Law No. 9,656/98 assures ex-employees dismissed without cause or for retirement the right to remain in the health plan offered by their former employers. For this, it is necessary that the workers expressly manifest their will and have contributed monthly to the cost of the plan during the term of their employment.

The Federal Attorney General’s Office (AGU) opined that Law No. 13,467/2017 (the Labor Reform) was constitutional as regards its amendments to articles 578, 579, and 582 of the Consolidated Labor Laws.

The rapid expansion of social networks has provoked important debates about the consequences and limits of freedom of expression.

Brazil is considered a country with natural characteristics favorable to agribusiness. With its 8.5 million square kilometers, it is the largest country in South America, the fifth largest in the world, and it has the potential to expand its agricultural capacity without the need to harm the environment.

The deadline for submitting contributions to the bill proposed by the City of São Paulo to review the Law on Land Partitioning, Use, and Occupancy - LPUOS (Law No. 16,402/16, known as the Zoning Law) ended March 30. The City announced it received more than 2,500 suggestions for the text published on the website Gestão Urbana SP as of last December 15.

The CVM board confirmed on January 30, 2018, a decision rendered by its technical department (Superintendência de Registro de Valores Mobiliários - SRE) in the sense that the cryptocurrency Niobium Coin should not be characterized as a security. This confirms the understanding that the initial offering of the Niobium Coin (Initial Coin Offering - ICO) is not within the CVM’s scope of jurisdiction and, therefore, does not require registration of the issuer and offering with the local authority.