According to art. 38 of the Law on fundamental healthcare principles the software used for medical purposes has a legal status of medical device. Therefore, market turnover of such software in Russia is allowed only after software is registered before the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare (Roszdravnadzor).

On March 3, 2020, the Russian Government introduced to the State Duma the Draft Law on amendments to the Russian Civil Code, namely, article 1360.1.

Partner of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk will speak at the conference dedicated to the bankruptcy issues in Russia organized by Kommersant newspaper. The event entitled Bankruptcy 2020: Key issues and New Experience will take place on March 13th 2020 at Baltschug Kempinski Moscow.

Chambers and Partners Europe has announced the results of its annual research of the leading legal advisors. Lidings is traditionally highly recommended for Dispute Resolution, Corporate and M&A, and Life Sciences advice in Russia.

On 1st January 2020, the Federal Law of 02.08.2019 № 265-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law” “On Currency Regulation and Currency Control” entered into force in terms of liberalization of restrictions on foreign exchange transactions that are made by residents using accounts (deposits) opened with banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation and repatriation of funds.

Lidings law firm ranked among the most prominent legal advisors in Russia based on the analytical research held annually by the “Kommersant” newspaper.

Associate of the dispute resolution practice at Lidings Elizaveta Fursova will speak at a conference entitled Labaour Law and Digitalization: New Challenges and Perspectives. The event organized by RBC newspaper will take place in Moscow on February 20th, 2020 at Volkhonka Mansion.

At the end of 2019, Federal Law No. 405-FZ entered into force. This act has significantly increased administrative liability for violations of the requirements on the localization of databases containing personal data of Russian nationals. We already wrote about this amendment earlier.

The World Trademark Review, professional publication annually identifying the most prominent lawyers around the world focused on trademark legal issues, ranks Lidings’ Intellectual property practice among TOP 10 law firms in Russia in the category “Enforcement and Litigation”.

The year 2019, which continued the trend of rapid and numerous changes in healthcare regulations, was rich on expectations, events and legislative proposals aiming to reverse pharmaceutical industry: medical drugs labeling, reform of price determination, new procedure of entry into drugs civil circulation, amendments to regulatory framework of the Eurasian Economic Union, etc. This trend is likely to continue in 2020 as well.