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Will New Reforms Boost Brazil’s Mining Sector?

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Plan to revitalise Brazil’s mining industry draws mixed response from lawyers

Friday, 4 August 2017 • Gwyneth Jones Brazilian lawyers say the government’s decision to create an independent mining regulator will increase transparency, compliance and efficiency, but fear hiking taxes will deter investment On 25 July, Brazil’s President Michel...

The right to not forget freedom of speech

*By Camila Taliberti and Paulo Brancher In the recent years, there have proliferated cases before Brazilian and foreign courts where a certain person claims for the removal, de-indexation or non-disclosure of information about oneself in Google’s research results,...

Anatel simplifies RF rules for ISPs

The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) recently approved the new Regulation on Radio Communication Equipment of Restricted Radiation. Among the main changes, the new regulation released small-sized internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain Anatel’s...

Google is fined by the European Commission for anticompetitive conduct

The European Commission fined Google in about €2.42 billion for infringing EU antitrust rules. The Commission has deemed abusive the company’s conduct of using its dominant position in the market, through the online price comparison service, to obtain advantage considered...

Azevedo Sette promotes infrastructure lawyer

Emilio Demetriou-Jones 27 July 2017 Azevedo Sette Advogados has strengthened its infrastructure practice at its Belo Horizonte office by promoting an associate to partner, in anticipation of more government-sponsored construction work. Bruna Bouissou, 37, made partner on...

Azevedo Sette promueve socia en Belo Horizonte

Azevedo Sette Advogados estrenó julio con una nueva socia: se trata de Bruna Bouissou, quien fue promovida este mes a socia en la oficina de Belo Horizonte. Bouissou integra desde 2008 la práctica de infraestructura, y ha asesorado clientes en licitaciones públicas y...

Brazilian Labor Law Reform | What will actually change?

In July 2017, Law 13.467/2017 was published to address the Brazilian Labor Law Reform (see full text here). The text introduces a number of changes to the Brazilian Labor Code (CLT) with respect to outsourcing and also social security legislation (Law 8.212/1991), changes that...
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