On 8th February, BEITEN BURKHARDT will organize a business breakfast on the topic "Antitrust regulation in Russia: practical application in 2017, anticipated changes and trends" in Moscow.

Specified topics:

• Clarifications of the Presidium of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia for 2017: abuse of dominant position, calculation of the damages caused as result of violations of antitrust legislation, etc.
• Development of the practice of filing "private" claims regarding violations of antitrust legislation: whether it is worth appealing with FAS against counterparties, competitors/other parties and filing a claim for the reimbursement of the damages that they caused.
• Methodological recommendations on how to introduce internal controls to monitor compliance with antitrust legislation.
• Planned amendments to antitrust legislation: the new authorities of the Federal Antimonopoly Service and its employees when conducting investigations and audits; the application of antitrust legislation to actions and agreements related to the use of intellectual property, increasing liability for repeated offenses, etc.
• The most interesting cases of violations of antitrust legislation in 2017.
• National Plan for the Development of Competition for 2018-2010: the issues to watch out for and what to prepare for.

Date of the business breakfast in Russian:
7 February 2018, from 9.45 to 13.00, address: 18 Prospekt Andropova, building 6, Moscow (conference room of the German Centre Moscow).