Legal overviews

Set of laws signed to enact another “capital amnesty”: what is this second chance for Russians with assets at home and abroad?

Services: Wealth Management, Tax Law, Protection of information and trade secrets
Date: 20.02.2018

A set of laws is enacted providing a second stage of the “capital amnesty,” allowing to declare assets and accounts while being released from liability for violations tied to such assets.

Never was a news piece of more woe than the news on unrestricted powers of the Russian Federal Tax Service

Services: Protection of information and trade secrets, Construction, Natural resources / Energy, Food industry, Commercial real estate, Tax Law
Date: 13.11.2017

The Russian Supreme Court confirmed the right of the Federal Tax Service to cancel resolutions of subordinate tax authorities in the course of internal control.

Starting from July 1, 2017, liability for violations of personal data protection laws to be toughened

Author: Dmitry Churin
Services: Protection of information and trade secrets, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
Date: 30.06.2017

New version of Article 13.11 of the CAO expands the list of administrative offences and increases the amounts of fines for violations related to personal data processing.

Review of legislation on personal data storage: August 2015 Russian Ministry of Communications published clarifications of requirements coming into effect as to storage of personal data in Russia

Author: Pavel Karpunin
Service: Protection of information and trade secrets
Date: 06.08.2015

Review of legislation on personal data storage

On August 3 the Ministry of Communications published clarifications of new requirements for storage and processing of personal data

Informational purging

Services: Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution, Protection of information and trade secrets
Date: 17.07.2015

Russian President signs law obliging operators to delete certain information from search engines

Russian President signs amendments to Personal Data Law: who is affected and what to do?

Service: Protection of information and trade secrets
Date: 19.01.2015

Informational reorganization

Author: Igor Gorokhov
Service: Protection of information and trade secrets
Date: 23.12.2014

Russians’ personal data to stay home

Author: Igor Gorokhov
Service: Protection of information and trade secrets
Date: 14.08.2014