We are delighted to share the news that Trench Rossi Watanabe won the Exame Diversity Guide award for the second consecutive year. In the previous year, we were the best in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) category. This year, we won as the Best Company in Legal Services (new category included this year). We […]
The Federal Decree No. 10,388/2020, which regulates the take-back system for medicines nationwide, was published last Friday (June 5th, 2020) on an extra edition of the Federal Official Gazette. The regulation will come into force a hundred and eighty (180) days after its publication. The system will cover the structuring, implementation and operationalization of the […]
On June 4, the Special Court of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) authorized, in a specific case, the increase of the rent amount due to the valuation of the leased property resulting from improvements made by tenant with the acknowledgement of landlord. Prior jurisprudence of the STJ used to understand that increase of the […]
The president of the Superior Labor Court (TST) and Superior Council of Labor Justice (CSJT), Justice Maria Cristina Peduzzi, and Justice Aloysio Corrêa da Veiga (Head of Labor Court’s Internal Affairs), signed on May 29th, the joint act TST.CSJT.CGJT n. 1/2020, providing for new rules for the use of insurance bond in replacement to the […]
The Environmental Protection Agency of the State of São Paulo (CETESB) published Board Decision No. 55/2020/P with new regulation applicable to sanctioning administrative procedures. Please find below some of the main changes: Granting of discounts: in case of fines, the violator might obtain the following discount options in order to terminate the procedure:a) 30% in case […]
A reminder that until the end of June (June 30, 2020) is the legal term for companies that receive foreign investment and have assets or net equity equal to or greater than BRL 250,000,000.00 (two hundred fifty million Reais) to comply with the Declaration of Economic and Financial Information by submitting their financial data, related to the base-date […]
On 11 May 2020, the municipality of Rio de Janeiro reopened its tax amnesty program called “Concilia Rio.” The program was created through Law # 5.854/2015 and offers taxpayers the possibility to renegotiate their municipal tax debts, including but not limited to services tax (“ISS”), real state tax (”IPTU”) debts, whether registered or not on […]
ANVISA published (May 28) the Resolution RDC No. 392/2020 for defining extraordinary and temporary criteria and procedures for flexing certain specific requirements applicable to the Good Manufacturing Practices and Import of Pharmaceutical Inputs, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the RDC, exceptional and temporally, manufacturers and importers of drugs and pharmaceutical inputs may disregard […]
Yesterday, the Government of the State of São Paulo announced the extension of the quarantine for another 15 days, with progressive flexibilization considering the characteristics of each location. Other states have been following the same path in the pursuit of a gradual resumption of economic activity. In line with the initial reopening movement and in […]
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