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Extensive amendments to the Federal Law No. 38-FZ “On Advertising” dated March 13, 2006 came into force in September 2022. And from September 2023 the provisions of the Code of Administrative Offenses on fines for violating labeling provisions came into force. However, advertisers and distributors still have many questions regarding the application of the new […]

On June 29, 2023, the European Union’s Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in crypto-assets (“MICA”) came into force. It regulates the circulation of crypto-assets, establishing requirements for their issuers, issuance and circulation sites, and the process for adopting decisions on issuance. In the absence of full regulation of the circulation of cryptocurrency in most countries,

In September at the Forbes Legal Forum, organized by FCongress, legal market professionals discussed the most pressing issues. You can read more about the discussion during the session “Sanctions as an indulgence for withdrawing from a treaty – the approach of Russian and foreign courts” in the column in Forbes magazine. Anna Zabrotskaya, a Partner

The court ordered the Interregional Territorial Administration of the Federal Property Management Agency to repair three bomb shelters, and the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard to maintain them. The decision of the Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has come into force, satisfying the claim of the MTU of the Federal Property Management Agency for

When paying current payments to an organization undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, energy workers can achieve priority satisfaction of claims. The Russian Supreme Court has indicated criteria when this is possible. The Supreme Court did so when resolving a dispute between AtomEnergoSbyt JSC (a guaranteed energy supplier) and the bankruptcy trustee of TrikVol LLC. Kseniya Malmygina, an

The company name “Yobidoyobi”, which was in use, has been recognized as contrary to the norms of morality and the Russian language. Experts interviewed by Novy Prospekt are confident that this could cause a new wave of claims from the Federal Antimonopoly Service against numerous franchisees of the sushi delivery service. Vera Zotova, Ph.D., a

In modern law enforcement practice, lawyers recognize that the most “problematic” creditor in bankruptcy cases is the authorized body, the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation. This factor forces participants in a bankruptcy case to find ways to pay off the claims of the authorized body, which indicates a legalized imbalance in the approach

Experts discussed entering new export markets at the Balt2Media conference “Foreign Economic Activity. How to increase non-resource exports”. They touched upon legal and logistical problems, and even cultural nuances, in working with partners from India, China, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Türkiye. Anton Borisyuk, a Senior Associate in the Transactions & Corporate Law Practice at Nordic

Immigrants in Europe often learn new tax nuances quite late: when they receive a fine. According to the experience of Nordic Star’s experts, most immigrants come to the EU country of their residence without doing any “tax preparation”. Meanwhile, a lack of knowledge about the tax laws of the country of destination entails the risk

Nowadays, the words “artificial intelligence” and “neural networks” have become a part of everyday reality: the Lensa neural network is generating photos for social networks, fashion designers are creating collections using artificial intelligence, and chat bots are giving psychological advice. Gradually, artificial intelligence is beginning to apply in the field of jurisprudence – in searching