Licks Attorneys’ Compliance Blog

On this 13th of June, the Brazilian government issued the Executive Order #1,124, which was also published in the Federal Gazette on June 14, 2022. Containing 10 articles, it enters into force on the date of its publication.

On June 8, 2022, Brazil witnessed the unfolding of another chapter involving healthcare plans, patients and the Brazilian Agency of Supplementary Health (ANS), this time at the headquarters of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ), in Brasilia.

One of the world’s largest outsourcers of misconduct complaint channels, Navex, has published a report referring to 2021 statistics on daily reports made in its channels by employees of small, medium, and large companies all over the world.

The first step towards recognizing the profession of Data Protection Officer (DPO) in Brazil, which was introduced by the definition contained in Article 5, VIII of the Brazilian Data Privacy Act (LGPD) – Statute #13,709/2018. This step was taken with its inclusion in the Brazilian Classification of Occupations (CBO), created by Ordinance #397 of October 10, 2002.

In January 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an interesting guide, called Principles of Premarket Pathways for Combination Products, which establishes the unification of premarket review of combination products.