Lidings supports Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF) and a special ICC Training organized by the ICC International Court of Arbitration as one of the Forum’s activity.

Partner of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in The IP Academy — major event on intellectual property and patent protection in Russia and CIS. The conference will take place on 18-20 September 2019 in Skolkovo, Europe’s largest innovation park.

Lidings Dispute Resolution practice partner Alexander Popelyuk will take part in an international conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes hosted by American Bar Association (ABA) together with Russian Arbitration Association (RAA) on September 18th 2019 in Moscow.

On June 3, 2019, the Judicial Chamber on civil cases of the Russian Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case between «Ormatek-Privolzhie» Limited liability company (“Company”) and Ramazanova I.N. in connection with the concluded refund agreement. This ruling reflects the Supreme Court’s opinion on the procedure for compensation of damage caused to employer by its former employee.

In December 2018, the Constitutional Court issued its decision, where part 1 of article 178 of the Labor code of the Russian Federation (“LC“) was recognized as inconsistent with the Constitution of the Russian Federation

On August 2, 2019 the Federal law (“Law”) amending the Federal law No. 115-FZ of July 25, 2002 “On legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation” has been published on the official Internet portal of legal information http://www.pravo.gov.ru.

Lidings dispute resolution practice’s partner Alexander Popleyuk will run a special master class on the topic When Debts of the Company Turn into Debts of its Participants and Shareholders. The event will be a part of the special educational programme for students of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (LMSU) entitled Summer Masters’ School and is scheduled on August 30 — September 1, 2019.

Lidings’ Dispute Resolution practice partner Alexander Popelyuk will act as arbitrator in the RAA’s 4th Online Moot Court Competition. The event is scheduled on 24-25 of August 2019 at National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow.