On 11 August 2016, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS Russia) imposed an administrative fine on Google Inc. in the amount of 438,067,400 roubles (6,760,299 US dollars...

In June this year, the plenum of the Supreme court of the Russian Federation discussed the draft resolution on tax crimes.

The Court of Appeal and High Court have, in two separate cases, granted anti-suit injunctions (ASIs) restraining a Russian party from bringing proceedings in Russia in...

As a general rule, an acquirer of unjustly obtained property may claim compensation from its title holder for expenses incurred for maintenance.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP have published an article in the Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation examining the development of English sanctions case law and the growing challenge...

Russia's Facebook, vKontakte, is under fire for its allegedly poor handling of pervasive copyright infringement on its platform (literally translated from Russian, "v kontakte" means "in contact").

On the March 14, 2016, MAC upheld the decision of FAS on Google's abuse of dominance on the market of pre-installed app stores on the Android OS localized for the Russian Federation.

LLC "Metso Outotec" ("claimant") filed an application with the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast seeking refusal to recognize and enforce on the territory of the Russian Federation the Decision of the Economic Court of the Gomel Oblast of the Republic of Belarus.

It seems that Britney Spears, when she recorded a phonogram of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" never thought that one day she would be protected by Russian court.

On February 13, 2018 the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation announced its decision with respect to parallel import cases.

Despite the seemingly unlimited choice of words and the vast imagination of people, collision between similar words, real or coined, is not infrequent.

Russian examiners did not favour confectionery. This does not mean that they are diabetics; they simply felt uneasy when an application came seeking protection for a confectionery patent for a utility model.

On 21 December 2016 the Commercial Court of Moscow delivered the Decision in case No. А40-121559/16-20-1035.

While one could question the reasoning of this case, it has so far been upheld by the higher courts.

Under the concept of criminal misdemeanor will fall 7 elements of crimes of minor gravity, encroaching on property, including theft and fraud without aggravating circumstances.

On 18 July 2019, the President of Russia signed a law whereby lawsuits can be filed to protect groups of people in civil disputes (so-called "class action suits").

On 3 November 2016 the Commercial Court of Moscow delivered a decision in case No. А40 167541/16 140 1462.

On 16 September 2016 the Commercial Court of Kemerovo Region delivered a decision in case No. A27-13534/2016.

The Moscow Arbitration Court rendered the Decision of December 31, 2015 on case No. А40-153860/15.

In most cases the courts state that transfer pricing audits by the local tax authorities are unlawful in principle; however, this is usually preceded by examination on the merits of whether a price is a market price.