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Importers of electronic appliances have to pay for reproducing music and video

12:50 17/11/2011 Russia's Supreme Court held against three companies' lawsuits to partially abolish the government decree setting the amount charged for reproducing audio records for personal purposes and the list of the chargeable equipment.

Court decisions failing to recover 'expired' state budget debt dismissed

12:01 16/11/2011 The Supreme Commercial Court Presidium dismissed on Tuesday three lower courts' decisions refusing to recover $91,117 in state budget debts from the Niva Voronezh Regional Association of Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives for Rosagrosnab.

Ukrainian parliament not to decriminalize Tymoshenko offense

15:10 15/11/2011 The Ukrainian parliament refused on Tuesday to include an amendment decriminalizing the offense for which ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison in a presidential bill mitigating punishment for economic crimes.

Russia plans to sign adoption treaties with United Kingdom, Netherlands

15:46 14/11/2011 The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany will also soon sign a bilateral child adoption agreement with Russia.

Standing labor arbitration tribunals may be created in Russia

16:44 11/11/2011 The Federation Council (Russian Parliament's upper chamber) amended Russia Labor Code on Wednesday; the amendments provide for the establishment of standing labor arbitration tribunals to investigate and resolve collective labor disputes.

Federation Council approves law on free legal assistance to public

17:32 09/11/2011 The Federation Council has approved on Wednesday a law on free legal assistance for citizens. The legislation obliges public officers to advise people on legal matters free of charge.

President Medvedev wants criminal cases to be heard by one judge

16:22 08/11/2011 President Dmitry Medvedev has signed amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code proposing that criminal cases in district courts be heard by a single judge as opposed to a three-judge panel.

Supreme Court proposes rehabilitation both to people acquitted fully or partly

15:40 08/11/2011 The Plenum of the Supreme Court proposed on Tuesday that people who were partially acquitted by courts of grave crime charges should have the right to rehabilitation along with those who were fully acquitted

Court orders to reconsider case on responsibility for illegal content

16:28 01/11/2011 The Supreme Commercial Court's presidium has revoked lower-court legal acts awarding the Top 7 company compensation from three defendants, including a host provider and a file hosting service's owner, for violating its exclusive rights to photos illegally posted on their websites, the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) reported.

The international legal congress to take place in Moscow, December 1-2

09:32 26/10/2011 The international legal congress Law and Modernization: Experience, Prospects, Trends with the participation of more than 300 experts from leading Russian and foreign law companies and organizations will be held at the RIA Novosti International Multimedia Press Center on December 1-2, 2011.

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