This QuickCounsel examines the diversity and the efficiency of provisions that drafters of international contracts may dedicate to customs costs and formalities.
This QuickCounsel intends to clarify the process of creation of a localor foreign legal entity in Brazil.
For middle market companies with small in-house staffs, eDiscovery missteps can be costly and damaging. This QuickCounsel shows middle market companies how to understand and properly implement legal holds.
This brief overview (QuickCounsel) outlines the importance of foreseeing exchange rate risks by including provisions in a contract between parties involved in overseas transactions.
This QuickCounsel addreses state law which governs most post-employment restraints, and since the rules vary significantly by jurisdiction, restrictive covenants must reflect the limitations acceptable under the law likely to control.
Health and Safety is generally regulated under the Brazilian Labor Code and more specifically by the Ministry of Labor through its Regulations ("NR"). The regulations vary according to industry, type of work, premises and number of employees. The rules involve minimum standards of sanitation, safety, comfort, medical control programs (as described below) and risk prevention.
This Quick Overview addresses the role of E-Discovery in developing information governance policies in the United States. Although many organizations are developing information governance practices to extract business value from their existing data, they are not simultaneously addressing the potential risks and costs associated with that data, particularly when the data is electronically stored.
This brief article reviews the legal requirements underpinning minutes to provide a foundation for in-house counsel when deciding which best practices to adopt in the United States.
Given the importance of tax litigation in Brazil and relative lack of materials about the subject, the present article, which will be developed in two parts, aims to present an overview on the main features of the federal administrative tax procedure in Brazil, its pitfalls and opportunities.