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Labor 31/07/2023

THE LABOR IMPACTS FOR APP DRIVERS

INTERVIEW – LEXLATIN 1 – WHAT IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NATIONAL LAW APPROVED IN 2018 (LAW 13640/2018) IN REGULATING TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS SUCH AS UBER? A – Like most Laws passed in Brazil, it also leaves certain gaps and raises doubts about subjects not addressed by the lawmaker. Law 13640/2018 altered the wording of…

Administrative and Public Law 19/07/2023

EXERCISE OF PREDATORY LITIGATION CAUSES EXTINCTION OF HUNDREDS OF LAWSUITS IN RIACHÃO DAS NEVES, BAHIA

When it comes to “predatory litigation”, we generally deal with the filing of a large volume of lawsuits, with standardized requests for relief, which address identical objects and generic allegations, involving parties considered vulnerable (e.g., the elderly, illiterate or indigenous people), in which undue advantages are sought. In these actions, it is quite common that,…

GDRP 18/07/2023

POSSIBLE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION LAW AND THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW

As is commonly known, Brazil is historically a country marked by an excess of Laws, whether at the federal, state or municipal level, which are created to regulate the relations between individuals and between them and the State, which sometimes results in conflicts between the various rules enacted. In this scenario, the General Data Protection…

Consumer 17/07/2023

THE BIRTHDAY GIFT SCAM: HERE’S HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF

In a new form of scam, known as the “Gift Scam,” scammers are taking advantage of special occasions, such as birthdays, to trick people into offering to redeem gifts for a fee. However, by making the payment, victims run the risk of having their bank details stolen and undergoing financial losses. In this new scam,…