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The labour law chair of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (NRU HSE) held a round table on November 09, 2011. Doctor at Law Boris Gorokhov, representing the labour and social cases judges of the Judicial Board on Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, delivered a report on topical issues of court practice of labour law application. Members of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, representatives of the Central Bank of Russia, trade unions, prominent scientists, practicing lawyers were present at the event. Advocate, Doctor at Law, Associate Partner at the Law Firm "YUST" Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya represented the Firm.

Egor Svechnikov, Lawyer at the Law Firm "YUST", gave an expert’s commentary to the Internet daily “Telecom Daily” on what could have served as a basis for revocation of the decision by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), which had blamed Ru-Center for dishonest competition (buyup of addresses) and collusion with other domain companies at registration in the .рф zone.

The XII Annual International Specialized Exhibition of football industry “Football Market” was held in Moscow on November 2-4, 2011. The event included a series of seminars and conferences with the participation of the leading world and Russian specialists. Mikhail Prokopets, Senior Lawyer at the Law Firm "YUST", represented the Firm.

An enlarged session of the Subcommittee on Anticrisis Management of the Committee on Security of Entrepreneurial Activity of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation took place on October 31, 2011. The participants of the session discussed problematic questions of institutionalization of the procedures of bankruptcy and execution of decisions of the arbitration courts in the territory of the Central Federal District. Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", Advocate Artem Kukin delivered a report.

Doctor at Law, Advocate Artem Kukin, Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", gave an expert’s commentary to the Internet daily «CоmNews» on the chances of Rostelecom to appeal against the resolution of the Penza Region Department of FAS of Russia to impose a fine for abuse of the dominating position on the region’s commodity market.

III Annual Conference “Antitrust regulation in Russia” was held on October 27 with the support of “Vedomosti” newspaper. The Non-Commercial Partnership “Assistance to the Development of Competition” was the General Partner of the event, and the Law Firm "YUST" – one of the sponsors

The award ceremony for the winners of the All-Russian competition of the students’ scientific papers “Road to Profession – 2011” took place on October 20, 2011. The Law Firm "YUST" was represented by Alexey Popov, Partner and Advocate at the Firm, and Tatiana Starikova, Advocate at the Firm

Igor Pastukhov, Advocate of the Law Firm "YUST", gave an expert’s comment to the news agency “Clerk.ru” on the risks inherent in the draft law, which fixes responsibility for establishing legal entities with criminal purposes.

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Delegation of the European Union to Russia and the Wismar Eastern Institute held on October 18, 2011 a conference “In the land of creativity: tendencies in the area of industrial rights protection in Russia”. Advocate Denis Shumskiy represented the Law Firm "YUST".

The annual conference of International Association of Independent Law Firms “MULTILAW” was held in London on 13-16 October 2011. Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", Advocate Artem Kukin and Associate Partner at the Firm Evgeny Zhilin represented the Firm at this year’s event.