Central Bank allows the issuance of Real Estate Credit Letters by cooperatives
Por Marcos Francisco Vilas Bôas Buzo – 15/04/2020 O Banco Central do Brasil (“BCB”) publicou, em 09 de abril de 2020, conforme Circular nº 4.000, a permissão das cooperativas de crédito emitirem Letras de Crédito Imobiliário (“LCI”) para captação dos recursos. Em um primeiro momento, a negociação da LCI deverá ser limitada ao seu quadro […]
Use of the Empresas.NET System is extended
By Fernanda Lazzarini and André Jerusalmy – 04/15/2020 On Thursday, April 9, 2020, the Superintendence of Corporate Relations (“SEP”) of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) published Circular Letter SEP 03/20 on the extension of the use of the Empresas.NET System until July 3, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought the […]
Provisional Measure 945 OF 2020 – Labor Impacts on Port Services
By Rafael Mello and Israel Cruz – 04/14/2020 On April 4, 2020, the government issued Provisional Measure 945 (MP 945/2020), which deals with temporary measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the port sector and the transfer of yards under military administration. The aforementioned MP 945/2020 prohibits the […]
Developments of Provisional Measure 936 of 2020: Decision on Statement of Clarification in ADI 6,363
By Rafael Mello and Israel Cruz – 04/14/2020 As previously reported in a previous news item[1], a preliminary injunction was granted by Minister Ricardo Lewandowski of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in the direct unconstitutionality action 6,363 filed by the Rede Sustentabilidade party to determine the interpretation of MP 936/2020 in accordance with the Federal Constitution, in the following terms: But the mere prediction, […]
Developments of Provisional Measure 936 of 2020: preliminary decision by the Federal Supreme Court and the need for unions to not oppose individual agreements with workers
By Rafael Mello and Israel Cruz – 04/07/2020 As previously reported, on 04/01/2020, the Brazilian government issued Provisional Measure 936 (MP 936/2020), which “establishes the Emergency Program for the Maintenance of Employment and Income and provides for complementary labor measures to deal with the state of public calamity recognized by Legislative Decree No. 6, […]
Federal Government launches program to maintain jobs
By Antonio Mazzucco and Marcos Buzo – 04/04/2020 The federal government, aiming to reduce the impacts of COVID-19 on jobs and small businesses, issued Provisional Measure No. 944, published today, April 4, 2020, which establishes the Emergency Employment Support Program (“PESE”). The PESE is intended to carry out operations […]
Labor measures to combat Covid-19 – MP 927 and MP 936
Next Wednesday, April 8th, we will hold a Webinar with a second round of discussions about the labor measures announced by the Government to face the Covid-19 pandemic. Our partner Rafael Mello will address the main points brought by the recently published MP 936/2020, while also clarifying doubts regarding previous regulations, especially regarding the controversial MP 927/2020. […]
Provisional Measure 936/2020 – Labor Measures to combat Covid-19 and brief assessment of legal certainty in its adoption
By Rafael Mello – 04/03/2020 On 04/01/2020, the Brazilian government issued Provisional Measure 936 (MP 936/2020), which “establishes the Emergency Program for the Maintenance of Employment and Income and provides for complementary labor measures to deal with the state of public calamity recognized by Legislative Decree No. 6, of March 20, […]
Senate approves postponement of LGPD until January 2021
By Leonardo Neri Candido de Azevedo – 04/03/2020 The Senate approved the postponement of the LGPD until January 2021, with fines and sanctions valid from August of next year. Another item of the flexibility of Bill (PL) nº1.179/2020 was the suspension of article 49 of the Defense Code […]
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUSTICE – CNJ recommends measures to be adopted in judicial recovery processes to face the crisis imposed by COVID-19
By Vitor Antony Ferrari and Ivan Kubala – 04/01/2020 In the wake of what we had already mentioned in the article published with the theme “The impact of the pandemic on Companies in Judicial Recovery and Legal Measures to Mitigate its Effects”, the National Council of Justice – CNJ approved yesterday, March 31, in its 307th Session […]