The bill (PLC 34/2015), which removes the symbol indicating the presence of transgenic components from food labels, is currently under consideration by the Senate Commission for...

A São Paulo court has issued a landmark ruling ordering a company to pay BRL 5 million in damages for insufficient environmental disclosure regarding voluntary carbon credits. The decision addresses how companies communicate sustainability initiatives to consumers, focusing on the adequacy of information provided about emissions calculations, credit traceability, and the connection between payments and emission-reduction projects.

A decisão determinou, ainda, que o FNDE proceda a reabertura dos lotes fechados em 13/8/2015, a fim de viabilizar a utilização dos certificados para pagamento dos tributos com vencimento em 20/8/2015.

Aiming at balancing consumers and suppliers' positions, Brazil has developed a complex set of regulations, which includes the Federal Constitution ("FC")

In a technical note signed last Thursday (11), the National Consumer Secretariat (SENACON) positioned itself affirming that charging the convenience fee

Law n. 13.460, of June 26th 2017, sets forth basic rules for participation, protection and defense of the rights of the users of public services rendered direct or indirectly by the Public Government.

The Consumer Protection Code is soon to turn 25. This law brought indisputable advances in the protection of consumer rights, especially as regards protection of consumers' health, a social right provided for in article 196 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution and supplemented by article 2, Law no. 8.080/90, which sets up the conditions for health promotion, protection and recovery, as well as the organization and operation of corresponding services.

President Dilma Rousseff published, on March 15, Decree 7,962/2013, which establishes specific rules applicable to electronic commerce in Brazil.

Dois decretos, assinados pelo Presidente Jair Bolsonaro, que qualificam iniciativas do PPI/Casa Civil foram publicados no Diário Oficial da União (DOU).

O poder regulador do Estado brasileiro se confunde com cerceamento.

A lei entrará em vigor após 60 (sessenta) dias de sua publicação no diário oficial.

O novo Código de Defesa do Consumidor Municipal de São Paulo estabelece normas de-se que a Lei Municipal prevê novas obrigações aos fornecedoresque tem abrangência nacional e segue em vigor.

Em nota técnica assinada na última quinta-feira (11), a Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (SENACON) posicionou-se afirmando que a taxa de conveniência para a compra de

O Decreto n° 9.960/2019, que já entrou em vigor na data de sua publicação, instituiu a Comissão de Estudos Permanentes de

For decades cigarette smoking has been a polemical and controversial subject, either due to the damages attributed to tobacco consumption or to the restrictive policies applied to the product.

Foram publicadas em 2/7/2019 duas novas portarias que disciplinam o procedimento de recall no Brasil.

Under the Consumer Protection Law, the piercing of the corporate veil is an issue that still raises controversies - in view of its significant practical effects, especially to suppliers - and involves the following questions: is it necessary to exist fraud or abuse of right by the partners ..

Na data de ontem, 04 de junho de 2019, foi promulgada pelo prefeito Bruno Covas a Lei Municipal nº 17.109, a qual institui o Código Municipal de Defesa do Consumidor.

Em 25/05/2018, a tese de repercussão geral nº 210 firmada pelo STF, acerca da aplicabilidade dos Tratados Internacionais nas reclamações de passageiros contra companhias aéreas no caso de transporte aéreo internacional ...

Four Brazilian federal authorities have jointly convened a public hearing to address the sale of counterfeit and irregular products through digital platforms, signaling a shift toward regulatory proposals for the digital marketplace. The hearing will examine critical issues including platform liability, product verification mechanisms, consumer protection, and cooperation frameworks between platforms, regulators, and rights holders.