News ASA
03Sep 2018
Nicholson y Cano, Ferrere Abogados, Higgs & Johnson and Azevedo Sette Advogados advised on the transaction
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, provided $25 million working capital facility to help Agrotec S.A. support the pre-harvest financing needs of Paraguay’s...
09Aug 2018
Azevedo Sette was recognized by Chambers Latin America guide as reference in several...
31Jul 2018
Published last July 9th at the Federal Official Gazette (D.O.U), Provisional Measure # 844/2018 aims at updating the legal framework for basic sanitation in Brazil by proposing amendments to Law # 9984/2000 (which provides for the organization of the National Water Department...
30Jul 2018
European Union’s antitrust rules. According to the European Commission, Google imposed unlawful restrictions on device manufacturers and operators of mobile networks to consolidate its dominant position as Internet search engine. In particular,...
30Jul 2018
The Brazilian Prosecutors’ Office from Federal District and Territories (MPDFT) opened a Civil Inquiry to investigate how YouTube processes private information of Brazilian children. According to MPDFT, the platform does not provide any form of confirmation of legal parental...
30Jul 2018
Facial recognition technologies are becoming more commercially viable thanks to lower systems costs and advances in artificial intelligence. On July 20, the Brazilian Credit Protection Service (SPC) released a service that allows store owners to check the identity of consumers...
30Jul 2018
According to a survey performed by TIC Domicílios released by the Internet Management Committee (CGI.br), access to Internet started to grow again in Brazilian homes, with a total of 42,1 million homes (61% of residences) and 120,7 million Brazilians connected in 2017, of...
30Jul 2018
A survey from IBM Security looked into the financial impact of data violations in companies considering several cost drivers, including technical investigations, recovery, notifications, legal and regulatory activities, costs with loss of business and reputation. According to...