Russian state circus pays $5k to Zorro ProductionsThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals ruled that Russian State Circus Company (Rosgostsirk) should compensate Zorro Productions company 200,000 rubles ($5,000) for illicit trademark use, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Wednesday.11:44 26.03.2014
Aeroflot’s claim against Civil Defense Ministry moved to April 8The Moscow Commercial Court set April 8 as the hearing date for the lawsuit filed by the largest Russian air carrier Aeroflot against The Ministry for Civil Defense and Emergencies (EMERCOM), the court told RAPSI on Wednesday.12:26 19.03.2014
Deripaska company seeks arbitration against Montenegro over lossesThe Central European Aluminum Company (CEAC), a subsidiary of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s En+, announced Tuesday that it has filed a request for arbitration proceedings with the government of Montenegro seeking over EUR 600 million in compensation for losses.14:13 11.03.2014
World War II orphan sues Germany for recovery of looted artThe great nephew of a holocaust survivor has turned to the US courts in hopes of compelling Germany to return a painting allegedly looted by Nazis.18:11 07.03.2014
UK company appeals dismissal of claim against Moscow CircusUK-based New Art Production (NAP) Limited filed an appeal with the Supreme Commercial Court against the decision to dismiss the lawsuit against Moscow Circus, the court told RAPSI on Friday.14:57 07.03.2014
Oil major’s ex-vice president will continue to sue TNK-BP for compensationIrina Kibina, former TNK-BP vice president for public relations who has been awarded partial compensation by court order, said on Facebook that she will continue her fight for more money.13:51 07.03.2014
US teen hits setback in suing parents for tuition, allowance – report18-year-old American student Rachel Canning hit a setback Tuesday in her efforts to compel her parents to provide financial support when a New Jersey court ruled that her parents should not be required to pay her high school tuition, ABC News reported Tuesday.14:06 05.03.2014
Russian Railways' $215 mln lawsuit against Russia pushed to March 28The Moscow Commercial Court postponed till March 28 the hearing of 7 billion ruble ($215 mln) lawsuit filed by Russian Railways against Finance Ministry, RAPSI reports from the court room on Tuesday.13:36 04.03.2014
FC Spartak wins claim against swastika-waving fanThe Leninsky District Court of Vladimir, a city in the south-western Russia, has granted in part a lawsuit filed by Spartak Moscow against a football fan, whose swastika-waving antics at the team's Russian Cup match against Shinnik Yaroslavl incurred a big fine for the Russian football club.15:13 25.02.2014
Family of injured Russian boxing champ to sue New York over brutal match – reportThe family of Russian boxer Magomed Abdusalamov, who was badly injured in a New York City boxing match in November, is preparing to sue the state of New York and its Athletic and Boxing Commissions, the Associated Press reported Saturday.14:57 24.02.2014
NYC to pay $6.4 mln to man exonerated after 22 years in prisonNew York City will pay out $6.4 million to David Ranta, a man who served over 22 years in prison before prosecutors discovered that he had been framed, City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced Thursday.16:12 21.02.2014
Russia increases payments to emergency and terrorism victimsOne-time payments to the families of emergency victims have been increased to as high as 1 million rubles ($28,100), the government said on its website.10:22 20.02.2014
Russian governor appeals ruling in 3-cent spat with tycoon Oleg DeripaskaThe Third Commercial Court of Appeals set the March 7 as hearing date for an appeal filed by Kaluga Region Governor Anatoly Artamonov against the descision obliging him to pay 3 cents in compensation to Rusal CEO Oleg Deripaska.15:52 31.01.2014
Bailiff service on the fence about Khodorkovsky case damagesHead of the Russian Federal Bailiff Service Artur Parfyonchikov allows the possibility of both ceasing the proceedings in extraction of 17 billion rubles from recently pardoned Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and seeking harsher liability if the compensation will not be payed.14:22 30.01.2014
Rosneft subsidiary fights Yukos Capital's US court victoryRussian gas giant and Rosneft subsidiary Samaraneftegaz has appealed a judgment granting the recognition and enforcement of a $186 million arbitral award won by Yukos Capital SARL.17:55 27.01.2014
Khodorkovsky's partner may demand compensation for postponed releaseKhodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev, whose term was reduced to “time served” yesterday, is indignant with the delay in his release from prison and may demand compensation through the court for moral damages, attorney Vladimir Krasnov told RAPSI Friday.15:52 24.01.2014
Relatives of Russian hockey team perished in air crash demand $3 millionRelatives of the Lokomotiv ice hockey team members who died in a airplane crash in 2012 filed a class action lawsuit demanding 104,8 million rubles ($3 million) in compensation, according to the notification posted on attorney Igor Trunov’s website.10:52 24.01.2014
US allocates over $8.3 million to support Boston Marathon bombing victimsUS Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday that $8,355,648 would be allocated to organizations directly supporting victims, witnesses, and first responders present at the scene of the Boston Marathon bombing and effected by its aftermath.16:40 14.01.2014
Boeing, Energia achieve mixed results in counterclaimsA US federal court on Wednesday granted in part and denied in part a motion by American aerospace and defense conglomerate Boeing to dismiss counterclaims filed by Russian space giant Energia in its $355 million lawsuit, according to court documents obtained by RAPSI.16:15 23.12.2013
London police detective awarded GBP 60,000 in libel suit on Russian extraditionLondon’s High Court of Justice awarded GBP 60,000 in damages Thursday to a police detective that sued The Times for libel over a 2006 article accusing him of having accepted “bribes from Russian exiles” in exchange for information on Russian extradition requests.20:35 19.12.2013