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 […]

Brazilian legal framework on automated decision-making

Automated decisions have been increasingly used by organisations for different purposes in a myriad of sectors. Decisions that were previously made by humans, such as those related to hiring and dismissing employees

Latin Lawyer Reference: Sports Law 2016

Labour and Employment 1. In the case of sportspersons who play for a team participating in a league or professional competition, what type of relationship links the player to the team? Is it an employment relationship or is the sportsperson an independent contractor? As a general rule, professional sportspersons are linked to the team by […]

The Fashion Law Phenomenon

Most people have already heard of the prestigious French shoemaker who sought to have exclusive rights in using red soles, or of the corporate dispute involving the heirs to the creator of shirts branded after the name of the sport which consecrated them, or of the legal dispute between Brazilian and French brands due to […]

Distribution of Foreign Audiovisual Works in Brazil

The Brazilian Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (“CARF”) – the appellate body within Brazil’s administrative tax system – decided recently that the Contribution for the Intervention in the Economic Domain (“CIDE”) would apply over payments or credits made to non-Brazilian residents related to the distribution of foreign audiovisual works in Brazil. Such precedent is unlawful […]