Cruzeiro's request for Judicial Recovery granted
By: Vitor Ferrari and Ivan Kubala On July 13, 2022, the substitute judge of the Business Court of the district of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Adilon Cláver de Resende, granted the request for judicial recovery of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, filed earlier that week. Other soccer teams have already filed requests for judicial recovery before the competent courts, but […]
Brazil is at the starting point to make the right to data privacy viable
By: Leonardo Neri January 28th is a special day for us Brazilians, as we celebrate International Data Protection Day in the second year of the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) coming into effect. Data collection security and the right to privacy are extremely important factors for the […]
The big moment of impact of LGPD
By: Leonardo Neri. A priori, it is worth noting that the emergence of the LGPD, or General Data Protection Law, was created in mid-2018 with the aim of securitizing the issue of national privacy, generating rules that protect the right to privacy within the constitutional scope. It is worth mentioning that the narrative seeks to limit the way […]
European Union Parliament approves digital market laws
By: Leonardo Neri Consumer and Digital Law Specialist, Leonardo Neri, believes that the European regulatory framework will have a global impact, in the same way that it did in 2018, with the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The digital market laws were approved by the European Union (EU) Parliament earlier this month, presenting […]
Preliminary Contracts in M&A Transactions and the Non-Binding Offer
By: André Jerusalmy and Fernanda Lazzarini When we think about an M&A transaction (short for Mergers and Acquisitions), the documents involved are not limited to the Purchase and Sale Agreement in which the purchase of a company’s equity interest (or assets) is formalized. There are some […]
Importance of Privacy Insurance in M&A
By: Leonardo Neri Taking out insurance to mitigate financial risks is essential in a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process. These insurance policies usually aim to protect the Data Protection Officer or even the Controller, and the main points covered are: • Responsibility for privacy; • Responsibility for network security; • Responsibility for […]
Family tries to prove in court that they are housewives in Cotia. The property was confiscated by the court and transferred.
Fala Brasil, a television program on Rede Record, covered the case of a family struggling to prove that they own a house in the city of Cotia. The property, however, was confiscated by the courts and transferred to União, because the former owner was arrested for drug trafficking. To explain the case, our partner, Vitor […]
New rules for Fintechs shake up the Lawyers and Accountants market
Financial Law specialist André Jerusalmy, from our firm Mazzucco & Mello Advogados, believes that the greatest effort will be to adapt and maintain clients in accordance with the new regulation. With the potential to introduce innovations in the financial market through the intensive use of technology, Fintechs and Payment Institutions will have to […]
Protection of personal data becomes a constitutional right; understand what changes…
The National Congress approved on (10), in a special session, an amendment that includes the protection of personal data as a fundamental right of the Brazilian Constitution. In process for three years, the initiative (PEC 17/2019) says that information about citizens in physical and digital media has the same importance and priority to be guaranteed as […]
Risks and profits shake up the cryptocurrency market
Our partner, lawyer André Jerusalmy, responsible for the Capital Markets and Financial Law areas, participated in an interview for SESCON magazine. Is it safe to invest in digital currencies? News about hacker attacks, scams and volatility of cryptocurrencies leave many doubts for those who want to invest in this new market. There are risks, but it is possible to avoid them and have […]