At a legal industry event on 9 April 2025, Marcelo Pontes Vianna, the head of the secretariat for private integrity of Brazil's Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), the national antibribery agency, highlighted Brazil's...more
On 12 July 2022, Brazilian Federal Government enacted Decree No. 11,129/2022, a new regulation on Law No. 12,846/2013 (the "Brazilian Clean Company Act"), which will revoke Decree No. 8,420/2015, previously in force. The new...more
In a May 17, 2019 press report that has been widely distributed in Brazil and the United States, Brazilian Federal Prosecutor Marisa Ferrari confirmed that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department...more
5/21/2019
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Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FBI ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Investigations ,
Kickbacks ,
Medical Devices ,
Multinationals ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Price-Fixing ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes
The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica – CADE) and the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil (Tribunal de Contas da União – TCU), entered into a cooperation agreement on 27...more
The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) and the Ministry of Transparency, Supervision and Comptroller-General (CGU) have entered into a cooperation agreement to fight transnational corruption and cartels....more
11/13/2018
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Antitrust Violations ,
Brazil ,
Cartels ,
Competition Authorities ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Corruption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards