End of ICMS Agreement 100/97 and its impacts on agribusiness
December 17, 2020 After more than 20 years in effect, ICMS Agreement 100/97 may be on its last legs. With its expiration date set for March 31, 2021, agricultural companies that previously benefited from the agreement are already planning to minimize the impacts of the change in tax treatment. Published by […]
Superior Labor Court Suspends Proceedings in Case of Outsourcing of Services
12/16/2020 By Rafael Mello and Isarael Cruz On 12/02/2020, the Superior Labor Court (“TST”) decided to process an incident of repetitive appeals in case no. 1000-71.2012.5.06.0018, so that the court’s understanding regarding labor proceedings in which the legal nature of passive joinder of parties in outsourcing cases is discussed […]
Analysis of the technical note from the Covid-19 working group of the Public Ministry of Labor
12/14/2020 By Rafael Mello and Leticia Cordeiro The GT COVID – 19 working group of the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT), issued on December 3, 2020, technical note no. 20/2020, with the objective of establishing sanitary and epidemiological guidelines and guidance for employers, companies, public and private entities to contain the pandemic caused by […]
Judicial Recovery of Rural Producers: Bill 4,458 approved by the Senate could generate controversy
12/08/2020 By Vitor Anotny Ferrari and Ivan Kubala Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the national economy, the processing of Bill (PL) 6229/05, which amends several rules of Law No. 11,101/05, which regulates Judicial and Extrajudicial Recovery and Bankruptcy, became urgent, which is why it was approved on […]
Minister Dias Toffoli revokes injunction issued by Minister Luiz Fux to require the presentation of the CND as an essential requirement for Judicial Recovery
12/04/2020 By Vitor Antony Ferrari and Ivan Kubala In a note published in September of this year, we had communicated a preliminary decision issued by Minister Luiz Fux, at the time recently sworn in as President of the Supreme Court of Justice, requiring a company in judicial recovery to present a Certificate of Tax Compliance for approval of the […]
Tax aspects of the New Bankruptcy Law
Bill No. 4,458/2020, which amends the Bankruptcy Law, was recently approved (November 25) by the Senate Plenary and now awaits presidential approval for enactment. If not vetoed, the so-called New Bankruptcy Law (“NLF”) will establish several changes to procedures related to corporate judicial recovery and bankruptcy, such as […]
Airport Concessions and Expectations for Bidding Notices
By Leonardo Neri and Fabiana Porta The years 2014 and 2016 marked and accentuated the poor quality of national airports. During global events (the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics), the State recognized the precariousness and need for greater investment in a mode essential for the international transportation of people and […]
TJ-DF determines the suspension of the commercialization of personal data by Serasa
By Leonardo Neri and Bárbara Oliveira Last week, Judge Cesar Loyola, of the Second Civil Chamber of the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories, granted, in advance of protection, the request to suspend the commercialization of personal data by Serasa SA, under penalty of a fine of R$ 5,000.00 (five thousand reais) per sale […]
Increase in labor complaints due to Covid-19
By Rafael Mello and Fabiana Aparecida da Silva Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, health reasons and the resulting state of public calamity, the daily lives of employees and employers have changed completely. With social distancing, many companies have had to reorganize themselves not only financially, but also structurally. Companies have instituted […]
Bankruptcy Law Approved
By Antonio Mazzucco, Vitor Antony Ferrari and Ivan Kubala 1 – In a plenary session, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved Bill No. 4,458, which significantly modifies Brazilian bankruptcy legislation. The aforementioned bill in the Senate derives from Bill No. 6,229 of 2005, which was approved in the Chamber of Deputies […]