Partner Gustavo Coelho and associate Fernando Naegele participated in the contribution submitted by the Antitrust Law Commission of the Rio de Janeiro State Bar Association (“CDCOR”) in the Call for Contributions for the economic and competition regulation of digital platforms conducted by the Ministry of Finance. Gustavo and Fernando are,

On October 17, 2024, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) launched a Call for Contributions to gather input from society in the draft of its Regulatory Agenda for the years 2025 and 2026. The Call for Contributions was accompanied by a proposed agenda from the ANPD,

On October 11, the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting of the Ministry of Finance (“SPA/MF”) requested the blocking of more than 2,000 betting sites in the country that were operating without having applied for authorization from the Ministry of Finance. The blocking follows the provisions of Ordinance no. 1,475/2024, of

On September 24, 2024, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) published a dedicated webpage on its website with information regarding the rules for international transfers involving personal data within the scope of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”). The ANPD’s initiative follows the publication of

Today, the Ministry of Finance published Ordinance n. 1,475/2024 (“Ordinance”), suspending, from October 1, 2024, the services of betting sites that have not submitted their license request to the Ministry of Finance by the date of publication of the Ordinance. The license, with requirement procedures established in Ordinance n. 827/2024,

We are pleased to announce that partner Gustavo Coelho has been appointed as President of the International Business Law Commission of the International Association of Young Lawyers – AIJA for the next two years. Judith Hasler, Christine Dempe, and Daniela Jara Cruz were also elected as Vice Presidents of the

On August 30, 2024, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) published a decision revoking its Preventive Measure issued previously and allowing Meta to process personal data for the training of its generative AI models. The Preventive Measure, analyzed in this newsletter, had suspended the processing of

On August 23, 2024, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) published Resolution CD/ANPD no. 19 (“Regulation”), setting out the rules for the international transfer of personal data under the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”). The Regulation was the subject of a public consultation in 2023,