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Agility for public offerings distribution of securities

New CVM resolution accelerates transactions carried out via automatic registration procedure and aimed exclusively at professional investors.

Real estate

STJ: inapplicability of the Consumer Protection Code in purchase and sale agreements of real estate property guaranteed by fiduciary alienation

The court have decided that the Consumer Protection Code is not applicable in the event of a resolution of contracts guaranteed by fiduciary alienation.

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Labor and employment

Changes brought by eSocial version S-1.1

New layout of the system brings obligation to inform labor lawsuits.

Real estate

Property under construction can be considered a family asset

Decision of the Supreme Court in case involving attachment reinforces the need to interpret fundamental rights protection laws according to the specific case.

Capital markets

E-book: New regulatory framework for public offerings of securities

Check out the innovations brought by CVM Resolution 160, which comes into force on January 2, 2023

Banking, insurance and finance

Standardization of accounting disclosure of sustainability assets

Central Bank establishes a new instruction on the provision of information by financial institutions

Compliance and integrity

Criteria for reducing the fine in the leniency agreement

CGU and AGU edit ordinance listing objective and measurable criteria to limit the power of authority in negotiations.

Environmental

Cetesb updates rules on issuance of technical opinions

Board decision establishes procedures for contaminated areas.

Intellectual property

Will Mickey Mouse fall into the public domain in 2024?

Question should be analyzed according to the legislation of the country in which the character is intended to be used.

Litigation

The TCU and the freeze of assets orders in the administrative jurisdiction

Accounting Court’s freeze orders need to be duly grounded not only on legal grounds, but also on real risk to the useful outcome of the lawsuit.

Litigation

Is the extension of promotions valid for all customers?

Controversy persists after Supreme Court established that mandatory extension is unconstitutional in judgment of ADIs.

Tax

Carf's understanding on taxation of cost sharing

CSRF's position on the levying of PIS and Cofins on apportionment of shared services expenses creates legal uncertainty by diverging from the standard already established by the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil.

Labor and employment

Will wearing a mask at work be mandatory again?

With the increase in cases of covid-19 and the resumption of restrictions in some public organizacion, companies should plan for the use of mandatory facial protection in their facilities.

Labor and employment

Mass layoffs: how the dialogue with labor unions may occur?

Decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court indicates that companies operating in Brazil should allow prior union intervention.

Tax

The requirement of the relevance of the special appeal

Introduced by EC 125/22, the new institute focuses on the importance of the role of the Superior Court of Justice in standardising the case law.

Labor and employment

Use of masks in public transport in SP

New decree resumes mandatory facial protection from November 26.

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