Crimea Deputy Prime Minister to sue Dow Jones for using his name in adFirst Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Crimea, Rustam Temirgaliyev, will sue Dow Jones & Company for mentioning his last name in a print ad in The Wall Street Journal, Izvestia reports Monday.10:55 09.06.2014
Ukrainian Supreme Court to consider legality of presidential election on June 10The Supreme Court of Ukraine has scheduled a hearing for an administrative case by Donetsk lawyer Vladimir Olentsevich on legality of the May 25 presidential election, for June 10, Olentsevich told RIA Novosti.17:30 05.06.2014
Russian social media mogul Pavel Durov sues ex-partners over Telegram messengerThe founder of Russian social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, has filed a suit with a US court in which he accuses his former partners at United Capital Partners (UCP) of fraud and attempted extortion with respect to the Telegram messenger.10:33 02.06.2014
Russian company sues US firm over Cyrillic domain name registration issuesSamara, Russia based Legato has filed a lawsuit with the Samara Region Commercial Court, requesting that US company Public Interest Registry be banned from registering zona.org (зона.орг) Cyrillic domain names, citing available registered trademarks.15:28 29.05.2014
London court to examine mogul Polonsky’s lawsuit against renown lawyerThe London-based High Court of Justice of England and Wales has accepted a lawsuit from Russian business person Sergei Polonsky, now staying in Cambodia, against his former lawyer, Alexander Dobrovinsky, Polonsky’s defense attorney Alexander Karabanov told RAPSI on Friday. The lawsuit concerns the sale of the Potok company, formerly known as Mirax group.16:47 23.05.2014
Former Pussy Riot’s attorney to pay $563 in compensation to SamutsevichThe Elektrostal city court in Moscow Region on Thursday ordered attorney Violetta Volkova to pay 20,000 rubles ($563) in compensation to Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich.16:58 08.05.2014
Thai court orders prime minister to step down - reportThe Constitutional Court of Thailand has ruled that acting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra must step down for improperly transferring the secretary general of the National Security Council.12:09 07.05.2014
Russia plans to file suit against Ukraine in International Court of JusticeRussia’s State Duma has started collecting documents on the death of people in Ukraine for a lawsuit it plans to file with the Hague-based International Court of Justice.12:14 06.05.2014
Ferrero lawsuit against Russian bank dismissedThe Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by Ferrero Russia, the official representative of the Ferrero Group in Russia, to collect 10 million rubles (about $280,000) from Otkritie Bank.13:53 05.05.2014
Lawsuit over Russian TV channels ban in Ukraine to be heard on May 6The District Administrative Court of Kiev on Tuesday postponed the hearing of a lawsuit filed by Ukraine’s National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting concerning the barring of four Russian TV channels in Ukraine until May 6.14:56 29.04.2014
Ukraine to sue Gazprom over gas pricesUkrainian government has decided file a lawsuit against Russian gas giant Gazprom, acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told journalists Monday.18:01 28.04.2014
Firtash to contest Tajik authorities’ decision in international courtTojikAzot, a nitrogen fertilizer producer controlled by Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, published a statement on Monday saying that it would go to court, including an international court, to protect its business reputation against unsubstantiated allegations made by Tajik authorities.17:41 28.04.2014
Forbes Ukraine publisher says they didn’t file suit in New YorkUkrainian businessman Serhiy Kurchenko’s UMH media holding, which published the Ukrainian version of Forbes, has refuted media reports that it allegedly filed a lawsuit with the New York arbitration court to contest the revocation of its license by Forbes Media.10:25 23.04.2014
“X-Men” director Bryan Singer faces sexual abuse lawsuit – reportFamous American film director Bryan Singer is accused of sexual abuse against a teen actor, according to the civil lawsuit filed in Hawaii, CNN reported on Thursday.15:12 17.04.2014
Magnitsky list’s investigator to file defamation suit in Russian courtFormer Interior Ministry investigator Pavel Karpov is ready to file a defamation suit against William Browder and Jamieson Firestone and their companies Hermitage Capital Management Limited and Management UK Limited.10:27 17.04.2014
Kiev files first lawsuits against Russia with international courtsUkraine has filed its first lawsuits against Russia with international courts, including the European Court of Human Rights, according to Ukrainian Minister of Justice Pavel Petrenko.10:22 16.04.2014
Animal rights NGOs challenge travelling circus’ $25.5 mln legal fee requestA group of animal welfare organizations have challenged a circus production company’s request for $25.5 million in legal fees following a failed elephants’ rights suit.15:42 11.04.2014
Retailers may sue Yandex for promoting counterfeit goods - reportMajor retailers claim that Yandex, the operator of Russia’s largest search engine, is promoting goods that are imported without rights holder permission.11:57 11.04.2014
Investment fund sues VKontakte founder over messengerThe UCP investment fund has initiated litigation in the Virgin Islands to protect its rights for the Telegram internet messaging service, which was designed by the founder of Russia’s largest social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, according to a statement released by the fund Monday.12:37 07.04.2014
Disney faces federal suit over alleged ‘Frozen’ copyright infringementAlleging that a teaser trailer for Disney’s latest animated blockbuster Frozen was a flagrant rip-off of her own short film, The Snowman, a California animator has filed a federal claim against the film giant.13:51 01.04.2014