Forte Tax & Law is pleased to invite you to a webinar on the hottest topic in recent weeks: the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on business.

The World Health Organization (WHO) described on March 12, 2020 the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world as a pandemic. We have prepared for you an overview of the main legal aspects and difficulties that businesses face in the current situation.

Blacklist of suppliers – this is a list of counterparties who have failed to fulfill their obligations upon signing or performance of a contract concluded by certain types of legal entities or to meet state and municipal procurement needs

The notion of “warranties and representations” has been borrowed from Anglo-American law and appeared in Russia when Article 431.2 of the Russian Civil Code entered into force in 2015. Julia Talagaeva, Senior Associate at Forte Tax & Law, told RBC how this new legal tool caught on in Russia and described the practical problems that arose from its use.

The Constitutional Court of Russia finally published its ruling on a case partially validating “parallel” import. This case involved PAG, a Russian company which imported Sony trademarked products into Russia without Sony’s consent and was required to destroy these products as counterfeit