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• Capybaras attend lawmakers’ voting session in Brazil

  The rodents wandered into the Cuiaba legislative building from a nearby park

• Brazil’s 2026 Election and its Impact to Businesses and Investors

  Executive Summary On October 4, 2026, more than 150 million Brazilian voters will cast their votes in first-round elections for a new president and all state governors, and will also elect all members of the House of Deputies, two-thirds of the Federal Senate, and state-level representatives. Brazil is the second-largest democracy in the Western Hemisphere,...

• Labour & Employment trends in Brazil: 3 areas to watch in 2026

  By Jose Martin with Alexandre Pessoa of Azevedo Sette LLP The next 12 months are likely to bring significant developments in Brazil’s labour law landscape, driven by both political dynamics and evolving judicial and social expectations.  The number of labour claims (which fell significantly following 2017 fee reforms) is again on the rise, with news reports of...

• Brazil delays SISGEN 3.0 Foreign-User Functionality while Government Advances alternative pathway for foreign ABS Compliance

  Anderson Ribeiro, Aline Ferreira and Henryk Trelinski of Souto Correa Advogados contributed to the preparation of this article. Foreign companies have long faced a practical challenge under Brazil’s access and benefit-sharing (“ABS”) regime: although registration obligations apply to activities involving Brazilian genetic heritage, foreign legal entities still cannot register directly in SisGen, Brazil’s electronic system...

• Brazil delays SISGEN 3.0 Foreign-User Functionality while Government Advances alternative pathway for foreign ABS Compliance

  Anderson Ribeiro, Aline Ferreira and Henryk Trelinski of Souto Correa Advogados contributed to the preparation of this article. Foreign companies have long faced a practical challenge under Brazil’s access and benefit-sharing (“ABS”) regime: although registration obligations apply to activities involving Brazilian genetic heritage, foreign legal entities still cannot register directly in SisGen, Brazil’s electronic system...

• Brazilian Gang Terrorist Designations: What U.S. Financial Institutions Need to Know About the CV and PCC

  On May 28, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. Department of State designated Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Brazil’s two largest and most violent criminal organizations, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under Executive Order 13224 and as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under Section 219 of the...

• Sneaky Blinders: The Rise of Prompt Injections

  By now, we’re all familiar with the travails of lawyers who use gen AI to draft court papers, but fail to check them and file briefs including fake cases, as well as other significant maladies, resulting from AI hallucinations and being sanctioned for their carelessness. Out of Brazil, however, comes a new twist: according to media...

• Brazil Steps Up Regulation of Violence Against Women in the Digital Environment

  On 20 May 2026, Brazil adopted Presidential Decree No. 12,976, establishing a comprehensive framework to address violence against women online. Adopted alongside a parallel decree (No. 12,975) reforming intermediary liability, it reflects a more assertive approach to regulating online harms, including those driven or amplified by AI. Together, these measures will require companies to reassess...

• Brazil Steps Up Regulation of Violence Against Women in the Digital Environment

  On 20 May 2026, Brazil adopted Presidential Decree No. 12,976, establishing a comprehensive framework to address violence against women online. Adopted alongside a parallel decree (No. 12,975) reforming intermediary liability, it reflects a more assertive approach to regulating online harms, including those driven or amplified by AI. Together, these measures will require companies to reassess...

• USTR Finds Certain Brazilian Practices in Six Issue Areas Actionable Under Section 301; Proposes 25% Tariffs on Brazilian Goods and Invites Comments

  The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a Notice of Determination and Request for Comments, finding that certain of Brazil’s acts, policies, and practices are actionable under Sections 301(b) and 304(a) of the Trade Act of 1974. If adopted as proposed, USTR would impose additional tariffs of 25% on Brazilian-origin goods,...

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• Brazilian Market Shows Microinsurance Promise, But Regulation Lags Behind

  Brazil’s insurance regulator, SUSEP, recently indicated that the timeline for microinsurance legislation has been further extended.  Almost to the day, yet another study was released, this time by the Brazilian economic analysis firm FGV, indicating a vast potential for microinsurance sales in the...

• Brazil Works to Minimize Reaction to Mad Cow Incident

  Brazil continues to downplay its first and belated report of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease, and its strategy may be working. Except for Japan, Brazil’s 2010 Mad Cow incident is not resulting in trade bans against its beef. To make sure it stays that way, the government...

• Passenger Goes Overboard from Royal Caribbean’s Splendor of the Seas

  A newspaper in Brazil reports that a passenger went overboard on Friday February 7, 2014 from the Splendor of the Seas cruise ship while it was sailing in the waters of Uruguay. The vessel reportedly docked later at the Port of Santos, São Paulo, on Sunday, February 9, 2014. The local police...

• L-1B Status: What is Specialized Knowledge?

  What is “specialized knowledge” for an L-1B intracompany transferee?   A recent US Court of Appeals decision provided guidance on this question. The facts were as follows: Plaintiff Fogo de Chao, is a chain of Brazilian-style steakhouses specializing in preparing and serving meats in the “churrasco”...

• Changes on the analysis and recognition of so-called “highly renowned” trademarks in Brazil by the INPI || Alterações com relação à análise e reconhecimento das marcas de alto renome no Brasil pelo INPI

  On October 18th, the National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) published Resolution INPI/PR 172/2016, to improve the analysis and recognition of so-called “highly renowned” trademarks in Brazil. The alterations brought by the new resolution were formulated based on the suggestions of...

• Significant Labor Reform In Brazil — Heads Up To US Multinationals

  In July 2017, amid political turmoil and protests by the opposition and the labor unions, president Michel Temer sanctioned a new law implementing the controversial labor reform in Brazil. Some of the law’s most significant changes impacting US multinationals include: Labor Rights Negotiation:...

• SEC Guidance on Audit Committees of Brazilian Issuers

  For the first time, the SEC’s staff issued guidance last week under its rule governing audit committees for listed issuers.  The guidance addresses the composition of audit committees for issuers that are listed in both Brazil and the United States, and it takes the form of an interpretive letter...

• Brazil Contemplates Additional Minority Shareholder Protections in Wake of Corporate Corruption

  The Brazilian government proposes strengthening protections for minority shareholders in the wake of corruption scandals, such as Petrobras. The new law would allow minority shareholders the right to seek judicial compensation in the event of misconduct by the company’s board. Shareholders of...

• Sanction Provisions in Brazil’s Data Protection Law Will Take Effect on 1 August 2021

  Since enacted in August 2018, the entry into force of the Brazilian Data Protection Law (No. 13,709 – “LGPD”) has been subject to several changes. First it was supposed to be effective as of February 2020; then August 2020; and more recently 3 May 2021 (Provisional Measure No. 959/2020 dated 29...

• When the Going Gets Tough the Tough get Going: Brazil Oil & Gas Thrives Despite the Pandemic

  In a speech on 24 November 1992, marking her Ruby Jubilee on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II said, “1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.” Annus horribilis. This...