More than 14 thousand construction projects are suspended, according to Federal Accounting Court
The federal accounting court (TCU) has recently published an Audit Report (report TC 011.196/2018-1) in which it analyzes a number of databases of contracts concerning construction works financed by the federal government. The diagnosis was that roughly BRL 725 billion was estimated to have financed 39 thousand construction projects, 14 thousand of which are currently […]
Empresas Sediadas na Cidade de São Paulo – Cadastro de Controle de Resíduos
06/09/2019 Encerra-se em 9 de setembro de 2019, próxima segunda-feira, o prazo para entrega do Cadastro de Controle de Resíduos, obrigatório para as empresas sediadas na cidade de São Paulo. A obrigatoriedade deve ser cumprida independentemente do porte, ramo de atividade ou local de instalação da empresa, ainda que esta não incorra na geração de qualquer […]
Federal Court ruled to exclude the social contributions PIS and COFINS from their own tax bases
Our law firm recently received a favorable decision for a client in a business tax dispute pertaining to the calculation of the PIS and COFINS tax bases. The 6th Federal Civil Court of Vitória ruled that not only the amount of the ICMS tax but also the amount of the very PIS and COFINS are […]
German Court rules for joint liability of companies for users’ data sharing without consent
Due to the crescent popularity of social media, companies have been using the so-called social plug-ins as an efficient resource to optimize their user’s experiences, address their contents to the best target audience, and, especially, propel their access numbers. Plug-ins that allow the disclosure of content in social media, user’s commentaries, sharing, and even the […]
New criteria for setting fines for gun jumping
Brazilian antitrust authority CADE has recently issued a rule (Resolution 24/2019) to improve legal certainty of administrative proceedings involving gun jumping. Gun jumping occurs when a notifiable transaction is closed before the antitrust authority’s approval. Although the topic was already the subject of a previous regulation (Resolution 13), the new rule differentiates two circumstances: (i) […]
Certificates of Real Estate Receivables linked to Reimbursement of Expenses
Certificates of Real Estate Receivables (CRIs) are securities provided in Law 9.514/97, the law that regulates the matter, which may be linked to real estate credits, whose process is called securitization, issued by specific non-financial institutions known as securitization companies, and their main purpose is to foster the Brazilian real estate market through the generation […]
