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BETs that have not submitted Authorization Requests in Brazil shall be prohibited from operating starting October 1st, 2024

On September 17, 2024, Ordinance SPA/MF 1,475/2024 came into effect, outlining the conditions and deadlines for compliance adjustment, until December 31, 2024, for legal entities engaged in the fixed-odds betting lottery format, commonly known as...

In brief: telecoms regulation in Brazil

Summarise the regulatory framework for the communications sector. Do any foreign ownership restrictions apply to communications...

The Office of Comptroller General of the Union (CGU)

The CGU published Normative Ordinance No. 155/2024 (“Ordinance 155”), which establishes guidelines for the execution of the Commitment Term (“Term”) within the scope of Law No. 12,846/2013, revoking Normative Ordinance No. 19/2022, which addressed early judgment. The...

Brazil’s data protection authority (ANPD) regulates the international transfer of personal data

As of August 23, ANPD Resolution CD/ANPD 19/2024 has come into effect, under which ANPD has approved the International Data Transfer Regulation and the content of the standard contractual clauses. This topic is one of the items in Phase 1 of ANPD’s Regulatory Agenda for...

The Legal 500 | TMT Country Comparative Guides 2024

Our senior partner and leader of the TMT - Telecommunications, Media, and Technology team at Azevedo Sette Advogados, @barretto.ricardo, is the exclusive author of the Brazil Chapter in "The Legal 500: TMT Comparative Guide," with contributions from Ingrid Bandeira Santos,...

New e-book Information Security

We are excited to announce the release of our e-book focused on Cybersecurity and Data Protection, crafted by law specialists specifically for companies. ...

Measures to Combat Piracy and Irregularities in the Electronic Commerce of Telecommunications Equipment

For a long time, the National Telecommunications Agency (“Anatel”) has been consistently and firmly acting to combat piracy in the scope of telecommunications services, as well as to exclude from the market devices in non-compliance with the sector’s regulatory...

Financial Activities Control Council (COAF)

Recent COAF decisions in two Administrative Sanctioning Processes (“Decisions”), published on June 25, 2024, imposed million-dollar fines on the Brazilian subsidiary of an international conglomerate in the luxury market. The penalty was motivated by non-compliance standards...
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