Overview of current court practice and positions of Rostrud of Russia for the third quarter of 2025
Overview of current court practice and positions of Rostrud RF for Q3 2025 regarding the application of labor law provisions in the areas of dismissal, occupational safety, remote work, replacement of temporarily absent employees, etc.
Inadmissible terms of a settlement agreement: trends in court practice
By virtue of the principle of freedom of contract (Article 421 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation), a settlement agreement may contain any conditions not contrary to the law or other legal acts. At the same time, the APC RF establishes an exhaustive list of grounds, in the presence of which the arbitration court refuses to approve a settlement agreementRead more
Decision of the JCED of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 13.02.2024 on the case of consulting services
Judicial Board for Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in its Decision of 13.02.2024 N 305-ES23-18507 came to the conclusion that the contractor-consultant as a general rule does not share with the customer the risk of failure to achieve the result for which the contract is concluded.
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Review of changes and clarifications of Rostrud, judicial practice in labor legislation for 2024
A brief overview of the major changes in labor law in 2024.
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Liability of Russian banks towards clients for the blocking of funds by foreign intermediary banks
The imposition of sanctions by foreign countries against Russian banks has led to the inability of these banks to fulfill their obligations to clients regarding cross-border transfers of funds in foreign currency.
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Review of court practice on bankruptcy in 2022
The approved review by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reflects 37 positions on various issues based on the decisions of the Economic Disputes Collegium for the year 2022.
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Parallel Import: Exceptions in Trademark Protection, Importers' Obligations, Difficulties, and Risks from Practice
Most enterprises during their activities encounter designations that individualize the goods of legal entities or individual entrepreneurs, known as trademarks.Read more
Lawsuits from LLCs against shareholders to contest major transactions have to be submitted to arbitration courts
The claimant company applied to the arbitration court with a demand to invalidate the loan agreement (major transaction) between it and its individual member and to apply the consequences of the transaction invalidity. The court of first instance referred the case to the court of general jurisdiction. The court of appeal agreed with this position and upheld the decision of the court of first instance.Read more
The exclusion of a company from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities in an administrative manner is not a ground for bringing the company's head to liability due to the company's outstanding debts to the creditor
The Supreme Court, in its ruling dated January 30, 2023, indicated that the exclusion of a company from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities in an administrative manner is not a ground for holding the company's head liable due to the company's outstanding debts to the creditor.Read more