The Labor Reform (Law No. 13,467/17) extended the jurisdiction of the Labor Courts to include in its list of duties decisions on ratification of out-of-court settlements (article 652, item IV, letter "f", of the Consolidated Labor Laws), based on the Voluntary Adjudication Process.

The expansion of the power sector, one of the flagships in Brazil's infrastructure, has been assured in recent years by investments obtained in several auctions of new, existing, and reserve energy held by the Federal Government through the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) and the Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE).

A novelty brought in by the New Code of Civil Procedure (NCPC), the chapter regarding partial dissolution of companies presents some controversies that we propose to analyze in this article, as we point out in summarized form below.

Faced with the most varied of controversies that involved not only its enactment, but also its application in substantive and procedural law, the entry into force of Law No. 13,467/2017 (the Labor Reform) is today an inexhaustible source of debate on the new rules imposed, among them, attorneys’ fees to be borne by the losing party.

Because of its economic and strategic relevance to national security, port activity has always been conducted exclusively by the Federal Government through legal and contractual relations, sometimes marked by conflicts, with concessionaires, permit holders, and other companies authorized to perform public services.

After lengthy discussions, at the end of November the Federal Senate approved two presidential decrees that alter the legislative environment of the mining sector. MP 789, which modifies the rules of Financial Compensation for the Exploration of Mineral Resources, CFEM, and MP 791, which creates the National Mining Agency to replace the National Department of Mineral Production. The final texts of Conversion Bills Nos. 38/17 and 37/17, submitted for presidential approval, were finally converted, respectively, into Laws No. 13,540/2017 and 13,575/2017, published in the Official Federal Gazette on December 19 and 27.