On May 6, 2024, Ordinance no. 722/2024 (“Ordinance”) was published by the Prize and Betting Office of the Ministry of Finance, establishing technical obligations applicable to sports betting houses. This measure is one of the recent developments in Brazil towards the regulation of sports betting. One of the main points

Recently, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) announced a Public Hearing to receive the society’s contributions and support the draft of a Guideline on High-Risk Personal Data Processing (“Guideline”), in compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”) and the Regulation for Small Processing Agents

Today, Resolution CD/ANPD no. 15, dated April 24, 2024 (“Regulation”), was published by the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”), regulating the rules regarding the notification of security incidents involving personal data within the scope of the ANPD. The Regulation is important since it provides further details

It was published today in the Brazilian Official Gazette a decision enforcing a new sanction by the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) for noncompliance with the General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”). Administrative Procedure no. 00261.001963/2022-73, involving a public entity from the state of Pernambuco as the

Recently, on April 18, 2024, the Ministry of Finance published Ordinance n. 615/2024, establishing rules regarding financial aspects applicable to the sports betting houses in Brazil. This was an anticipated move after the sanction of Law n. 14,790/2023, which regulated sports betting in the country and was analyzed in this

Recently, Bill no. 615/2024 was presented in the Federal Senate, aiming to expand the institutional autonomy of the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”). Currently, the Brazilian DPA is a special autarchy, following the amendment of Law no. 14,460/2022, which we analyzed in this newsletter. Previously, the

Bastilho Coelho Advogados is honored to be a Bronze Sponsor of AIJA’s Seminar – Bring Business to Life: M&A and Commercial Transactions in the Life Sciences Industry in Belgrade, Serbia. The 3-day seminar, already sold-out, will be held from 18 to 20 April 2024, diving into aspects of M&A and

An article coauthored by partner Gustavo Flausino Coelho and associate Fernando Naegele about the consequences of the LGPD to foreign companies was published on the May-June of 2024 edition of Global Regulatory Developments Journal. The paper aims to highlight the extraterritorial effects of the LGPD to companies established outside Brazil.

Between April 4 and 6, partner Gustavo Flausino Coelho will attend the ABA Business Law Spring Meeting 2024 organized by the American Bar Association in Orlando, Florida. The event will discuss relevant challenges to business and business lawyers in today’s society. If you are in Orlando, please contact Gustavo so

We are happy to announce that our associate Thales Castanheira is now a Master’s degree candidate in the Urban Law department of the University of Rio de Janeiro State (UERJ). We at Bastilho Coelho Advogados extend our best wishes of success and congratulate Thales Castanheira and his family. Bastilho Coelho