On January 15, 2020, the National Consumer Secretariat (“SENACON”) of the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety, initiated a public consultation on the draft of the ordinance about child advertising. Suggestions and comments on the draft may be sent to SENACON by January 31, 2020, through an online form. The draft of the ordinance is […]

On January 6, 2020, CETESB (Environmental Company of the State of Sao Paulo) published a media release informing that, as of 2020, the Annual Declaration of Solid Wastes should be filed via digital form available in its website. According to the release, all the procedure will be filed via internet without the need to go […]

Trench Rossi Watanabe, one of Brazil’s leading law firms, proudly announced the new head of its Antitrust and Competition Law practice: Paulo Casagrande. He has over 20 years of professional experience, both in the private and the public sectors. With a Ph.D. in Economic Law from the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and a double […]

Proposals to amend the Criminal Law that would allow arrest as of the decision issued by the Court of Appeals may enable workers to receive amounts prior to the end of the labor lawsuit. If the Congress approve the proposed amendments, Labor Judges may use the understanding of Criminal Law to allow plaintiffs to receive […]

Yesterday, a public hearing took place aiming at discussing a proposal to regulate decommissioning of oil production installations, with the participation of the Brazilian Institute for Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA), at the Federal Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency central office (ANP) and the Brazilian Navy. The proposal brought by IBAMA, ANP and the […]

Federal Government published, on January 03, 2020, the Federal Decree No. 10,198/2020, extending the deadline related to the Conversion of Fines Program at the federal level. That way, those who have expressed their will to participate in the program under Federal Decree No. 9,179/2017 will be able to reiterate their interest and make the due […]

Federal Decree No. 10.197/2020 was published on January 3rd, 2020 to establish the website “consumidor.gov.br” as the official platform for the direct federal public administration to resolve consumer dispute resolution. According to the Decree, agencies and entities that possess their own platforms for consumer disputes resolution will migrate their services to “consumidor.gov.br” by December 31, […]

Federal Decree No. 10,178, published at the Federal Official Gazette on December 19th, 2019, regulates the recently enacted Economic Freedom Act (Law No. 13,874/2019). From the environmental standpoint, it establishes criteria to the Federal Public Administration comply with for the classification of the economic activities regarding its risk, besides defining the tacit approval of environmental […]