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Change in the dissemination of M&A's by open companies

STJ removes publication from financial statements for limited companies

In March this year, the third class of the Superior Court of Justice decided, when the Special Appeal 1,824,891, that there is no need to publish financial statements by limited companies, there is no need. Law 11.638/2007, responsible for...

According to the recent decision of the STJ, partners cannot be charged by office for tax debts of companies

Ministers of the 1st Panel of the Superior Court of Justice, unanimously, have decided that the partner of a company cannot be automatically held responsible for the tax obligations of the company without the presentation of the creditor in the...

INPI releases revised version of the Brands Manual.

on January 17, 2023, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) published the sixth revision of the third edition of the Brands Manual, which included the approved changes by December 2022 , providing the inclusion of topics that present...

New legislation on limited companies could trigger a large volume of legal proceedings

On October 22, 2022, Law 14,451/22 came into force, which amended the Civil Code regarding deliberation quorums for members of limited liability companies. In this way, the possibility of questions arising regarding the judgments of old issues...

INPI launches updated guidelines for registration of technology transfer agreements

On December 30, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) released a minutes on the meeting convened by the president of the municipality (Sei Inpi 0747049). At this meeting, new guidelines were discussed and presented to simplify and...

New Foreign Exchange and International Capital Law comes into force: what changes?

On December 31, 2022, Law No. 14,286 came into force. This law aims to modernize, simplify and guarantee greater security and legal stability for the foreign exchange market in Brazil, Brazilian capital abroad and foreign capital in the country, in...

According to a recent STJ decision, low distinctive brands must be required to coexist with similar.

The 4th Panel of the Superior Court of Justice has ratified the opinion that marks with little differentiation power, composed of widely used, evocative, descriptive or suggestive elements, may be required to coexist with similar ones. Thus, the...