Legal Framework for Startups is taken to the Presidency
By: André Jerusalmy and Fernanda Lazzarini Although approved by the Chamber of Deputies on December 14, 2020, Complementary Bill No. 249/2020 (“PLP 249/20”), also known as the “Legal Framework for Startups”, was considered impaired due to the approval of the Plenary’s Global Substitute Amendment to Complementary Bill No. 146, of 2019 […]
Publication of the Notice for the Concession of the Paulista Coastal Lot Road System
By: Leonardo Neri On Friday, May 14, the State Official Gazette published the notice for the concession of highways in the Litoral Paulista lot, with an expected investment of R$1.4 billion over the 30-year concession contract. The concession covers 222 kilometers of road network for the provision of […]
CVM releases update to Empresas.NET system
By: André Jerusalmy On May 11, CVM published Circular Letter CVM/SEP 03/21, which announced that the Empresas.net system will now be used through an online platform, no longer requiring the download of the file that was previously required. As is known, the “Empresas.NET” system is a software used by […]
Considerations on Telework: Regulation and Contextualization due to the pandemic
By: Rafael Mello and Israel Cruz Teleworking was regulated in Brazil in 2017 through the enactment of law 13.467/2017, also known as “labor reform”. According to the regulation in question, the possibility of hiring employees to perform their activities remotely using technological tools was expressly addressed. For this type of […]
CVM publishes new Resolutions on Regulatory Sandbox and Suitability
By: André Jerusalmy and Fernanda Lazzarini On May 11, 2021, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) issued two new resolutions, namely, CVM Resolution 29 and CVM Resolution 30, which will come into effect on June 1, 2021 and did not undergo a public hearing because they do not entail […]
Analysis of the renewal of the concession for the Anchieta-Imigrantes Highway
By: Leonardo Neri The Government of the State of São Paulo and the concessionaire Ecovias agreed, through a preliminary Amendment Amendment (TAM), to extend the concession contract for the Anchieta-Imigrantes System, which had a contractual term until 2024 and will now be in force until 2033. The agreement provides for the termination of existing legal actions, proposed […]
STF decides that the exclusion of ICMS from the PIS/COFINS base is valid from March 2017
The trial of RE 574.706, which excluded ICMS from the calculation basis of PIS and COFINS, ended this Thursday. By eight votes to three, the modulation of the effects of the decision was defined, which will come into effect as of March 15, 2017, the date on which this understanding was established by the Supreme Court […]
Bill provides for emergency aid of R$$ 500 and taxation on dividends
Bill 572/21 is currently being analyzed by the Chamber of Deputies. It aims to establish a monthly emergency aid of R$500.00, along the lines of the benefit established in 2020 by Law No. 13,982. To finance the project, to be paid by December 31, 2021, the text provides for the taxation of […]
WhatsApp users have until next Saturday to accept the app's new Privacy Policy
By: Leonardo Neri Starting next Saturday, May 15, WhatsApp users who have not yet accepted the app’s new privacy policy will gradually experience restrictions on their use of the app. According to WhatsApp, notifications about the new policy will appear more frequently and may even overlap with the user’s conversations. […]
Harassment included as a Cultural Value of the Company – Integrity Program
By: Leonardo Neri On May 2nd, we celebrate the National Day to Combat Moral Harassment, a campaign established by the TST in partnership with the Superior Council of Labor Justice – CSJT aimed at combating moral harassment in the workplace, to emphasize that there is still no preventive control in companies over […]