The Legal 500

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• The Ultimate Legal Guide to Investing in Greece

  1) minority shareholders rights and shareholders agreements,
  - Dryllerakis & Associates

• No substitute for experience

  If there is one part of the Localism Act 2011 about which local government lawyers have considerable concerns, it is the new standards regime.
  - 11KBW

• The Russian Federal Tax Service on how to conclude advance pricing agreements for tax purposes

  Legal Update No. 322
  - Goltsblat BLP

• New documents and filling rules for VAT settlements

  Legal Update No. 324   Goltsblat BLP advises that Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1137 “On the Formats and Rules for Completing (Maintaining) Documents Used in Value Added Tax Settlements” was adopted on 26 December 2011 (the Resolution).
  - Goltsblat BLP

• Japan IP Enforcement & Transactions Newsletter February 2012/Vol. 1

  • The IP High Court recognized the inventive step of a medical-use claim based on its remarkable effect over the prior-arts (p.2) • 顕著な効果を有することを理由に医薬用途発明の進歩性を肯定した知財高裁判決（平成23 年11 月30 日：平成23 年（行ケ）第10018 号）[Japanese] (p.2) • 以具有显著效果为理由肯定医疗用途发明的进步性的知识产权高裁判决（平成23 年11 月30 日：平成23 年（行ヶ）第10018 号[Chinese] (p.3) • "Use" of Computer System (p.3)
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Legal Express Issue 1

  We are pleased to bring you our Legal Express, which covers the most significant legislative changes in Russia in December 2011 and January 2012.
  - Noerr

• The New Security Interests (Jersey) Law 201- (the "New SIL") (yet to come into force)

  An executive summary - January 2012
  - Carey Olsen

• Russian sac recovers actual damage and lost profit from Russian FCS

  Legal Update No. 323   Goltsblat BLP advises that, on 17 January 2012, the Presidium of the Russian SAC issued a Ruling under Case No. А40-89211/10-30-762 recovering real damage and lost profit from the Federal Customs Service in favour of an exporter owing to an unlawful order.
  - Goltsblat BLP

• Russian sac on article 333 of the Russian civil code

  Legal Update No. 320 Goltsblat BLP advises of publication of Resolution No. 81 of the Plenum of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation “On Certain Aspects of Applying Article 33 of the Russian Civil Code” dated 22 December 2011 (the “Resolution”) regarding penalty reduction. 
  - Goltsblat BLP

• Trade marks enforceable in relation to the goods for which they are registered

  Legal Update No. 325   Goltsblat BLP advises of the publication of Resolution of the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court No. 8817/11 of 29 November 2011 upholding decisions of three lower courts in relation to a case on early termination of legal protection for the VECHERNIE trade mark with respect to goods under ICGS class 05 "pharmaceuticals" and "dietary substances for medical purposes" because the trade mark has been used during production and sale of biologically active supplements that are not on the registered list of goods.
  - Goltsblat BLP