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June 5, 2023
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published a press release on May 22, announcing that the inquiry into Meta Ireland, the Dublin-based company that manages Facebook not only in Ireland but throughout Europe, has been concluded.
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May 29, 2023
In the previous article, the “United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, created in 2011 and which still influences several laws in many countries, was highlighted.
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May 22, 2023
Although ESG (which stands for Environmental, Social and Governance) is a popular topic, few are aware of the document “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”. Launched in 2011 by the United Nations, the text has influenced countless laws in several countries around the world to this day.
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May 15, 2023
With regard to investigations of corruption in Brazil, the police authority, the Brazilian Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), the Prosecution Office and even the Internal Affairs of various public entities are invariably involved.
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May 8, 2023
In a time where fake news is so prevalent, the topic of dark patterns has gained a lot of relevance. The term was purely academic but, in recent times, has been commonly seen in data protection regulations worldwide.
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May 2, 2023
Now under the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has published, on March 3, 2023, an update to its guide for evaluating compliance programs. It assists prosecutors in this task, allowing them to identify whether the program is efficient at the time of the offense and whether it is effective at the time of a charging decision or resolution.
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April 11, 2023
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has recently published, after a public inquiry with different segments of European society, three new guidelines related to the protection of personal data.
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March 20, 2023
This is certainly one of the most controversial topics in recent years with regard to the interaction of the medical profession with the health industry – which encompasses the pharmaceutical industry, medical and hospital products and even cosmetics and food.
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March 7, 2023
Administrative Sanctions Regulation on Dosimetry and Application of Administrative Sanctions, which establishes the dosimetry guidelines for sentences, especially calculating the base value for fines the agency may apply. It is an initiative of the rapporteur and director of the ANPD – Arthur Sabbat, in which he was unanimously followed by the rest of the board. Although the criteria set out below establish clear guidelines, the ANPD may depart from its methodology or review the penalty, if impaired proportionality is found between the severity of the violation and the intensity of the sanction.
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February 23, 2023
Going to prison in Brazil is any easy task. The Brazilian procedural law, especially in criminal law, creates so many mechanisms for postponing the final and unappealable decisions that anyone having the resources to hire a lawyer or relying on an active public defender can postpone it. As such, many cases end up time-barred, although Brazilian legislation is slowly advancing in making crimes such as femicide or rape imprescriptible.
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Licks Attorneys Compliance’s Blog provides regular and insightful updates about Ethic and Compliance. The posts are authored by Alexandre Dalmasso, our partner. Licks Attorneys is a top tier Brazilian law firm, specialized in Intellectual Property and recognized for its success handling large and strategic projects in the country.
