Legal overviews
Review of changes in advertising law and clarifications from the FAS of Russia: July 2015
- Services: Antitrust Law, Advertising / Marketing / Sponsorship
- Date: 09.07.2015
Provisions of the Advertising Law are detailed as regards limiting the sound level for advertisements entered into effect on May 25, 2015
Illegal use of intellectual property in advertising does not violate advertising laws
Stricter liability for credit institutions for violations in advertising financial services
State Duma adopts Federal Law on Public-Private Partnership and Municipal-Private Partnership in the Russian Federation
- Service: Project financing / Public-Private Partnership
- Date: 07.07.2015
Federal Law “On pubic-private partnership and municipal-private partnership in the Russian Federation” adopted on July 1
Tax news: trade fee takes effect in Moscow
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 06.07.2015
From July 1, a trade fee is established for Moscow, making it mandatory for organizations and entrepreneurs who pay the fee to provide a notification to the tax authority to be placed on record as a payer of the trade fee.
Procedure approved for establishing size of payment under servitude agreements for land in Moscow
- Service: Real Estate and Construction
- Date: 24.06.2015
Procedure for establishing the amount of payment under a servitude agreement in Moscow applies to relations that occur starting from March 01, 2015
Russian President signs capital amnesty law. For good or for bad?
- Date: 22.06.2015
Capital amnesty law is adopted granting release from criminal, administrative and tax liability for individuals who have voluntarily declared their property
Supreme Court clarifies procedure for settling disputes related to activity of company managers
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 18.06.2015
The Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation adopted Ruling No.21 “On issues the courts encounter when applying legislation regulating labor of a company manager and members of a collective executive body” (the“Ruling”) on June 2, 2015.
Issues related to dismissal of a manager by the company are clarified
News on migration legislation. June 2015
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 05.06.2015
New forms of notifications in migration body
Russian Federal Antitrust Service (‘FAS’) plans substantial amendments to legislation on foreign investments
- Service: Antitrust Law
- Date: 28.05.2015
New grounds for prior approval of transactions by a foreign investor.
Powers of the Government Commission of Control over Foreign Investments are proposed to be extended.
New industries of strategic importance.
Russian citizens with dual citizenship will be deemed foreign investors.
The range of transactions subject to prior approval is expanded.
Increased liability for violations in foreign investments.
Is a new friend better than two old ones?
- Date: 13.05.2015
New committee – the Property Relations Committee (PRC) – is organized in St. Petersburg by merging KUGI and KZRiZ
New provisions in law of obligations
- Date: 30.04.2015
More changes in the Civil Code: common court practice fixed in place by law and adoption of legal institutes used in foreign law