Corporate documents and financial statements in Stock Corporations: new rules for publication
2/2/2022 Law 13.818/19 brought new rules to the mandatory publications of stock corporations. According to its article 1st, which came into effect on January 1st, 2022, the publications required by the Brazilian Corporate Law must obey the following: (i) be made in a mass-circulation newspaper published in the locality in which the company’s headquarters are […]
New Federal Revenue guidance benefits marketplace and digital economy
1/31/2022 In the last quarter of 2021, the Federal Revenue enacted an Answers to Advance Tax Ruling Requests Nº 170/2021, which determines that marketplace platforms do not need to collect taxes on the amounts they receive and pass on to sellers. Marketplace it’s a term utilized to describe virtual platforms, like Mercado Livre and Amazon. […]
Burnout classified as an occupational syndrome: labor impacts
1/31/2022 Since January 1st, the World Health Organization “WHO” has classified burnout as an occupational syndrome resulting from “chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed”. This chronic stress causes feelings of energy depletion, exhaustion, increased apathy with work, reduced efficacy, negativism or cynicism related to the work routine. According to the Brazilian Social […]
Atuação da Anvisa no combate à falsificação de medicamentos
31/1/2022 A Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988 estabelece, em seu artigo 196, que a saúde é direito de todos e dever do Estado, além de determinar que tal direito deve ser garantido mediante políticas sociais e econômicas que visem à redução do risco de doença e de outros agravos e ao acesso […]
Proposal Landmark Legal for Guarantees
1/31/2022 In November 2021, the Federal Government sent Bill No. 4,188/21 to the National Congress, which intends to foster the supply of credit, create Guarantee Management Institutions (IGGs), regulate the “Guarantee Agent” and reduce the complexity of the financial system for credit taking. As for the modifications to the regulation of real estate guarantees, it […]
Arbitration and Third-Party Funding
1/31/2022 When the parties decide to elect arbitration as the means to settle disputes arising out of a contract, their decision is usually guided by the various advantages that arbitration has over the Judiciary, such as: expertise of the arbitrators, flexibility and celerity of the proceedings. However, there is an aspect that is generally regarded […]