An article by Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Associate Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", Advocate, Doctor at Law, and Tatiana Samarina, Senior Lawyer at the Firm, Doctor at Law, was published in the “Labour Disputes” magazine №1 (January 2012). The article deals with legal collisions that could be resolved by virtue explanations of the Board of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which are obligatory for the courts.

Alexander Yevdokimov, Advocate at the Law Firm "YUST", took part in the in absentia discussion of the procedure and conditions of application of Part 3.1 of Article 70 of the APCRF (acknowledgment of the circumstances not contested by a Party), organized by the editorial board of the “Venture’s Lawyer: Q&A” magazine

Lawyers of the Law Firm "YUST" – Partner, Advocate Artem Kukin, Associate Partner, Advocate Alexander Bolomatov, Advocate Denis Shumskiy and Lawyer Natalia Gornostay – assisted Curves International Inc., a large American company, whose network of fitness clubs includes over 10000 facilities in 85 countries, in protecting its title to a trademark illegally used by an individual in the Internet.

On December 22 in Moscow, Andrey Lisitsyn-Sveltanov, Advocate, Professor, Doctor at Law, Senior Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", was elected Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the general meeting of the Academy – for the first time in the history of the Russian advocacy.

An article by Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Associate Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", Advocate, Doctor at Law, and Denis Shumskiy, Advocate at the Firm, was published in the “Legal Insight” magazine. The authors of the article shared their experience in providing legal support to the projects connected with the inclusion of scientific research products into commercial circulation.

Asser Press, a Dutch legal literature publisher, has released the book “Sports Betting: law and policy”. One of the co-authors is the Senior Lawyer of the Law Firm "YUST" Mikhail Prokopets

A leading international directory Legal Experts EMEA has once again included Partners and Lawyers at the Firm in the list of leading specialists on the legal market

International Chess Federation (FIDE) and Russian Chess Federation have agreed to hold the FIDE Chess World Championship match in Moscow in May 2012. The respective agreement was signed on November 26, 2011. The Law Firm "YUST" rendered legal support for the agreement’s execution.

Professional Responsibility and Ethics in the Global Legal Market, the training dedicated to the issues of professional responsibilities of the lawyers and legal ethics, was held in Moscow from November 9 till November 12, 2011. Leading specialists from Russia and the USA acted as teachers. Advocate Tatyana Starikova represented the Law Firm "YUST".

The labour law chair of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (NRU HSE) held a round table on November 09, 2011. Doctor at Law Boris Gorokhov, representing the labour and social cases judges of the Judicial Board on Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, delivered a report on topical issues of court practice of labour law application. Members of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, representatives of the Central Bank of Russia, trade unions, prominent scientists, practicing lawyers were present at the event. Advocate, Doctor at Law, Associate Partner at the Law Firm "YUST" Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya represented the Firm.