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Key Changes to the Law on Circulation of Medicines

14 March 2024
On January 30, 2024, the President of Russia signed Federal Law No. 1-FZ, which introduced substantial amendments to Federal Law No. 61-FZ dated April 12, 2010 ("Law on Circulation of Medicines").

The legislative novelties are primarily aimed at harmonizing national regulation and rules established in the EAEU unified market.
Ivan Vasilev
Junior Associate
Artem Zakharchenko
Associate
Anna Kuminova
Senior Associate
Victoria Mandzhieva
Associate

Personal Data Leak – A Problem To Be Solved

15 December 2023

According to the Group-IB research, last year the amount of publicly released databases of Russian companies six times outnumbered those unlawfully made public in 2021. At the same time, special provisions, regulating liability for personal data leaks, are not foreseen neither in the Code of Administrative Offenses of Russia nor in the Criminal Code.

Therefore, on 4 December 2023, the draft laws No. 502104-8 “On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation” (“draft law No. 502104-8") and No. 502113-8 “On Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation” (“draft law No. 502113-8”), providing toughening liability for personal data leakage, were submitted to the State Duma.

According to the explanatory notes to these draft laws, currently existing liability is disproportional and incomparable to the potential social harm which can personal data leakage result in.

Artem Zakharchenko
Associate
Victoria Mandzhieva
Associate

The Withdrawal from The Russian Market Has Resulted in Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuits for IT-Companies

10 November 2023

Over the past two years, the number of arbitration disputes on the recovery of unjust enrichment from foreign IT-companies has increased significantly. For the period from 2022 to 2023, according to the Arbitration Case File, dozens of claims were filed by Russian legal entities against the largest foreign software manufacturers: IBM Eastern Europe/Asia LLC, Dell LLC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise LLC, and HP Inc LLC.

Victoria Mandzhieva
Associate