The Federal Decree No. 10,388/2020, which regulates the take-back system for medicines nationwide, was published last Friday (June 5th, 2020) on an extra edition of the Federal Official Gazette. The regulation will come into force a hundred and eighty (180) days after its publication. The system will cover the structuring, implementation and operationalization of the […]
On June 4, the Special Court of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) authorized, in a specific case, the increase of the rent amount due to the valuation of the leased property resulting from improvements made by tenant with the acknowledgement of landlord. Prior jurisprudence of the STJ used to understand that increase of the […]
The president of the Superior Labor Court (TST) and Superior Council of Labor Justice (CSJT), Justice Maria Cristina Peduzzi, and Justice Aloysio Corrêa da Veiga (Head of Labor Court’s Internal Affairs), signed on May 29th, the joint act TST.CSJT.CGJT n. 1/2020, providing for new rules for the use of insurance bond in replacement to the […]
The Environmental Protection Agency of the State of São Paulo (CETESB) published Board Decision No. 55/2020/P with new regulation applicable to sanctioning administrative procedures. Please find below some of the main changes: Granting of discounts: in case of fines, the violator might obtain the following discount options in order to terminate the procedure:a) 30% in case […]
A reminder that until the end of June (June 30, 2020) is the legal term for companies that receive foreign investment and have assets or net equity equal to or greater than BRL 250,000,000.00 (two hundred fifty million Reais) to comply with the Declaration of Economic and Financial Information by submitting their financial data, related to the base-date […]
On May 26, 2020, the Rio de Janeiro State enacted Resolution PGE/RJ nº 4.547/20, in order to regulate Decree nº 46.982/20, which in its turn extended the deadline for payment of installments of tax debts carried out by taxpayers resulting from debts with the State Attorney General´s Office. According to the Resolution, the installments […]
The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the following updates in the Electronic Official Bulletin No. 2577, of May 26, 2020: I. As of June 1, 2020, all deadlines for processing administrative procedures will be resumed, without further extensions. II. The remote working for public officers and collaborators was extended, aiming at their safety […]
Due to the worsening of coronavirus pandemic in the State of São Paulo, public administration is studying the adoption of more severe restrictions. According to news published in the media, social isolation rates have not reached satisfactory levels and the hospital network for the care of infected people shows signs of exhaustion. These facts point […]
After a brief filed by Grupo FarmaBrasil, the Supreme Federal Court postponed the analysis of complaint ADI 5,529, filed by the Federal Public Prosecutors’ Office, to have the Court declare unconstitutional Article 40, sole paragraph, of the Brazilian IP Law. Justice Fux also granted Grupo FarmaBrasil request to act as an amicus curiae. As previously […]
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