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Anti-corruption stamps and business value creation
Recognition boosts credibility and values branding, but should be seen as a consequence of effective and effective integrity practices, not as a purpose in itself.
Early evidence may facilitate minority shareholders’ access to information
The evidence production phase plays a key role in a lawsuit, and may be decisive for its success – or not. The current Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) introduced the early production of evidence as an autonomous claim. Therefore, the production of evidence will no longer be a procedure phase, or an injunction plead, but a litigation claim, which expanded – and greatly – its suitability.
Inclusion of companies in cases in the execution phase
TST decision privileges discussion on the topic and can bring legal security to the market
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) acquits Directors accused of alleged breach of diligence duty
The board of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), unanimously, acquitted the defendants in the context of a sanctioning administrative proceeding initiated to determine the responsibility of members of the board of directors for breach of the diligence duty , provided for in article 153 of Law 6,404/76 (Corporation Law).
Justice annuls decision and fines imposed by CVM
In a rare procedure, two former directors of a publicly-held company in the oil and gas sector reversed CVM's decision issued in the administrative proceeding CVM RJ 2014-3225, which had considered both of them guilty for the use of privileged information (insider trading) and applied a fine of almost R$ 800,000.
Right to be forgotten Vs. freedom of the press
In times of "overinformation" and an increasingly digital society, where a quick acess in a search site can lead to any content anywhere in the world, discussions involving the right to be forgotten – i.e., the withdrawal of personal information from websites and mass media – and its (in)compatibility with the right to freedom of the press are increasingly complex.
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