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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.

The Managing Partner of the Law Firm "YUST" Yury Pilipenko took part in the “Prav?Da” program of the Public Television of Russia. The matters of realization of the constitutional principle of equal protection of the law and the court, whether the existing Russian judicial power is actually independent and why the society’s impression that the Russian courts pass very few acquittals is so stable were discussed on the air.

The state Duma approved the Presidential draft law on economic amnesty with a single amendment. The Deputies eliminated the article on the illegal banking activity, if the deed has been serious and done by an organized group of persons, from the document. Advocate Alexander Petrov of the Criminal Proceedings Practice of the Law Firm "YUST" commented on the situation for the Echo Moskvy radio station.

Vladimir Starovoytov, Associate at the Law Firm "YUST", told the “ezh-Yurist” newspaper about the cases, when one may say that there is the problem of uncertainty in the competency matters.

Wednesday night, the authorities of France and Portugal revoked their permissions to use their airspace and airports to the plane of Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia. The liner took off in Moscow and was forced to land in Vienna. Associated Partner of the Law Firm "YUST" Alexander Bolomatov provided the Russian Agency of legal and judicial information (RIA Novosti) with an expert’s view of the situation.

The party that wins the court dispute and that has resorted to the services of advocates or lawyers often has to solve the issue of compensation of the expenses on payment for the attorney services in the arbitration proceedings. One of the ways to recover it is the claim to compensate for losses. However, not all expenses of payment for the attorney services may be classified as losses. To what legal relations are the demands to compensate losses connected to payment for the attorney services applicable? Dmitry Manuylov, Associate of the Law Firm "YUST", tells about the details of proving the position in court in his article for the “Corporate Lawyer” magazine.

On July 2 of 2013, the Constitutional Court of Russia decided that the court that has discovered an incorrect criminal law evaluation of the crime by the investigation may return the criminal case to the prosecutor for qualification the deed as a more heinous one. Advocate Igor Pastukhov of the Law Firm "YUST" expressed for Pravo.Blog, a project by Pravo.Ru, his expert’s opinion on the impending changes to the court practice.

The international edition «Acquisition International Magazine» published the list of the M&A Awards winners of 2013. The Law Firm "YUST" was declared the winner in the nomination «Full service Law Firm of the Year – Russia».