GALA to Hold Advertising Law Seminar in Moscow

The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be holding an advertising law seminar in Moscow on September 16, 2019.  The seminar, "Significant Legal Issues in Advertising: An International Perspective," is co-sponsored by GALA's Russian member, ALRUD.  It will be held at the National Hotel and starts at 2:00 p.m. 

The seminar will feature keynote addresses by Irina Vasilenkova of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation and Elena Reshetova of the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia.

The seminar will also include panels on "Unfair competition in marketing campaigns" and "Promoting goods online" with speakers from Europe, Africa, and the United States.

The "Unfair competition" panel will include Anikó Keller, Szecskay Attorneys at Law (Hungary), Jenny Pienaar, Adams & Adams (South Africa), Ewa Skrzydło-Tefelska, Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak (Poland), and Melissa L. Steinman, Venable LLP (USA), and will be moderated by Maria Ostashenko and Irina Anyukhina from ALRUD (Russia). 

The "Promoting goods online panel" will include Caroline Bouvier, Bernard-Hertz-Béjot (France), Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein + Selz (USA), Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin (UK), and Søren Pietzcker, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek (Germany), and will be moderated by Daria Blagoveschenskaya from Hasbro Russia.

It should be a great event.  We'll hope to see you there!  For more information or to register, please e-mail sbess@galalaw.com or gsurovtseva@alrud.com.  Details are also available on GALA's website.