NEW LABOR MEASURES IN THE FACE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

REDUCTION OF WAGES AND WORKING HOURS AND SUSPENSION OF LABOR CONTRACTS PROVISIONAL MEASURE NO. 936, OF APRIL 1, 2020 Provisional Measure 936/2020 creates the Emergency Program for the Maintenance of Employment and Income and provides for complementary labor measures to confront the state of public calamity and public health emergency resulting from the coronavirus(COVID-19). The […]

RURAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULARIZATION – ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

In March 2019, through São Paulo State Decree 64,131, the state government changed the competence of the Secretary of Infrastructure and Environment, as well as instituting obligations and incorporating attributions of the Secretary of Agriculture and Supply. In this change of competencies, the activities carried out by the CBRN – Biodiversity and Natural Resources Coordination, […]

JUSTICE OF SÃO PAULO GRANTS INJUNCTION TO SUSPEND MUNICIPAL TAX COLLECTION

Due to the lack of help from the São Paulo City Hall, which has so far not issued any rule extending the collection of municipal taxes, as a result of the crisis triggered by COVID-19, taxpayers have filed in court and obtained injunctions to extend the collection of municipal taxes. The 15th Court of the […]

CORPORATE REPORT MP 931 (COVID-19)

Alteration of the term and forms for general meetings and their registration with the commercial registries Provisional Measure No. 931, dated March 30, 2020 (“Provisional Measure”), amends several provisions of the Brazilian Civil Code and the Corporation Law, with the aim of adapting Brazilian corporate law to the current context of COVID-19 and, consequently, the […]

COVID-19: SUSPENSION OF DEADLINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

In order to minimize the impacts of COVID-19, the federal and state environmental agencies have suspended the deadlines for the presentation of defense and appeals in administrative processes underway before these authorities. Note that each state authority establishes specific and different environmental rules regarding this suspension, as well as regarding the operation of each of […]

COVID-19: POSITIVE MEASURES FOR CIVIL AVIATION PROTECTION

Facing the panorama of globalization and economic integration among the most diverse countries, the importance of the airline sector is evident. Since the first flight of the 14 Bis in Paris, France, conducted by Alberto Santos-Dumont, the process of aviation’s contribution to economic and social growth began, and countries began to jointly seek the sector’s […]

THE EFFECTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ON THE EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS

With the adoption of the necessary public measures to contain COVID-19 in Brazil, we are faced with intense developments in the global business ecosystem, developments that greatly affect the dynamics of contemporary Brazilian business, from the reliability of the country’s economic development forecasts to the fulfillment of the most ordinary commercial obligations agreed upon among […]