PLEA BARGAINING AGREEMENTS IN THE BRAZILIAN LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS: AN ANALYSIS IN LIGHT OF THE CASE LAW OF THE STF AND ADPF 919
Fábio Medina Osório Lawyer · Former Minister of the Advocacia-Geral da União · Former Public Prosecutor in Rio Grande do Sul · Doctor in Administrative Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid Subject Area: Criminal Procedural Law – Administrative Sanctions Law – Constitutional Law CNPq Classification: 6.01.02.00-4 (Public Law) – 6.01.01.00-8 (Legal Theory) CAPES Classification: …
COGNITIVE SOVEREIGNTY IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: CONTROL OVER THE INFRASTRUCTURES OF KNOWLEDGE AS A NEW FACTOR OF POWER
ABSTRACT: This article proposes cognitive sovereignty as a legal, economic and geopolitical category indispensable to understanding the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Its central thesis is that artificial intelligence shifts digital sovereignty toward a cognitive sovereignty, because power no longer resides in the command of data, in physical infrastructure or in computing capacity alone, but in …
LIABILITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENTS AND THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Legal databases, investigative tools and the role of the Public Prosecution Service in the digital age
INTEGRITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, LEGAL DATABASES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The fundamental right to comprehension and the digital revolution as an agenda for the Brazilian Public Prosecution Service
THE CNMP NATIONAL DATABASE IN THE AGE OF INVESTIGATIVE COMPLEXITY: CONSTITUTIONAL, STATISTICAL AND ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL TRACEABILITY
The CNMP National Data Repository in the Age of Investigative Complexity: Constitutional, Statistical, and Algorithmic Foundations of Penal Traceability Fábio Medina Osório Managing partner of Medina Osório Advogados. PhD in Administrative Law from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). Master’s degree in Public Law from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio …
Defense Independence and Narrative Non-Communication in Plea Bargaining Agreements
Fábio Medina Osório The autonomy of counsel is essential to truthfulness, with a proposal to prevent cross-influence between the accounts of investigated parties. Monday, March 30, 2026 Introduction Plea bargaining agreements, as set forth in Law 12.850/13, have become one of the primary instruments for combating organized crime in Brazil. This is a means of …
TAXATION OF PROFITS AND DIVIDENDS AND THE SPECIAL LEGAL REGIME OF LAW FIRMS: CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF LAW NO. 15.270/2025
This article analyzes the applicability of Law No. 15.270/2025 — which introduced a new taxation system on profits and dividends distributed to individuals — to law firms established under the Brazilian Bar Association Statute (Law No. 8.906/94).
NO FACTS, NO FORUM: CONVICTED SOLELY FOR BEING AT THE 8 JANUARY ENCAMPMENT
I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, I propose to develop critical reflections on Criminal Case No. 1,666/DF, adjudicated by the Supreme Federal Court, with Justice Alexandre de Moraes acting as the reporting Justice, in a judgment delivered by that Court’s Full Bench. This is a paradigmatic case in which not only the conduct imputed to …
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STF and Statute of Limitations in Administrative Improbity: what are the limits of interim relief?
Fábio Medina Osório Partner at Medina Osório Advogados. PhD in Administrative Law from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Master’s in Public Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Former Attorney General of Brazil. President of the International Institute for Studies of State Law (IIEDE).
Global Magnitsky Act: domestic law, transnational effects, and what it reveals about law and power
Partner at Medina Osório Advogados. PhD in Administrative Law from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Master’s in Public Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Former Attorney General of Brazil. Chair of the Special Commission on Administrative Sanctioning Law at the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB). President of the International Institute …