In late June the CVM (Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission) published four new rules establishing a new regulatory framework for procedures related to sanctioning actions by the authority. The first of them was CVM Instruction No. 607, of June 18. A week later, it was followed by CVM Instructions No. 608 and No. 609, which update the framework and the values for punitive fines, consolidating the applicable values of fines into a unified standard, and CVM Resolution No. 819, which amends procedures applicable to appeals to boards of the body against decisions issued by its commissioners.

Discussions on the issue of regulating the process of acquisition of rural real estate by foreigners should gain momentum following the presentation to the Federal Senate of Bill No. 2,963/19, dating from the end of May of this year. The text of the bill addresses various problems that the market faces with current laws and regulations, which depends on an extremely bureaucratic, uneven procedure and no operational resources for its implementation. All of this makes the acquisition process time consuming and affects the legal security of investment projects.

Companies that want to access the capital markets or gain visibility as public companies should begin preparing the organization and its documentation in advance of the start of the registration process per se in order to make it more efficient and less costly.

Startups are known for developing transformative and disruptive businesses, due to the very entrepreneurial and bold essence of their founders and employees. Their three primary and valuable assets are: (i) human capital, the people who strive to develop businesses to solve problems; (ii) inventions, products to be offered; and (iii) strategic and confidential information on the business.

What can be connected will be connected. This is the most important rule of the internet of things (IoT).

Among the actions taken this year to combat corruption, one of the main goals of the federal government, the promulgation of Decree No. 9,764/19 certainly represents one of the most relevant milestones in improving public-private interaction and dialogue. In summary, the decree regulated how bodies and entities that are part of the structure of the direct federal Public Administration can receive donations of movable goods and services from private individuals or legal entities without costs or charges.