In this month’s newsletter:
- Cade’s Tribunal discusses the current understanding on sanctioning of non-manager individuals for anticompetitive violations
- Cade’s Commissioner defends nullity of leniency agreement due to alleged coercion of leniency beneficiary
- Landmark for Startups in Brazil
- European Commission enters agreement on ‘excessive pricing’ of cancer drugs
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In this month’s newsletter:
- OECD publishes document on Digital Transformation in Brazil
- CADE discusses standard of proof for conviction of cartels based on indirect evidence
- Brazilian Anticartel Week addresses the relation between the use of algorithms and the formation of cartels
- Panel discusses the distinction between buying groups and buyers’ cartels
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In this month’s newsletter:
- Brazilian House of Representatives approves draft of New Gas Act
- CADE clears acquisition of Zap Imóveis by OLX
- Brazilian General Data Protection Law comes into force
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In this month’s newsletter:
- The Brazilian General Data Protection Law will soon be in force
- CADE’s Department of Economic Studies launches study on competition in digital markets
- Cade applies a 5-year limitation period for the sanctioning of the exchange of sensitive information
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In this month’s newsletter:
- CADE submits to Public Consultation a draft of its Guidelines for Setting of Cartel Fines
- CADE publishes informative note on the collaboration among companies to face the Covid-19 crisis
- Decree regulates Regulatory Impact Analysis in the Federal Administration
- Government recreates the National Consumer Protection Council
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In this month’s newsletter:
- CADE’s recent decision shifts authority’s opinion concerning the composition of economic groups for companies with dispersed shareholders
- European Commission publishes temporary framework on cooperation among competitors facing struggles arising from Covid-19 pandemic
- Coronavirus crisis and data protection in Brazil
- Bill stipulates compulsory licensing of patents in Brazil in the fight against Covid-19
- DEE/Cade highlights antitrust risks in bills that propose price-cap regulation during the pandemic
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In this month’s newsletter:
- New cartel screening tool may enhance investigations by CADE
- Senacon intensifies its work on personal data protection investigations
- CADE’s analysis influence CVM debate regarding competition in the securities market
- IBM Red Hat case triggers discussion on gun jumping fine
- Government issues Provisional Measure that affects urban mobility technology companies
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In this month’s newsletter:
- Bill seeks to postpone the effectiveness of the Brazilian General Data Protection Act
- CADE’s General Superintendence recommends closing investigation on access to competitive information in the payment methods market
- CADE confirms Understanding of limitations for cases involving influence of uniform conduct
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In this edition of our newsletter, we discuss the approval of the new CADE nominees by the Senate and the reinstation of the Tribunal’s minimum quorum; the clearance, by the antitrust authority, of the acquisition of Nextel by Claro without restrictions; the US authority determination to use arbitration in merger; and the changes to the General Telecommunications Law, approved by the Brazilian Senate.
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In the current edition of our newsletter, we discuss the new CADE nominees; the approval of the Executive Order of Economic Freedom by the Brazilian Senate; and the Federal Decree No. 9,977/1, which is focused in Social Impact Businesses.
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