In March of 2018 lawful heir of the famous playwright V.K. Konstantinov detected that one of the most popular works of Russian theatrical repertoire “Khanuma” created up by its father co-authored with B.M. Ratser is plaid on the stage of Omsk State Academic Drama Theater without its consent and payment of reward. Communication of the rightholder…
In April 2019, the final stage (playoff) of the Russian Students Legal Tournament was held in Moscow. The moot court tournament was dedicated to “Private law and arbitration” and it was held at the President of the Russian Federation Institute of Law and National Security, with the support of leading consulting Russian companies, Russian Lawyers…
Our client turned to a wholesale company to purchase seven ATVs. He received the bill and paid it. After some time, the wholesale company handed him one ATV, while the transfer of the remaining six ATVs was delayed. After several months of waiting, the client sent a letter asking to return the advance payment he…
We always recover legal costs in favor of our clients in all cases we advise on. In our practice, there are cases when the losing party tries to find loopholes in the law to avoid paying for the legal services provided to the winning side of the process. In 2017, one of our clients was…
A couple has been in a common-law (civil) marriage for several years, in which the child was born. Three years after the birth of the child, the partner found out that hi is not the father. The indignant spouse sued the former cohabitee for moral suffering of half a million rubles plus damages, to which…
A model from the well-known Moscow model agency participated in a promo photoshoot organized by “Elena Furs” fur factory. “Elena Furs” representative assured the model and the model agency that any pictures taken during that unpaid bonus photoshoot will be used only on the brand website http://elenafurs.ru, on the social networks pages of the brand,…
Our client for a long time has rented the room on the first floor of a building on Sennaya square in Saint-Petersburg, the rented space was used for a store. In May 2018, a sign with the brand name of our client and the profile of the store (“Electronics and Accessories”) was placed over its…
The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Interior of Voronezh region revoked a Russian Federation residence permit of a Ukrainian citizen, who was 8 months pregnant at the time. The defendant was convicted of a repeated administrative offense as she did not register after moving from Voronezh to Saint-Petersburg to her husband, a Russian citizen….
The Committee on Press and Interaction with Mass Media of the Government of Saint-Petersburg (the Committee), considered the sign placed by one of our clients (a company) as advertising and imposed administrative liability in the form of fine. However, the Committee did not take into account that the company we represented is a small business…
In the summer of 2016, the Left Bank Department of Bailiffs of the Nevsky District of the Federal Bailiff Service of Saint-Petersburg initiated the enforcement proceedings. The bailiff did not send the resolution regarding the proceedings, however, they collected the money from the debtor, who became by then already our client. Later the bailiff also…
Since 2017, JSC “218 ARZ” has been working on the creation of the consolidated aircraft repair center based on the enterprises of the United Engine Corporation (part of the Government Corporation Rostech). From the end of 2018 to the beginning of 2019, the aircraft repair plants were reorganized. The reorganization was carried out by merging…
The legislator gave creditors the opportunity to recover debts from companies from their managers and other persons who determine the companies activities without bankruptcy procedures if they are excluded from the EGRUL (Unified State Register of Legal Entities) by the decision of the tax authority due to termination of operations (Paragraph 1 of Article 64.2…
