The year 2019 was marked by great uncertainties and numerous challenges for Brazilian environmental law. Changes and legislative developments and events throughout the year have generated various demands, actions, and business opportunities in relation to various topics, such as mining and dams, climate change, fires and deforestation, solid waste, environmental licensing, and economic development with sustainability.

Law No. 13,709/18, or the General Data Protection Law (LGPD), expressly consolidates the principles and rules of a positive framework for data protection in Brazil. Although it will only take effect on August 16, 2020, many of its rules are based on the current legal system. Practically all economic activities will be subject to the application of the LGPD, since the performance of any data processing operation[1] is enough for the standard to find factual support. In this article we specifically analyze the advertising industry,[2] more specifically children's advertising, and the processing of personal data of minors for this purpose.

The legal precautions that companies should take to comply with employee isolation measures during the covid-19 pandemic.

Both the Brazilian Corporations Law and CVM Instruction 481 allow publicly-held companies to implement means in order to hold their ordinary shareholders’ meetings remotely. What challenges such change represent for companies?

Joint Normative Instruction (IN) No. 2/20, published on January 29 by the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (Ibama), and the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), brought in new regulations on the federal administrative procedure for investigating administrative environmental violations. The standard seeks to consolidate administrative procedures at Ibama and ICMBio, repealing prior instruments.

Federal Decree No. 10,240/20, published in February, implements the reverse logistics system for electronic products and their components for domestic use. The regulation was expected, since important players in the marketing cycle of these products, especially the retail sector, had not adhered to the industry agreement on the subject signed on October 31, 2019. At the time, various sectors assumed obligations before the public authorities to implement appropriate reverse logistics of waste arising from the market of electrical and electronic products and their components, on a voluntary basis, due to the contractual nature of the agreement.