The extension of the legal term for the filing of probate and its tax impacts
6/30/2020 Due to the Coronavirus pandemic (“Covid-19”), the Brazilian Federal Government recently sanctioned Act No 14.010/20, establishing an Emergency Legal Regime (“ELR”), which addresses private law relations between individuals. ELR does not change any provision of the Brazilian Civil Code (“CC”), but it only suspends certain rules that turned out to be incompatible with the […]
The role of the state courts in requests for contractual revisions due to the pandemic
6/25/2020 In the last months, the commercial scenario has faced changes with the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures of containment established by the public authorities. L.O. Baptista arbitration team is closely following the repercussions of the new scenario, both in arbitration and in the judiciary, considering the rise in revision and extinction […]
Federal Government extends deadline for payment of social security contributions, PIS and COFINS
30/6/2020 On June 17, 2020, the Ministry of the Economy issued the Ordinance no. 245/2020 postponing the deadline for the payment of social security contributions by companies and domestic employers, as well as the Contribution to PIS / PASEP (PIS) and the Contribution to the Financing of Social Security (COFINS), related to May 2020. Due […]
Updates to medical device regularization processes
Due to issues related to confidentiality in the processing of personal data, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) received a notification through its Ombudsman requesting the removal of all files from health product processes inserted in its Portal at Internet. In this sense, Anvisa published the Public Consultation No. 823, suggesting a new Collegiate Board […]
STJ decides that there is no condemnation in fees in the incident of disconsideration of legal personality
The Superior Court of Justice (“STJ”) understood that there is no condemnation in attorney fees for succumbing to incidents of disregard for the personality of a debtor company, due to the absence of a legal provision, regardless of who caused the incident or succumbed. In the case under analysis, the incident of disregard of […]
Medida Provisória 975 e o acesso ao crédito durante a pandemia da COVID-19
15/6/2020 O governo federal editou, recentemente, a Medida Provisória nº 975 (“MP 975/20”), que institui o Programa Emergencial de Acesso a Crédito para pequenas e médias empresas e altera a Lei 12087/2009 e o Programa Nacional de Apoio às Microempresas e Empresas de Pequeno Porte (“Pronampe”). O programa instituído pela MP 975/20 tem como principal […]
