Surveillance Companies Formalize Partnership In Brazil To Offer Cybersecurity Portfolio

The Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine (“CFM”) issued, on February 27, 2026, Resolution No. 2,454/2026 (the “Resolution”), addressing the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in medicine.

Bill will proceed to the deliberative session of the plenary of the Senate and then to the Chamber of Deputies, which will vote on it and possibly suggest amendments.

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the legal sector in Brazil, prompting unprecedented regulatory responses from key institutions. The Brazilian Bar Association and National Council of Justice have issued comprehensive frameworks addressing ethical AI use, data protection, algorithmic transparency, and human oversight in legal practice and judicial proceedings.

In marked growth for close to two years now, the drone market still lacks specific regulation in Brazil.

Tokenization has become one of those words that turns up everywhere in finance and rarely gets explained well. Strip away the hype and the idea is simple. You take rights over an asset, a piece of real estate, a loan, a stream of receivables, and you turn those rights into a digital token that lives on a shared electronic ledger, usually a blockchain.

Brazilian startup Carecode has launched with a US$4.3 million pre-seed round. The company is developing AI agents to automate the administrative work surrounding medical appointments...

The amendments to the Resolution will come into force on September 2, 2024, by which time the internal policies of telecommunication service providers must have been modified.

A Brazilian court recently sanctioned lawyers for embedding hidden "prompt injection" commands in white text within their court filing, designed to manipulate AI systems reviewing the document.

Decreto autoriza que fintechs de crédito no Brasil atuem com até cem por cento de capital social estrangeiro.

O Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN) aprovou, no último dia 26 de abril, a Resolução do Conselho Monetário Nacional (CMN) nº 4.658, que dispõe sobre a implementação de política de segurança cibernética por instituições...

The Code is voluntary, but it will likely become an important reference point for demonstrating compliance with Article 50 of the AI Act.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, determining that when an AI agent acts at a user's direction, it is the user—not the AI company—who "accesses" computer systems under federal and California computer fraud statutes. This landmark appellate decision addresses how existing computer-access laws apply to agentic artificial intelligence and has significant implications...

The European Commission has proposed replacing the EU's three core procurement directives with a single, directly applicable Regulation that would fundamentally reshape how companies compete for public contracts across Member States. The reform introduces mandatory quality criteria thresholds, embeds ESG considerations as evaluation factors, and establishes new security and European-preference provisions that could restrict participation based on ownership, supply chain exposure, and strategic dependencies.

A federal court has struck down New York's Climate Change Superfund Act, which sought to recover $75 billion from fossil fuel companies based on historical emissions. The ruling found the Act preempted by the Clean Air Act, marking the first judicial decision on state climate superfund legislation and establishing that EPA's rescission of the endangerment finding does not alter preemption analysis.

Mexico's comprehensive anti-money laundering framework has undergone a sweeping transformation through Acuerdo 115/2026, introducing mandatory risk-based methodologies, enhanced client due diligence protocols, and automated monitoring requirements. With implementation deadlines beginning March 1, 2027, obligated parties conducting vulnerable activities face compressed timelines to overhaul their compliance infrastructure while navigating heightened enforcement risks and stricter beneficial ownership thresho

The European Commission has initiated infringement procedures against 20 EU Member States for failing to transpose the EmpCo Directive by the March 27, 2026 deadline. This directive aims to combat greenwashing by requiring substantiation of environmental claims and third-party certification for sustainability labels, with full implementation expected by September 27, 2026.

On December 3, a federal court in the Central District of California granted plaintiffs' request for preliminary approval of a proposed $22 million settlement ...

The European Commission has adopted final Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU, introducing a "workable effects approach" that narrows presumptions while expanding guidance on objective justifications and recognizing sustainability benefits as valid efficiencies for the first time. These Guidelines replace the 2008 Enforcement Priorities Guidance and are expected to significantly impact enforcement practices across EU Member States and beyond, particularly for digital market

The user of defective goods benefi ts from several causes of action against the vendor or manufacturer.

The IRS has proposed new regulations that would impose nondiscrimination requirements on private schools seeking to maintain their tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3). These regulations would prohibit policies discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin in admissions, financial assistance, and other school programs. The proposed rules raise important questions about how private schools can structure their programs while complying with federal tax law requirements.