Publications
The case law of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) on the issue of the government’s right to withdraw from an eminent domain action during the course of the judicial proceeding has recently changed. The issue is of the utmost importance, since eminent domain represents a form of suppressive intervention by the State in private property, and its reversal has relevant practical and legal effects.
One of the most striking and controversial changes promoted by Law No. 13,467/1207 (Labor Reform), later complemented by Presidential Decree No. 808, was the end of the obligation to pay union contributions.
The Strategic Environmental Assessment (AAE) has been causing concern among companies for some time. This is because, although this study is not legally required for environmental licensing of potentially polluting activities, the absence of the AAE has been viewed by some environmental agencies as an obstacle for the issuance of environmental licenses.
This article discusses the possibility that taxpayers may obtain from the Public Treasury reimbursement of expenses incurred in contracting for a bank guarantee or insurance-guarantee offered in guarantee in tax executions as a requirement for filing a motion to stay the execution.
The National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) recently concluded Public Hearing No. 37/2017, which sought support for the proposed alteration of the power limit for minigeration distributed from a water source, as provided in Normative Resolution (REN) No. 482/2012.
Since the Federal Police launched Operation Zelotes in 2015, which unveiled corruption cases in the Administrative Tax Appeals Board (CARF), the body has undergone several institutional changes, such as a change in its directors, changes in internal rules, reduction in number of panels, among other measures that sought to reformulate the body's procedure for deciding cases.
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