FBK Legal to Ensure Independent Elections to Collegium for Complaints about the Press

The FBK Legal Company will act as the organizer of secret ballot and vote counting in the elections to the Public Collegium for complaints about the press that will be held in the period from 15 April to 15 May 2015.

The elections are held every five years and during that time the members of the Collegium are actually the supreme public arbitration and mediator in the public disputes with mass media on ethical issues.

Under the established procedure the employees of FBK Legal send the voting ballots with the candidates’ names to the participants in the voting and then collect the completed documents and count the votes. The results of the secret ballot will be announced not later than May 30.

“FBK Legal will take part in the process as some kind of public election commission ensuring the secrecy of the ballot and the accuracy of counting. We are glad to become an independent arbiter in such a difficult but socially important matter. In advance we wish the winners every success as members of the public Collegium,” said Nadezhda Orlova, FBK Legal Partner.

Public Collegium for complaints about the press functions as an off-corporate civil society structure that deals with the complaints of mass media audience about the violation of the journalist professional ethics and media ethics.

FBK Legal is one of the leading Russian law firms. The Company in general, its practices and lawyers were repeatedly recommended for cooperation by the Russian and international ratings, including Chambers Europe, The Legal 500 EMEA and Pravo.Ru-300.

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