Starting March 8, various restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 will gradually be lifted. The process is planned in four phases. Capital Legal Services Managing Partner Vladislav Zabrodin presents a brief overview of the approximate dates and affected restrictions below, subject to change if and as needed as the situation develops.

At the beginning of March, temporary amendments to the procedure for holding general meetings of shareholders in 2021 introduced by Federal Law No.17-FZ dated February 24, 2021 will take effect.

2020 brought many events and, as usual, changes in tax laws were among them.Senior Assosiate of the Tax practice Ekaterina Smolovaya goes over the most important changes that have an impact on the taxation of individuals, and identify the main points that should be considered when planning your future activities.

Back in April, the relevant clarifications were released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recognizing the pandemic as force majeure event which should not entail change in the tax status of a person who ended up stranded outside their regular place of residence. The same logic was gradually put into effect in national regulations of a number of states.

Legislative initiatives that strengthen the control over information circulation on the Internet rarely leave the public indifferent. Usually, two forces immediately appear, namely, supporters of strict regulation and observance of rights (subjects of personal data and copyright holders) and their opponents who believe that total control and severe measures will not lead to a positive outcome.

Undoubtedly, COVID-19 penetrated into all areas of legal relations and affected almost all states all over the world. Here is our review of COVID-19 pandemic measures taken in Russia.

In the new edition on the "Intellectual Environment" topic IP practice lawyers Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh comment on how to use copyrighted content.

What name is better to register as a trademark? Does it require thinking up something original, or is it enough to indicate the type of services to be provided in the name, for example, selling tickets online? This is perhaps one of the most important issues when creating a new product or service.

On 01.04.2020, Federal Law No.69-FZ “On protection and promotion of investments in the Russian Federation” (hereinafter the “Law”) took effect. This law introduced an instrument new to domestic investment relations – an agreement on protection and promotion of investments (hereinafter the “APPI”).