Licks Attorneys’ Compliance Blog

In April 2018, the European Union launched a proposal to create a Directive standardizing whistleblower protection rules and clarifying the proper protection to be given to those reporting a company’s misconduct.

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The definition of the ‘foreign public official,’ according to the USA’s anti-corruption law – the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – has always been a sui generis aspect of the regulation, considering its breadth in comparison with similar standards in other countries.

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The General Data Protection Law (LGPD), Law 13,709 of August 14, 2018, was enacted after the president’s sanction, on September 18, 2020,  converting the Provisional Measure 959/2020 into law, and regulating the protection of personal data of individuals, with a level of detail never before achieved by any other local law.

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On the afternoon of August 27th, webinar ‘FCPA Review 2019’ was presented by partner Alexandre Dalmasso.

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On the afternoon of August 25th, webinar ‘LGPD – Lessons learned from the European GDPR’ was presented by three of our attorneys at law: Alexandre Dalmasso, partner; Douglas Leite and Flávio Buzanovsky, specialists in LGPD.

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