The Arbitration Court of Moscow has temporarily suspended proceedings on the case of violation of rights conducted between VK and Parity Elevator. The reason for the proceedings is the word “balda”.

Versus.legal continues a series of articles on preferential tax regimes for IT in neighboring countries. The new material is about Georgia.

On the evening of September 26, the Ministry of Digital Development published an order approving a list of specialties that are now considered a priority for the IT sphere.

A list of possible actions in the current conditions and an analysis of official comments on mobilization in relation to IT specialists,” the Versus.legal law company shared.

On September 23, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation clarified whether the partial mobilization of IT specialists concerns. The law firm Semenov&Pevzner explained why these statements should be approached with caution.

On September 21, 2022, the order on partial mobilization in the Russian Federation came into force. Specialists of the Semenov&Pevzner law firm Irina Gushchina and Ekaterina Gubaeva have prepared an information certificate on the decree. It also reveals who can be called up and whether employees of IT companies have a reprieve from the army?

On September 1, a new article to the law “On Advertising” came into force. According to it, from now on all online advertising in Russia should be subject to labeling and accounting. About the article and the possible consequences of its adoption for the participants of the advertising market, — told in a column on App2Top.ru the Prospectacy company.

What is the section “assurances and guarantees” in contracts related to the publication of the game and attracting investments, — told in the column for App2Top.ru senior lawyer Anastasia Akulich and lawyer Alexandra Kovaleva from the REVERA Legal group.

The Versus.legal command on the pages App2Top.ru launches a series of materials on preferential legal regimes for IT companies in the countries of the near arc. The first article is about working in Armenia.

Briefly about the main controversial legal situations in the gaming industry, he told for App2Top.ru Kamal Terekhov, Head of the Arbitration & IT Disputes Division of the REVERA Group.

Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm has prepared a global report on legal conflicts in the gaming industry over the past six months.

About the pitfalls when working with Chinese game publishers, — she told in her column for App2Top.ru Svetlana Gordey, a leading lawyer of the REVERA legal group.

The law firm Prospectacy has prepared a large-scale material on the taxation of foreign income in Russia. It touches on the topics of controlled foreign companies, how to calculate profits on them and pay tax (as well as what changed in these rules in March).

Google is unhappy with developers from South Korea. The company has banned updating applications that use third-party billing bypassing the store’s commission. However, such actions caused conflicts with the Korean government.

Instagram Facebook Today, March 21, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow recognized the activities of the Meta Platform company as extremist and banned the operation of its Facebook and Instagram services in Russia. We asked a representative of the Semenov & Pevzner law firm to briefly explain what this means.

It has become much more difficult to start a company abroad. According to the new presidential decree, residents of the Russian Federation are now prohibited from paying shares, shares and deposits to foreign legal entities. We talked to legal experts about the new law.

US Senator Elizabeth Warren and her colleague Mondar Jones have introduced a bill to ban anti-competitive mergers. If it is accepted, companies will not be able to make transactions more expensive than $5 billion.

The Versus.Legal law firm has collected up-to-date information as of March 11 about the current restrictions that IT companies operating in Russia may face.

Take-Two is facing a new $5 million class action lawsuit related to loot boxes in NBA 2K series games. According to parents, such gambling mechanics deceive young users and mislead them.The lawsuit was initially filed on behalf of a minor player and his guardian on January 11.