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Brazil’s Ministry of Labor and Employment is requiring participants in the Worker Food Program (PAT) to re-register by November 9, 2026, or risk automatic exclusion from the program and related tax, labor and operational consequences.

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court has established new requirements for granting free legal aid, replacing the previous presumption of financial hardship and creating a binding standard for courts nationwide.

Once again, Chambers and Partners has recognized network members in 14 countries for their reputation and practice sophistication.

In this edition, we detail CADE’s decisions regarding the mandatory notification of mergers and acquisitions involving foreign companies and the creation of a working group to review these criteria.

CSJT Resolution No. 452/26 represents a critical compliance milestone for companies, as it not only details the concept of electoral harassment, covering everything from recruitment to the use of digital tools such as WhatsApp, but also requires labor judges to immediately report proceedings dealing with this issue to the MPT and MPE.

The 5th Civil Court of Jundiaí/SP ordered the registration of the existence of a lawsuit in the real estate records of properties linked to a real estate development and the precautionary unavailability of the ideal fraction of the remaining assets, to ensure the future satisfaction of the withdrawing partner’s assets.

The 7th Panel of the 4.0 Division of the São Paulo Court of Justice upheld a ruling that declared invalid a provision in a bank credit note that provided for default interest calculated at the CDI rate plus 0.378477% per day, equivalent to 12.05% per month.

The Third Appellate Panel of the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories upheld the conviction of a financial institution to compensate for losses suffered by a consumer who was the victim of a scam carried out by third parties through the improper use of her personal data.

Cascione Advogados examines proposed changes to Brazil’s takeover bid rules designed to encourage greater participation in the capital markets and modernize regulatory requirements for public company transactions.

In this issue, we detail CADE’s performance on the following fronts: (i) unprecedented cases of algorithmic pricing and price parallelism in the fuel and aviation sectors; (ii) maintenance of an infraction notice involving a preventive measure on AI chatbots; (iii) opening of a pioneering investigation into alleged exploitative abuse in the use of journalistic content by search platforms.