São Paulo subway becomes target of legal action over use of users' images
Por: Leonardo Neri Em 03 de março de 2022 foi ajuizada contra o Metrô de SP, uma ação cível pública que visa a proibição da coleta e registros, sem consentimento, dos rostos de usuários. Atualmente, já foram cadastrados, sem autorização dos titulares de dados, cerca de 4 milhões de faces diárias. A companhia de transporte […]
List of Countries at Risk to the Financial System
By: André Jerusalmy The CVM (Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission) released at the beginning of November the CVM Report 04/21: GAFI/FATF Communication, which provides for the Financial Action Task Force against Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (informal international grouping), in which the autarchy deals with the countries and jurisdictions that must be monitored in a […]
CVM presents results of actions developed in partnership with B3
By: André Jerusalmy The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) and B3 began, in 2021, cooperation agreement activities for the supervision of public offerings of securities distributed with restricted efforts, which occur according to the rules of CVM Instruction 476. This agreement, which was signed in December 2020 and has a duration of […]
STF defines the limits of res judicata in tax matters
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) has scheduled a ruling tomorrow (December 15) on the limits of res judicata in tax matters. This is one of the most relevant topics in the tax field, and depending on the Court's decision, it could have significant—and even billion-dollar—impacts on taxpayers. Under the terms of the paradigm process, […]
Guidance on the application of the LGPD by data processing agents in the electoral context
By: Leonardo Neri Formatted in 2021, the Guidance Guide on electoral issues was made available at the beginning of 2022 not only by coincidence, since it is an election year in the country and with the increase in access to information through virtual means, it is necessary for citizens to have transparency and […]
Sefaz-SP publishes rules for transferring accumulated ICMS credits
The São Paulo State Department of Finance and Planning (Sefaz-SP) published this week Ordinance CAT No. 03/2022, which regulates the first round of authorization for the transfer of accumulated credit from the Program to Expand Credit Liquidity to Taxpayers with a History of Acquisitions of Goods Intended for Fixed Assets (ProAtivo). The […]
Federal Revenue Service simplifies rules for tax installments
Normative Instruction No. 2,063/2022 was published this Monday (January 31st), regulating ordinary and simplified installment payments, including for companies undergoing judicial recovery. The rule aims specifically at tax simplification and brings some new features for taxpayers who wish to regularize their tax situation with the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (RFB). Among the most notable changes […]
Provisional Compliance with the Judicial Recovery Plan. Is it possible?
By: Vitor Antony Ferrari, Ivan Kubala Despite being an important tool for overcoming a temporary economic and financial crisis, judicial recovery is only achieved with a lot of effort and dedication by the companies that use this instrument, which go through a long path of negotiations, planning, projections, in short, full of obstacles to achieve such a […]
Self-bankruptcy
By: Vitor Antony Ferrari, Ivan Kubala If there is no possibility of maintaining a business activity, bankruptcy ends up being the judicial procedure for the immediate liquidation of the debtor, with the objective of reallocating any assets of the bankrupt company to other production chains. With the amendment of Law No. 11,101/05, the Brazilian bankruptcy procedure was abruptly modified, […]
Public Hearing on Insider Trading in Real Estate Funds
By: André Jerusalmy On December 14, 2021, CVM put on the agenda the proposal to change CVM Instruction 472, which deals with Real Estate Investment Funds (“FIIs”) to include an express prohibition on the use of privileged information in the trading of shares of such Funds. The basis is based on […]