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The world star Gerard Depardieu wishes to avail himself of the benefits of the Russian tax system. Will he be able to? Advocate Maxim Rovinskiy, Head of the Tax and Customs Law Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", comments on the situation for Forbes.

The V International Industrial Exposition “Innoprom” was held in Yekaterinburg since 11 to 14 of July of 2013. Over 53000 people took part in the Exposition, delegations from over 70 countries of the world participated in the business program. Advocate Erika Kindsvater of the Law Firm "YUST" represented the Firm at the event.

The courts of three instances awarded to Alutech-Povolzhie LLC the compensation of the expenses on attorney services that defended the director of the company from administrative punishment, and the courts of two of those included the success fee in the amount. The Board of the Judges of the HCA, which submitted the case to the Panel, believed that such approach was incorrect. However, the supervision instance, contrary to the experts’ expectations, agreed that the official of the company could be associated with the company itself. Associate Vladimir Starovoytov of the Law Firm "YUST" commented on the situation for the Pravo.RU news portal.

The MTS company refused to provide the FSFM, which was hunting for the insiders, with the detailing of the client’s accounts and IMEI of his phones without court order. It was fined for 500000 roubles and decided to appeal against the sanction. However, the Court of Arbitration of the city of Moscow upheld the position of the federal authority: the Service had not requested texts of messages and transcriptions of conversations, which means that there was no violation of the privacy of correspondence. Advocate Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Associated Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", commented on the situation.

Alexander Bolomatov, Associated Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", speaking on the air of the Echo Moskvy radio station, explained why the draft law on bankruptcy of individuals has not yet been submitted to the State Duma for consideration.

Insurance payments should be imposed on any stimulating payments (bonuses for anniversaries and holidays), even if those are not stipulated in the employment agreement. Such is the decision adopted by the Higher Court of Arbitration of Russia. Associate Vladimir Starovoytov of the Law Firm "YUST" told the readers of the “Banking Survey” magazine on the peculiarities and significance of this court precedent in his publication.

In June, President of Russia Vladimir Putin charged the Government with defining the usefulness of restoring insurance contributions administration to the FTS. The Ministry of Economic development and the Ministry of Finance have already supported the idea. Dmitry Manuylov, Associate at the Law Firm "YUST", commented for the PRIME AEI on the advantages of said initiative.

The experts believe that the existing system of protection of rights of utilities services’ users is imperfect. According to the “Public Control” CRPA, the complaints against the violations of the consumers’ rights in the utilities sphere have reached second place after the violations in the sphere of commerce. Advocate Tatiana Starikova, Head of the Private clients’ Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", commented on the situation for the Echo Moskvy radio station.

As a general rule, the parties to any court dispute may settle it by way of amicable agreement. However, in some cases such agreement requires more than the consent of only the parties to the process. For example, if the amicable agreement meets the criteria of a large transaction, or a transaction with interest, corporate approvals may also be required as a condition for approval of such amicable agreement by the court. Marina Bilyk, Senior Associate of the Law Firm "YUST", and Mikhail Chugunov, Associate of the Firm, analyzed the topical arbitration practice of execution and contesting such amicable agreements – specially for the readers of Economy and Life.

Fines for imitation of an alien brand, pirating of employees and partners of businessmen may be introduced in Russia. This and other novations will be stipulated in the amendments to the Competition Law, which are currently being elaborated by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia. Vitaly Grebennikov, Associate at the Law Firm "YUST", commented on the perspectives of the repective changes.