Special Issue Changes to the Control, monitoring and supervision of research and mining activities tax in the State of Minas Gerais The State of Minas Gerais published on 1st November the Law No.

Extraordinary Edition Federal Government announces new investment program in logistics In order to promote the resumption of economic growth, last Tuesday, June 9, President Dilma Rousseff launched the new phase of the Investment Program in Logistics ("PIL").

Special Edition CADE rules the first gun jumping case The first gun jumping case in Brazil was ruled by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) on August 28, 2013.

Special Edition New rules on merger filings During the most recent plenary session held on October 1st, 2014, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (“CADE”) approved amendments to its Resolution No.

Special Edition CADE issues new regulation on associative agreements The tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has approved in the plenary session held on October 18, 2016 a new regulation that changes the current rules on the mandatory filing of associative agreements, one of the types of transactions that may amount to concentration under Law No.

Edição extraordinária (Retroactive?) Change of the Labor Debts’ Monetary Adjustment Index Based on decisions issued by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) according to which the Reference Rate (TR) did not represent the actual depreciation of the Brazilian currency within a given period of time, the Brazilian Superior Labor Court (TST) decided that the use of the TR as the monetary adjustment index of labor debts prevents the complete recovery of the employees’ labor credit and jeopardizes the effectiveness of the judicial protection and court procedures.