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Year: 2020

Brazilian government updates list of essential activities during the pandemic

Ordinance #10,329/2020 published yesterday by the executive branch updated the list of essential activities established by Ordinance #10,282/2020, dated March 20th, 2020. Essential activities under the definition of Law #13,979/2020 are those that correspond to urgent collective needs, comprising the survival, health and safety of citizens. See below the main updates introduced by the new […]

BRPTO’s deadlines suspended until May 15th, 2020 due to COVID-19 outbreak.

(BRPTO’s Gazette on April 28th, 2020). The BRPTO published on April 28th, 2020 in its Official Gazette #2573, Ordinance #166/2020, postponing the suspension of all BRPTO’s deadlines until May 15th, 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). As mentioned in our client alerts from March 19th, 2020 and April 14th, 2020 Ordinance #120/2020 and Ordinance […]

A guerra contra a pandemia e os riscos à privacidade: lições aprendidas com o combate ao terrorismo

Author Após os atentados de 11 de setembro de 2001, com o mundo em estado de choque, o governo norte-americano precisava dar respostas no combate ao terrorismo. Nesse contexto, o então presidente dos EUA George W. Bush sancionou a lei conhecida como Patriot Act, que passou a possibilitar a interceptação de comunicações privadas sob a […]

COVID-19: supply shortage and international technical standards

Author As China, the world’s largest industrial producer of goods, still recovers from its COVID-19 health crisis, many countries are facing lack of medical supplies to combat the disease. Diagnostic kits, ventilators, sanitizers and even masks are in shortage in almost every country. Governments should coordinate efforts to avoid unrestrained international competition and achieve standardized […]

BRPTO’s deadlines suspended until April 30th, 2020 due to COVID-19 outbreak

(BRPTO’s Gazette of April 14th, 2020) The BRPTO published on April 14th, 2020 in its Official Gazette #2571, Ordinance #161/2020, postponing the suspension of all BRPTO’s deadlines until April 30th, 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). As mentioned in our client alert from March 19th, 2020, Ordinance #120/2020 issued on March 17th, 2020, suspended […]