[Though the following post has nothing to do with Russia, I had been receiving some questions so I am making this information available to those interested. –Thanks, RA]

As announced in a press release dated 9 December 2009, my law firm, Amsterdam & Peroff, has been retained by RPG Industries to defend its fundamental rights and interests in the Czech Republic. The case, which already had a political dimension given the intervention attempt on behalf of a member of government, has taken on a much larger meaning in national politics as this week we announced at a press conference the introduction of a historic complaint before the Constitutional Court regarding the separation of powers and other basic guarantees.

It is my argument that certain members of the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) are acting in violation of the constitution to carry out a classic populist tactic right before an election – promising voters an intervention against private property to purchase their support. Nevertheless, in legal terms, their claim is groundless.