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Government commission supports improved guarantees of jurors’ material security

The Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative increasing the guarantees of material security for jurors, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev has told RAPSI.

10:23 04.06.2021

Crimea’s meat plant seeks to collect $50,000 of legal expenses from Navalny

The Crimean meat processing plant Druzhba Narodov has filed an application with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking to recover from Alexey Navalny 3.3 million rubles (about $50,000) of legal expenses in a defamation dispute.

10:32 29.06.2020

Success fees to be introduced for Russian lawyers in March 2020 – law

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill setting so-called fees for lawyers starting March 2020 into law.

08:49 03.12.2019

Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on success fees for lawyers

The lower chamber of Russia’s parliament has passed in the third and final reading a bill aimed to amend the law on legal practice and advocacy so success fees for lawyers could be introduced since March 2020.

18:00 20.11.2019

Russia’s Government seeks to streamline compensation of attorney fees by convicts

Russia’s Government has proposed to amend the legislation governing the compensations of procedural expenditures, including those related to court-appointed lawyers, on the part of convicts.

13:33 25.04.2019

Company related to Yukos compensates $1.7 million legal costs to Russia

Financial Performance Holdings B.V. (FPH), a company affiliated with Yukos, has paid Russia $1.7 million as compensation for legal costs related to a lawsuit against the country over alleged violation of the Energy Charter.

13:42 29.09.2017

Bill limiting drug concentration in drivers’ blood reaches State Duma

A bill establishing a maximum allowed limit of drug and psychotropic substances in blood of drivers has been submitted to the State Duma.

12:32 28.09.2017

Ukraine reimburses part of expenses in sovereign debt dispute with Russia

Ukraine has carried out a ruling of the London High Court by reimbursing part of court expenses in relation to a dispute with Russia over a $3 billion sovereign debt.

12:55 21.09.2017

Russia's AFK Sistema chairman has legal expenses insurance - report

The costs of legal action brought against Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the chairman of AFK Sistema and one of Russia’s richest businessmen, will be reportedly covered by an insurance.

12:38 07.10.2014

US court ordered figure skater Baiul to pay $35,000 in NBC’s legal fees

A New York judge has ordered figure skater Oksana Baiul to compensate NBC’s $35,000 legal fees in a lawsuit filed by the Ukrainian-born skater against the company last year, AP writes.

11:03 15.07.2014

New York Court grants Yukos Capital S.a.r.l. attorneys’ request for over $78,000

US District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Yukos Capital S.a.r.l. attorneys’ fees in the amount of $78,673 in a dispute against Rosneft subsidiary Samaraneftegaz which has filed an appeal.

17:16 22.05.2014

Boeing, Energia achieve mixed results in counterclaims

A US federal court on Wednesday granted in part and denied in part a motion by American aerospace and defense conglomerate Boeing to dismiss counterclaims filed by Russian space giant Energia in its $355 million lawsuit, according to court documents obtained by RAPSI.

16:15 23.12.2013

Moscow Mayor sets wages for pro bono attorneys

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has signed a decree stipulating compensations and subsidies for attorneys that provide legal advice and representation for Moscow citizens on a pro-bono basis.

11:03 17.10.2013

UK denies legal funds for cocaine trafficker facing death in Bali

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales released a judgment Wednesday detailing its earlier decision to dismiss an appeal launched by Lindsay Sandiford – a 56-year-old British woman sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia after having been caught with ten packets of cocaine in the Bali airport – challenging the Secretary of State’s decision not to assist in funding her death-penalty appeal.

15:02 23.05.2013

Claim against Alaska's sale rejected for failure to pay court fees

The Moscow Commercial Court has returned a lawsuit against the sale of Alaska filed by an Orthodox public association because the plaintiff failed to pay the required stamp duty.

14:49 14.05.2013

UK mulls requiring convicts to repay legal aid

UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling proposed sweeping reforms Tuesday to the legal aid system presently operating in England and Wales, including a provision that would require convicted criminals to reimburse the state for court costs and a ban on the receipt of legal aid by the wealthy, according to an official statement obtained by RAPSI.

14:31 09.04.2013

St. Petersburg cuts court fees owed to Madonna in gay propaganda case

The St. Petersburg City Court has reduced the amount of litigation costs to be paid by the plaintiffs who sued popular vocalist Madonna and her concert organizers for gay propaganda.

15:06 06.02.2013

Alleged source code thief's claim for injunction against Goldman Sachs dismissed

A US federal judge dismissed former Goldman Sachs programmer’s claims for indemnification and advancement of legal fees, as well as both his and his former employers’ motions for summary judgment, according to court documents made available to RAPSI.

14:07 18.12.2012

Litvinenko widow "cannot pay" legal fees

The widow of ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko says she needs to raise money to pay legal fees, as self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky can no longer support her financially.

13:24 04.12.2012

Foreign Ministry to pay legal fees of Russians abroad

The Foreign Ministry is developing a mechanism to pay the legal fees of Russian citizens who find themselves in difficult situations abroad.

16:30 19.10.2012