Executive Order (MP) No. 899/19, already known as the Legal Taxpayer's Executive Order, was published on October 17 of this year with the purpose of reducing tax litigation and recovering debts classified as irrecoverable or difficult to recover. To this end, the MP provides for the possibility of settlement to end administrative or judicial disputes at the federal level.

With the enactment of the Economic Freedom Law (Law No. 13,874/19), which establishes the Declaration of the Rights of Economic Freedom and whose purpose is to establish free market guarantees, new rules have been in place since September 20 which should simplify the daily life of Brazilian businessmen and reduce bureaucracy in the Brazilian business environment.

If viewed as a country, the international civil aviation sector would have the world's 20th GDP but would be among the top ten polluters, with over 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. It is a significant and rapidly growing environmental impact, with consequences not only for accelerating climate change, but also for the image of the sector in the public eye.

On September 20, 2019, Federal Law No. 13,874/19 was enacted, setting forth the Declaration of Rights of Economic Freedom. Among the changes promoted by the new law, we highlight innovations for the investment fund industry, with the introduction of a new chapter in the Brazilian Civil Code on the subject (articles 1,368-C to 1,368-F).

When property owners decide to file an eviction action against tenants, all means of repossessing the property have generally been exhausted. This indicates the urgency that lessors have in obtaining a preliminary court order that the property be returned.

The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) has reviewed about 40 merger filings involving the so called associative agreements since Resolution No. 17/2016 entered into force on November 25, 2016. These filings refer to agreements between companies from the most varied of industries (such as food and beverage, cement, pharmaceuticals, shipping, and telecommunications) and with different subject matter (distribution, supply, infrastructure operation, commercial partnerships, co-development, and joint marketing, among others). Despite these precedents, in practice there is still much uncertainty regarding the configuration of associative agreements.