and Lawyer Natalia Gornostay – assisted Curves International Inc., a large American company, whose network of fitness clubs includes over 10000 facilities in 85 countries, in protecting its title to a trademark illegally used by an individual in the Internet.

On December 22 in Moscow, Andrey Lisitsyn-Sveltanov, Advocate, Professor, Doctor at Law, Senior Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", was elected Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the general meeting of the Academy – for the first time in the history of the Russian advocacy.

Alexey Popov, Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", Advocate, gave an expert’s commentary to the “PRIME” news agency on whether the implementation of control over the expenses of state officials, which the President mentioned during his speech in front of the Federal Assembly, will be an efficient measure of countering corruption.

An article by Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Associate Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", Advocate, Doctor at Law, and Denis Shumskiy, Advocate at the Firm, was published in the “Legal Insight” magazine. The authors of the article shared their experience in providing legal support to the projects connected with the inclusion of scientific research products into commercial circulation.

A leading international directory Legal Experts EMEA has once again included Partners and Lawyers at the Firm in the list of leading specialists on the legal market

Asser Press, a Dutch legal literature publisher, has released the book “Sports Betting: law and policy”. One of the co-authors is the Senior Lawyer of the Law Firm "YUST" Mikhail Prokopets

International Chess Federation (FIDE) and Russian Chess Federation have agreed to hold the FIDE Chess World Championship match in Moscow in May 2012. The respective agreement was signed on November 26, 2011. The Law Firm "YUST" rendered legal support for the agreement’s execution.

Professional Responsibility and Ethics in the Global Legal Market, the training dedicated to the issues of professional responsibilities of the lawyers and legal ethics, was held in Moscow from November 9 till November 12, 2011. Leading specialists from Russia and the USA acted as teachers. Advocate Tatyana Starikova represented the Law Firm "YUST".