Simone Lahorgue Nunes delivers speech at the 2024 IBA Annual Conference
This week, our partner Simone Lahorgue Nunes participated as a speaker in the panel “Data Breach and Privacy: Are Class Actions Delivering Effective Remedies?” at the IBA Annual Conference in Mexico City. The debate focused on whether class actions are truly effective in holding big tech companies accountable and providing compensation to data subjects. In her speech, […]
Lahorgue Advogadas Associadas takes part in the 2024 IBA Annual Conference in Mexico
This week, our partner Simone Lahorgue Nunes and our associate Camila Mariotto are attending the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference. This prestigious event brings together legal professionals from around the world to exchange knowledge, build valuable connections, and foster business opportunities. The 2024 edition of the conference is taking place in Mexico City from […]
Partner Simone Lahorgue has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Who’s Who Legal Brazil as a Thought Leader in Sports & Entertainment
Our partner Simone Lahorgue Nunes has been included among the top leading professionals in the Sports & Entertainment practice by Who’s Who Guide WWL Thought Leaders – Brazil, recently launched. Out of the eight professionals listed in the area by the publication, Simone is the only female practitioner. According to WWL, its Thought Leaders: Brazil guide […]
Partner Simone Lahorgue Nunes speaks at the IBA Annual Conference in Mexico City
Our partner Simone Lahorgue Nunes will be speaking at the IBA Annual Conference taking place this month, in Mexico City. On Monday, 16th, she will be moderating a roundtable discussion on AI and copyright with Herman Croux and Gregor Bühler, and on Wednesday, 18th, she will participate in the panel “Data Breach and Privacy: Are Class Actions […]
Politician’s right to privacy vs. freedom of the press: a constitutional tug of war
In September 2023, the Supreme Court of Brazil (“STF”) issued one more decision regarding the balance between freedom of speech and press, and individual rights. A journalist who took pictures of a Senator’s smartphone screen containing private messages and shared them on social media had his credentials revoked by the president of a Joint Parliamentary […]
Digital platforms regulation in Brazil: current debates and future directions
The Internet has profoundly transformed the ways in which we obtain information, interact, and consume, playing a significant role in our lives. These changes have prompt governments and society to discuss the need to create a more robust set of rules that govern this environment. The requirement for financial contributions from digital platforms underlies the […]
Building a responsible AI ecosystem: insights from Brazilian initiatives
The growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by companies in their pursuit to provide next-level products and services has spurred governments to discuss regulation of this technology with the aim to safeguard individual rights and national values, while fostering innovation and research. Given the urgency of the matter, a collaborative effort has emerged both nationally […]
LAA and Partner Simone Lahorgue ranked for Media and Entertainment by Chambers and Partners
Lahorgue Advogadas Associadas Media and Entertainment practice has been ranked by renowned Chambers and Partners. In addition, partner Simone Lahorgue Nunes has continued to be ranked as a leading professional within this sector. We congratulate our entire team for this important recognition and thank all our clients for their trust!
New article on automated decision-making authored by associate Camila Mariotto
The International Bar Association (IBA) has recently published an article by our lawyer Camila Mariotto presenting the Brazilian legal framework for automated decisions. According to Mariotto, although the LGPD is known as a GDPR-alike law, they do not regulate this issue in the same manner. This article aims to present the most striking differences between […]
New Brazilian law imposes limits for the choice of forum clauses
Although the Brazilian law was not clear on whether parties in a contract could freely choose the competent forum to resolve related disputes, Brazilian doctrine interpreted that the principle of “autonomy of will” would prevail in contracts involving capable parties and available assets over which the parties could dispose according to the law. Last June […]