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Sem categoria 12/03/2024

EXTRAFISCALITY OF TAXES: (IM)MEDIATE CONSEQUENCES

The average Brazilian was already familiar with taxes long before this homeland – now a colony – has even conceived of being an independent country. The Portuguese crown was widely present from the start, establishing in the 1530s the so-called “Foral,” a document that provided for government charges, such as taxes on the extraction of…
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Tecnology and Startups 16/02/2024

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE LEGAL FIELD: EXPECTATIONS FOR 2024 REGARDING MACHINE EFFICIENCY

In recent years, technologies linked to locomotion, education, health, leisure, and work have found ways to leverage themselves through an aspect that has certainly been or will be on everyone’s radar at some point, Artificial Intelligence (AI). No wonder the term “Artificial Intelligence” was chosen as the most notable term of 2023 by the Collins…
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Consumer 14/02/2024

Task Scam: Promises Too Good to Be True

Internet access and the dissemination of online platforms are growing as fast as social engineering. Disguised as a highly profitable investment or job opportunity that promises big money, the “Task Scam” or “Extra Income Scam” loom large, attracting the attention of law enforcers and interested entities, given the countless victims it has made. When a…
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Environmental 08/02/2024

ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION: NEW BNDES RULE FOR 2024 EXPANDS CREDIT RESTRICTION TO CUSTOMERS LINKED TO ENVIRONMENTAL EMBARGOES

On December 15, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) announced the approval of a new rule for the granting of financing earmarked for rural properties as of March 10, 2014.   As of its effectiveness, there will be no granting of credit facilities to customers linked to environmental embargoes for illegal deforestation, even if the sanction…
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