Anastasia Samusenko has talked to RBC about the growth of employee activity in protecting their interests in conflicts with the employer
Ozon's online retailer has announced the end of a two-day strike by its employees. The company’s management and the union behind the strike signed an agreement on changes, including resolving the source of the conflict. Anastasia Samusenko, Associate at Maxima Legal, told RBC Petersburg that over the past two to three years, employees have become…
07.10.2019
Maxim Ali has commented on the adjournment of to identify the defendant in disputes in the housing and utilities sector
On September 24, the State Duma of the Russian Federation passed a law until April 2019 delayed the entry into force of provision that allow for the identifying of debtors of overdue payments for utility bills. In accordance with the new rules, when filing statements of claim and applications for court orders, the managers of apartment buildings…
24.09.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Peterburg Dnyevnik of possible restrictions on catering services in residential buildings
The State Duma is considering a draft law that would impact on bars, restaurants and cafes, which are located in and nearby to residential buildings. According to Maxima Legal’s Senior Associate, Sergei Bakeshin, the most dangerous thing in the new bill is the possibility to restrict bars following a decision of a general meeting of owners of a…
23.09.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has evaluated for RBC the chances of challenging sales of land
A well-known St Petersburg businessman and the owner of the First Furniture Factory, Alexander Shestakov, through court is challenging the results of the auction for the sale of land on Kamenny Island. According to the businessman, when a single application had been received during the bidding, the time for submitting further bids should have been…
20.09.2019
Maxim Ali has commented on RBC dispute over the use of photographs
The Moscow Commercial Court found it a violation of exclusive rights to use photos belonging to its St Petersburg rival iGooods in the Instamart product service catalogue. At the same time, the court decided to recover from Instamart more than 965,000 roubles, which is only half of the damages requested by the claimant. The Head of the IP/IT…
18.09.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg on the abolition of the legislative acts from the Soviet period
The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, in the framework of the reform, called the “regulatory guillotine”, signed an order according to which more than 20,000 acts adopted during the USSR should cease to be effective from the beginning of 2020. In this regard, the federal authorities should have time to study the list of…
16.09.2019
Maxim Ali has given an assessment of the beta online justice service for Advokatskaya Gazeta
At the end of August, a beta online justice service appeared on the ESIA’s State Services website. It is planned that the service will perform several functions at once, including the automatic listing of cases, sending documents and electronic notifications to the parties as well as offering a 30% discount on court fees. The service will also…
04.09.2019
Dmitry Uryakin has evaluated legislation that will come into force in September 2019 for Pravo.ru
In September 2019 provisions will be introduced to the Code of Civil Procedure and the Constitutional Court that will determine the status and rules that apply to assistant judges, as well as allow assistant judges to draft judicial acts. “Apparently the changes are aimed at reducing the excessive burden on judges. Although it seems doubtful that…
30.08.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has provided his assessment for Kommersant of a dispute with LOKS and Fiskars
LOKS is currently suing the Russian subsidiary of the Finnish gardening goods manufacturing, Fiskars Group. According to LOKS, during the construction of a new assembly shop in the Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region, the company did not apply for an increase in capacity, but made an unauthorized cut in the water supply system as a result…
21.08.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments to Pravo.ru on directors incurring subsidiary responsibility
According to Fedresurs, a record number of directors incurred subsidiary liability in 2018. The mechanism may be used against a director of a company on the grounds of dishonesty or unreasonable performance of his/her duties, refusal to hand over financial documentation to an bankrupty manager or following the late filing a insolvency petition.…
07.08.2019