Kristina Shaforostova

Participation in the hearing through videoconferencing is becoming increasingly accessible for individuals seeking judicial protection of the right. However, the procedural rules for organizing hearings in such a way have some drawbacks. The author of this article analyzes articles about video conferencing from various procedural codes and pays special attention to the solution of this problem in the Code on Administrative Offenses. There are some notes about disadvantages of current regulation in this article, as well as some recommendations for improving the situation.

The right to study the case materials in the arbitration process is one of the most important issue for the participants in legal proceedings. However, when exercising this right, the parties participating in the case may face some problems. The author analyzes the rules of studying the case materials in various arbitration courts of the country and offers several options to simplify the access of participants to the case materials for study.

The article deals with the problems of growing transboundary, as well as the use of the Internet in connection with legal relations in the field of intellectual property. The author focuses on key national and international legal acts in this area, and points out the practical difficulties of applying certain legal and technical mechanisms for the protection of intellectual rights. An analysis of several current proposals aimed at strengthening the protection of the rights holders status is made, and a new proposal is put forward within the framework of the international legal protection of relevant subjective rights.

The main provisions of the Russian Federation Supreme Court draft law about the introduction of the procedure for judicial reconciliation are analyzed, the provisions about this procedure are compared with the existing norms about mediation. The author raises questions about the need to expand the scope of mediation application and assesses the relevance of the proposed changes to the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. As a result, it is concluded that not all of the proposals can really prove to be effective, and some novelties must be revised.

The paper describes the development of the international legal framework on the regulation of double taxation, and also analyzes the latest regulatory acts in this area. The author draws attention to the similarity of such mechanisms as the main objective test in international law and the main objective principle in the national law of Russia. At the same time, the text of the article contains arguments that indicate a fundamental difference in these concepts. In her arguments, the author relies not only on the theoretical works of other researchers, but also studies in detail judicial practice. As a conclusion, the thesis is advanced that the main objective test is a tougher instrument that is gradually implemented in the Russian national legal system.