Competition Litigation 2014. Specialists of the Law Firm "YUST" participated in the publishing of ICLG thematic guide

The new edition «Competition Litigation 2014», containing practical comparative law information on antimonopoly regulation in 30 countries of the world was published under the auspices of ICLG. Specialists of the Law Firm "YUST" – Senior Partner, Advocate, Doctor-at-Law Artem Kukin and the Head of the Antimonopoly Law Group Radmila Nikitina – were the authors of the chapter dedicated to the Russian laws in the sphere.

The material is set out in the form of questions and answers, in order to more fully expose the specifics of each presented law system of the world.

In particular, the readers will learn:

• The scope of claims that may be brought in Russia for breach of competition law;
• The role of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia and the procedure it follows during investigations;
• What remedies are available for the market participants and under what conditions they may be granted;
• Who bears the evidential burden of proof and if there are any limitations on the forms of evidence which may be put forward by the sides;
• How the courts would deal with issues of commercial confidentiality that may arise in competition proceedings etc.

The authors also concisely tell about the limitation periods and the possibilities to settle the respective disputes before the proceedings and after the start of those as well as about the procedure of resolution of the costs of litigations.

The printed version of the publication is available here: .