Category: PUBLICATIONS

Losses and subsidies: how to avoid claims against the director / Article / “Akcionernoye obschestvo” magazine

In the period from 2020 to 2022, the percentage of claims satisfied in bankruptcy cases for the recovery of damages from persons controlling the debtor ranged from 58.37% to 61.26%. Meanwhile, the figure for having subsidiary liability imposed was between 58.65% and 59.60%. In the context of general lawsuit proceedings, the frequency of satisfaction of …

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A court has banned the use of a song of the group “Kino” in a St. Petersburg musical / Comment / “Delovoy Petersburg”

LLC “National Musical Publishing House”(NMPH), which owns the rights to the song of the group “Kino” “A Star named the Sun”, has won a dispute over copyright infringement against LLC “Almaznaya Chariot”, LLC “Makers Lab” and Irina Afanasyeva. The defendants were the creators of the musical ” The Diamond Chariot, based on the novel of …

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Damages with interest and a textbook for lawyers: new cases of Supreme Court / Comment / Pravo.Ru 

In the last week of June, the Supreme Court will hear 95 cases. The Board of Civil Cases will look into a dispute over compensation for the author of a textbook on budget law who did not receive money when the book was reprinted, as well as into the rules for granting a discount when …

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Exclusive: Taiwan’s Acer ships computer hardware to Russia after saying it would suspend business / Comment / Reuters

Taiwan-based computer manufacturer Acer supplied at least $70.4 million worth of computer hardware to Russia between April 8, 2022 and March 31, 2023, according to customs data seen by Reuters, after saying it would suspend its business there. Artem Zhavoronkov, Partner at Nordic Star Law Offices, commented to Reuters (the world’s largest multimedia news provider), …

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Russia: what court practice is developing in cases related to the departure of foreign companies / Comment / RBC News Agency

In response to the withdrawal of western companies from Russia, the Russian authorities have adopted a number of regulations allowing parallel import. The legislature has allowed the import of in-demand foreign-produced original goods into the country without the consent of the copyright holders and have abolished liability for such import. However, this permission applies only …

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How to Recover Assets Held in Trust / Article / “Akcionernoye obschestvo” magazine

The idea of transferring assets to a fiduciary is a very reliable way of hiding the fact that the asset belongs to the grantor. Usually, such mechanisms are only resorted to when there is full confidence in the trustee’s integrity. However, situations are quite common when, as a result of a conflict between the real …

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The US debt ceiling will be frozen for two years / Comment / Vedomosti

The US authorities have reached an agreement on the ceiling of the national debt: the government will be required to comply with new restrictions on budget spending, subject to the actual abolition of the mechanism. This follows from an agreement that was drafted by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Andrei Gusev, Managing …

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How do Russian courts “play along with their own” against the backdrop of sanctions and what is the risk here? / Article / RBC Pro

Because of sanctions, Russian courts might sometimes ignore international law, taking the side of domestic companies in cases against foreigners. Anna Zabrotskaya, Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice at Nordic Star, explains why such precedents can significantly complicate the position of Russian exporters in disputes over contracts governed by Russian law and why …

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A Trademark Shake-Up: a Precedent has Emerged in the Intellectual Property Market / Comment / Delovoy Peterburg

The suspension of the “membership” of more than 60 foreign brands in the Customs Register of Intellectual Property (CRIP) should not lead to an increase in counterfeiting. Vera Zotova, a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Practice at Nordic Star Law Offices, shared her views with Delovoy Peterburg newspaper on what the legal grounds …

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