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There are two bills presently in the final stages of approval from the Brazilian Senate and the House of Representatives - respectively, including guidelines for regulation, monitoring, and sanctions for violations related to gambling.

This article describes two ways whereby the partners of a limited liability company in Brazil may resolve to liquidate it: through a one-step or through a two-step procedure.

The US sports and entertainment industries are pushing the envelope on privacy as they mine collective behavioral data from fans and consumers. To avoid the cross-hairs of the Federal Trade Commission, in-house counsel must ensure compliance with myriad statutes and regulations, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), CAN-SPAM and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In-house counsel must work effectively with their technology and marketing departments regarding the acquisition, use and protection of this data. This panel will cover strategies for addressing vulnerabilities and avoiding exposure in terms of marketing practices and data security. It will also cover what companies need to know about communicating with fans and consumers about data mining, including mistakes to avoid when drafting privacy policies.

Ownership by an investor of 5% or more of outstanding shares or securities entitling rights to such shares, issued by a publicly-held company in Brazil, triggers the investor’s disclosure obligation, which must report such ownership to the Company that for its part will notify the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission

This article deals with Brazilian anti-corruption and antitrust leniency.

What do you advise your company to do when someone starts a website that airs your company's dirty laundry, true and untrue, in public? In this article, six attorneys identify and debate key issues for you, offering practical tips for responding to anonymous cyber-gripers culled from the latest case law.

In this selection of survey data, take a tour around the world. Find out the average fully loaded hourly rate per lawyer in Brazil and the primary office location for Canadian in-house counsel.

This article focuses on the efforts of several outmoded judiciaries to modernize. Revisions include a review of Brazil’s judicial process as well as its consumer protection laws. Other countries, like Colombia and Mexico have also reviewed their consumer protection laws. For instance, in Colombia, all products offered for sale in Colombia much satisfy quality, suitability and safety criteria.

Nearly every company has a website and uses the internet as a means for marketing and selling its products and services. Here's a plan for protecting your company's trademarks and domain names in cyberspace.

This Top Ten takes a look at the top ten considerations that operators of sports and entertainment venues should give related to the ADA's requirements.

This QuickCounsel covers what information you need to familiarize yourself with the concept of 'ambush marketing', when a non-sponsor of an event to try to associate itself with the event without authorization from the event organizer and without paying the sponsorship fee, often to the detriment of the official sponsor and its brand.

In this multi-country guide, learn about key laws regarding insurance and insurers in a wide range of jurisdictions. This resource was originally published on the website of CMS on January 31, 2023, and last updated May 19, 2023.

With the huge sports events hosted by Brazil getting closer, one issue has been constantly discussed in the media and attracting most of the population's attention: the lack of structure of Brazilian airports and its consequences on the day-to-day routine of all those resorting to this means of transportation.

This QuickCounsel examines the differences in attorney-client privilege between the United States and the European Union, individual European countries, Canada, Brazil, Russia, India and China.

This is a sample contract where Sponsor desires to engage Developer to develop, create, test, and deliver a Web Site as a work made for hire and to house the Web Site on Developer's Web Server and make the Web Site available for browsing on the Internet.

In a simpler time, defending your company typically meant slogging
through litigation. Your adversary is now a self-appointed cyberspace vigilante. On the internet, the juiciest material doesn’t come from the networks or newspapers, it comes from one of over 70 million internet blogs and user-created websites. It comes from individuals who post whatever they
want.

A letter notifying a website that it is illegally selling copyright products. Letter states that the company has not received information and instructs the company to cease the infringment.

This primer examines the role of law and legal institutions in economic development in Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The Anti-Corruption Law brought about significant changes regarding the relationship between private businesses and government employees. This article focuses on the practical consequences this law will have on business activities.

This Quick Overview seeks to clarify industrial property (a type of intellectual property) protection in Brazil , specifically the case of item I of Article 2 of Federal Statute 9279/96, related to the grant of patents of invention and utility models.

This article explains Law no. 8,212/91, which sets forth labor accidents insurance tax rates.

For many years, the United States drove global anti-corruption efforts through vigorous enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. More recently, other jurisdictions have begun to assert themselves in the anti-corruption arena. Brazil joined those countries in 2014 by enacting a tough new anti-corruption law. This program will cover the main aspects addressed in the new law such as the penalties imposed, incentives for companies to establish and enforce effective compliance programs, leniency provisions and incentives for companies to self-report violations, impact on multinational companies doing business in Brazil and how they can prepare their existing compliance programs, impact on companies conducting internal investigations in Brazil and other relevant aspects.

This resource reviews key provisions of the CFPOA, FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OECD, Brazil’s new law, provincial laws/regulations.

This primer examines the role of law and legal institutions in economic development in Brazil, Russia, India and China.

A sample terms of service agreement between an individual and a company concerning the use of the company's website. This agreement includes clauses for license grants, restrictions, user obligations, privacy, and postings.

Tax incentives granted at the federal level bolster the Brazilian economy. Those incentives apply to the oil and gas industry, in particular. Learn more about the Special Customs Regime of Export and Import of Goods destined to Exploration and Production of Oil and Natural Gas (“REPETRO”), which is one of the main incentives applicable to this industry.

Linking to protected content on a free website does not constitute an unauthorised "communication to the public", according to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) (Case C-466/12 Svensson) on 13 February 2014. Read more about this decision in this Ashurst article.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses how a company can balance between promoting its magazine online via virtual sharing while still protecting the IP (copyright) protection of the medium. This resource, which has a US-law focus, was compiled from questions and responses posted on the eForum of the Intellectual Property ACC Network

Learn about the effects of class action suits pursuant to the California Invasion of Privacy Act on website operators.

2006 has been a very good year for ACC, and I want to highlight some of ACC's major accomplishments: (1) 20,000 Members, (2) New Website, (3) New Educational and Networking Programs, (4) Expanded Resources, (5) Privilege Protection, and (6) Global Network of In-house Peers.