Conditions imposing obligations of secrecy and confidentiality upon contracting parties, especially in transactions or contracts, are common.

Any entrepreneur needs to organize the elements of the production by applying a minimum set of assets for the operation of an economic activity.

In line with a worldwide trend, the corporate social responsibility has been a growing concern for Brazilian companies not only to improve their public image, but also, and especially, as a tool for social integration and community development.

The growing process of economic globalization places the discussion about the importance of internationalization of Brazilian companies as a crucial option for corporate strategies to develop competition and national performance.

Labor Law defines non-competition clause as an agreement between employee and employer intended to restrict employee's performance of actions on his/her own account or through third parties,

In the last decades, Brazil faced an increase in the number of foreigners requesting work visas and coming to work in the country.

The unitization in Brazil follows the basic principles of unitizations in the international oil and gas industry.

The recent Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law no. 11,101/2005 (" Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law") reflects the Lawmaker effort to consolidate a core reorganization principle, that is, the principle of ensuring tools and possibilities for the recovery of the Company under Reorganization.

The purpose of this article is twofold. First, to summarize the current legal treatment of "Civil Liability of Internet Service Providers." Second, to discuss briefly the impact of the pending change that will result if the proposed Bill No. 2,126/2011 becomes law when the National Congress votes on the matter later this month.

The Internet Civil Landmark (Bill 2126, of 2011), just approved by the National Congress, regulates the use of the internet in Brazil and extensive discussions are being held on issues that will certainly generate practical consequences to consumers and companies.

On April 23, 2014 Law n. 12965/2014, known as the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet (in Portuguese: Marco Civil da Internet), was approved by the President of Brazil, Dilma Roussef.

Court decisions involving tax issues that are extremely important to taxpayers have recently been announced.

Brazil is a an extremely favored country for the navigation activity considering its natural conditions and demographic characteristics.

Agreements providing for the three types of activities are not rare although such activities are fully distinct and treated by the Brazilian legislation as such.

It is not rare for companies to try to make the execution of contracts with their clients a faster and simpler process (and consequently, obtain a faster consent).

Except for Law No. 6729/79, which regulates the commercial concession between producers and distributors of land automotive vehicles, before 2002 there were not in Brazil specific legal rules for distributorship agreements, and they were regulated by their own terms and conditions and by the general principles of contractual law.

É uma prática comum no mercado de trabalho a expatriação de executivos estrangeiros para o Brasil (chamados 'expatriados'), oriundos de empresas de fora do Brasil.

It is undeniable that the Internet has altered several social and commercial relationships and created realities that are not satisfactorily regulated by the law.

One mechanism frequently used by companies especially in times of economic crisis such as that currently hitting the Brazilian society is the Voluntary Dismissal Program - PDI or PDV.

The court-supervised reorganization of corporations introduced by Law 11101/05 (the Brazilian Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law - "LRF" in the Portuguese acronym) arose as one of the changes needed to lower credit risk and achieve greater reductions in interests accrued on financial loans.