La caída de las normas especiales de insolvencia
Brazil's AI Legislation
Corporate Criminal Liability in South America
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 383, Report from São Paulo
Compliance Report-International Edition, Carlos Ayres
This marks the first issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that will highlight developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed...more
En este episodio de "A Lo Legal En Par Minutos", nuestro socio Edwin Cortés Mejía conversa con María Alejandra Mercado Donato, abogada del equipo de derecho corporativo e insolvencia, sobre la caída de los decretos especiales...more
While many of the world’s governments are struggling to determine what to do about AI, Brazil already has a track history in this area. As Maria Victoria Mota, Corporate Attorney at Viapol (a subsidiary of RPM), explains in...more
This week’s Update features two anti-trust / competition law updates from the EU (the Netherlands) and South America (Chile). Enjoy....more
Foreign energy companies are taking initial steps to develop a large number of offshore wind farms along the coasts of Brazil and Colombia. As governments seek to reduce their carbon emissions to meet climate goals and...more
Learning objectives: - The importance of third-party due diligence - Challenges of third-party due diligence in LATAM - How to establish a proper due diligence process: key steps, identifying risk based categories. ...more
Go back roughly twenty years and you wouldn’t find a country in South America that had corporate criminal liability laws. Today, though, the picture has changed dramatically. Felipe Sottorff Araya, a compliance consultant...more
Many jurisdictions in South America have enhanced their enforcement of antitrust rules in the past decade. Brazil has consolidated its position as a significant jurisdiction in terms of antitrust enforcement globally....more
An interactive guide to merger control activity in South America - Merger control in South America is on the rise, with many new jurisdictions having adopted and started to enforce stricter pre-closing merger control laws...more
This quarterly update highlights some of the international data protection issues that have caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, in the past three months....more
Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more
An overview of antitrust law exemption measures in jurisdictions around the globe. ...more
The following paper aims to succinctly address the question "Are employees entitled to paid leave due to Covid-19?" This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of paid leave in the requisite jurisdictions.... ...This...more
In the rainforests of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the fires often start when drug traffickers try to clear large swaths of land. Due to the dry bush and lack of rainfall, the flames often spread out of control, but in...more
Artisanal Mining is a significant source of minerals and metals. According to the International Institute for Sustainable Development 2018 the sector is estimated to produce approximately 80% of global sapphire production,...more
This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of paid leave in the requisite jurisdictions. This guide describes the law in force in the requisite jurisdictions at the dates of preparation. This may be some time ago and...more
The global spread of the novel coronavirus has disrupted everyday life all over the world and imposed significant difficulties on the business community. Antitrust merger reviews — and the authorities who conduct those...more
Despite the COVID-19 closures and cancellations, some governmental intellectual property offices have not extended deadlines, so parties should remain mindful that protections for individuals and businesses should not be...more
Currently, the USPTO is not offering extensions to patent and trademark application deadlines. The USPTO is, however, offering fee waivers to those affected by the coronavirus in the following situations....more
Global cartel fine totals rebounded somewhat in 2019, approaching historical norms following two years of sharply lower fine levels. The $6.1 billion total is the highest global fine level since 2016. Most of the increased...more
In a statement before the G7 Summit, which was held on August 24-26, 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to block the recently negotiated trade deal between the European Union (“EU”) and Mercosur, the South American...more
JONES DAY CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION ATTORNEY SPOTLIGHT: Richard Martinez - Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is driving an evolution in corporate privacy practices globally. As...more
In this episode I present a live podcast recording made at the 6thLEC Compliance Conference in Sao Paulo last week. In the podcast I interviewed Carlos Ayres, partner at Meada, Ayres and Sarubbi and Matt Ellis, Member at...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: 4 Lessons US Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Latin American Startup Culture Entrepreneur imports some startup wisdom from south of the border....more
In the reports from around the world collected in this volume, we continue to see a good deal of international overlap among the issues and industries attracting government enforcement attention. We also see evolution and...more