[50][51] Since 2017 Karpaty filed three counter cases against Hudyma and FFU (accusing the later of siding with the player) through regular local court.
[52][53][54] Karpaty continuously ignore the FIFA and the UEFA norms where it is prohibited of handling the cases in sport nature in courts of general jurisdiction.
[52] In 2017 FFU in ultimatum form forced Karpaty to withdraw one of its cases or the club would have been stripped of professional status.
[59] On 21 December 2017 the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee stripped Karpaty of three tournament points,[60] but the initiative was never implemented by the Ukrainian Premier League.
[62] On 6 March 2018 it was announced that with mediation from the president of FC Rukh Vynnyky Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi, Volodymyr Hudyma withdrew all his grievances against Karpaty Lviv and personally asked the Football Federation of Ukraine not to impose sanctions against the Lviv's club.