Maxim Ali has provided his comments to the Novy Prospect on the prospects of Russian legal market in 2021
Maxim Ali, Partner at Maxima Legal, has shared with the Novy Prospect online edition his vision of the development of the Russian legal services market in 2021 "The pandemic affects the legal market in different ways, and it's quite difficult to predict which factors will take over. On the one hand the economic situation is very difficult.…
11.01.2021
The team from the IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal has summarized for OneTrust DataGuidance key changes and trends in personal data regulation in Russia
The Federal Law of 27 July 2006 No. 152-FZ on Personal Data ('the Law on Personal Data') came into effect more than 15 years ago. However, changes to legislation in the sphere of data protection are still being introduced at a rapid rate. The past two years demonstrate a general tightening of data protection regulation, particularly in relation to…
30.12.2020
Maxima Legal announces Maxim Ali`s appointment as a partner
Maxima Legal announces that Head of IP/IT Practice Maxim Ali has become a new firm`s partner. In his new role, Maxim will continue to work on the development the practice, which has turned into one of the company's fastest-growing areas in last few years. "Maxim joined Maxima Legal in 2017, and headed the practice in early 2018. The results he has…
22.12.2020
Maxim Ali has commented on the Russian Ministry of Economic Development proposals to transform the business climate in the field of IP
The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has developed amendments for the transformation of the business climate in the field of intellectual property. If the bill is adopted, citizens without the status of the individual entrepreneur will have the right to register trademarks and inherit the exclusive rights to them. Also…
15.12.2020
Maxima Legal has expanded its presence in the key national rating, Pravo.ru-300, and has entered into the top-5 law firms with the largest number of industry awards
On December 4, the results of the main Russian ranking of law firms, Pravo.ru-300, were announced. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal once again confirmed the high level of expertise of all the firm's practices and collected 14 industry awards. "The annual confirmation of our team's expertise by the Pravo.ru - 300 rating is a…
07.12.2020
Maxim Ali has commented on the Supreme Court ruling on interim measures in the domain dispute
The right holder of the trademark "Lunda" has reached the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in an attempt to obtain the imposition of interim measures against a competitor that used the protected designation in the domain names "lunda.rf" and "lunda.su" in the same market. In particular, the plaintiff demanded to prohibit the opponent to…
30.11.2020
Maxim Ali has commented for the Profile magazine on the draft law on sanctions against foreign Internet resources noted in censorship
On December 9, the State Duma of Russian Federation will hold the first reading of the bill on sanctions against foreign Internet resources that censor Russian news. If the legal act is adopted, with the approval of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the prosecutor's office will be able to demand from Roskomnadzor to include violators in a…
24.11.2020
The Delovoy Peterburg has traditionally mentioned Maxima Legal in its annual Rating of Lawyers
The Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, a key business publication in northwest Russia, has published the results of its own annual legal rating, in which the newspaper and market players select the best legal advisers in the city. In 2020, Senior Associate, Head of Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Practices at Maxima Legal Sergei Bakeshin has become…
23.11.2020
Olga Novinskaya has written for an international legal blogs about the latest changes in the regulation of personal data in Russia
Olga Novinskaya, junior associate of IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal has written to ILN IP Insider and LexBlog international legal blogs an article about the most significant Russian news in the field of personal data regulation. In particular, the expert spoke about the draft laws to combat abuses in the collection of consumer personal data,…
11.11.2020
Maxim Ali has commented for the Pravo.ru on dispute about the removal of an irrelevant review from a corporate website
The commercial Court of the Ural District confirmed a client's right to demand the removal of a positive review from the website of a company for which it was given. In doing so, the court departed from a formal approach and used constitutional principles. In particular, the court recalled that the client has a constitutional right to freely…
29.10.2020