The Federal Government has launched the National Bioeconomy Development Plan (PNDBio), established under the National Bioeconomy Strategy created by Decree No. 12,044/2024.

The Law 13.964/19, recently published in the Brazilian Official Gazette on December 24, 2019, aimed, mainly, pursuant its 1st article, to improve criminal and criminal procedural law

We highlight that practically, it will be necessary to wait until a structure be established for issuance of these apostilles by the Brazilian notary offices.

In July, 2018, the Ministry of Transparency and Comptroller General of the Federal Union ("CGU") issued Ordinance No. 1,970 to amend provisions of Ordinance CGU No. 910 ...

The Brazilian antitrust agencies have begun to formalize various Cooperation Agreements for the purpose of proceeding with the investigations related to antitrust violations. These agreements have been entered into, for example, with the Federal Ministry of Public Prosecution and Defense (MPF), State Ministries of Public Prosecution and Defense (MPE), and the Federal Police, and Cooperation Agreements have been executed with Argentina and the United States. Others are yet to come. All these Coop

On February 1st, 2016, the Federal Decree nº 8,660/2016 was published in the Federal Official Gazette...

O Governo Federal publicou a Medida Provisória nº 752/2016 ("MP 752"), que estabelece diretrizes gerais para a prorrogação e a relicitação dos contratos de parceria especificamente qualificados...

Foi publicado, em 07 de fevereiro de 2019, o edital para o procedimento de licitação para a alienação da empresa São Paulo Turismo ("SPTuris"), sociedade anônima de capital autorizado, que possui como maior ativo o complexo do Parque Anhembi, cuja fonte de renda é a locação para grandes feiras e eventos.

No dia 27 de janeiro de 2019, entrou em vigor a Lei Complementar nº 184, de 27 de dezembro de 2018, do Estado do Rio de Janeiro ("LC 184-RJ"), que dispõe sobre a Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro ("RMRJ").

On February 18, 2019, Legislative Decree No. 02/2016 was declared unconstitutional.

No dia 12 de setembro (terça-feira), o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) julgou constitucional a obrigação de recolhimento de contribuições assistenciais para todos os empregados de uma categoria.

STF upheld the validity of Article 17-B of the Money Laundering Law, allowing authorities to request identification data of individuals under investigation without the need for judicial authorization...

The President of Brazil published on 10/25/2018 Decree No. 9.537, which establishes the special regime for the industrialization of goods for the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas...

The National Consumer Secretariat (SENACON) started a Public Consultation relating to the regulation of children's advertising. The regulation defines advertisements as...

Two recent legal developments in Brazil are included in this Alert: a decision by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service confirming that any increased capital gains rates approved by Congress in 2016 will not take effect until 2017.

Bem-vindo(a) à edição de Julho de 2022 da Resenha Tributária, nossa newsletter sobre novidades tributárias no Brasil.

Two recent legal developments in Brazil are included in this Alert: a decision by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service confirming that any increased capital gains rates approved by Congress in 2016 will not take effect until 2017...

STF confirmou a validade do artigo 17-B da Lei de Lavagem de Dinheiro, permitindo que autoridades requisitem dados de identificação de investigados sem necessidade de autorização judicial...

Brazil's Committee on Industry, Commerce, and Services has issued a favorable opinion on legislation addressing patent ownership for AI-assisted inventions. The proposed amendment to the Brazilian Patent Statute would establish that patent rights for inventions developed with artificial intelligence assistance belong to the individual or legal entity providing the economic or technical means for development, while maintaining that AI systems themselves cannot hold patent rights due to lack of legal personho

On Wednesday (December 20), the Senate approved the Provisional Rule (MP) 1185, which determines the taxation of government subsidies by Income Taxes (IRPJ/CSLL)...