GILTI Conscience Podcast | Navigating Brazil's New Transfer Pricing Landscape: A Shift to OECD Standards
Brazil's AI Legislation
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 76: Henrique Lopes, KLA Advogados | Brazil
Life with GDPR - André Paris on the Brazilian GDPR
Kidon IP War Stories: David Cohen & Otto Licks
Corruption, Crime & Compliance - Episode 208 - A Deep Dive into the WPP FCPA SEC Settlement
Update on Global Data Privacy Regulations by John Jackson
Podcast: International Risks Facing Latin America Companies
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 370 Carlos Ayres on 2017 Brazilian Anti-Corruption Wrap Up and Going Forward into 2018
Compliance Report-International Edition, Luciana Silveira Effect of FCPA on International Trade
This Week in FCPA-Episode 55, the Covfefe Edition
This Week in FCPA-Episode 53, the I left my heart in San Francisco edition
Compliance Report-International Edition, Carlos Ayres
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 302-Carlos Ayers on the Odebrecht Settlement from Brazil
D&O in Brazil and Latin America
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 122-with Matt Kelly on Alstom, Avon and Petrobras
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 56-Interview with Carlos Ayers
On July 7, 2025, the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Notices No. 4/2025 and No. 5/2025, introducing new modalities of tax settlement by adhesion within the scope of administrative tax litigation, with...more
The Brazilian Attorney General's Office of the National Treasury (PGFN) has published PGDAU Notice No. 11/2025 (the “Notice”), which sets forth the conditions for tax settlements to regularize debts up to BRL 45 million...more
The Attorney General's Office of the National Treasury (PGFN) and the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Public Notices No. 25, 26 and 27/2024, within the scope of the Integral Settlement Program, setting...more
In 2017, companies in Brazil welcomed changes to its labor code that introduced the option for securing enforceable releases to employment law claims. The changes to the labor code included allowing parties to seek a...more
On August 30, 2024, Ordinance MF No. 1,383 was published, establishing the Full Transaction Program (PTI). The PTI provides a set of measures to reduce federal tax litigation with “high economic impact,” encouraging the...more
On May 17, 2024, the Office of the Attorney-General of the National Treasury (“PGFN”) and the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service (“Brazilian IRS”) jointly published the Public Notice of Settlement for Adhesion No. 6/2024...more
On May 16, 2024, the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service (“Brazilian IRS”) and the Office of Attorney-General of the National Treasury (“PGFN”) jointly published the Public Notice of Transaction for Adhesion in the Tax...more
On May 13, 2024, the Attorney General's Office of the National Treasury published PGDAU Public Notice No. 2/2024, which creates a new tax settlement method for credits enrolled into federal overdue tax liability, with or...more
We all know and hear about third-party risks – over and over again. Despite this recurring theme, organizations continue to pay the price for failing to address third-party issues. It does not take a rocket scientist to...more
FCPA settlement actions often underscore specific compliance risks for legal and compliance professionals. If there ever was a case where third-party risks were bungled, and even intentionally embraced, the Foster Wheeler...more
A class action by 202,600 claimants arising from the collapse of the Fundão dam in Brazil was struck out as abuse of process. Background - In Município De Mariana & Ors v. BHP Group Plc & Anor (Rev 1), the largest group...more
During a 2019 Tax Executives Institute conference in Washington, D.C., the Commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Charles Rettig, proclaimed, “[I am] not a commissioner who believes that the IRS loses...more
Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million as Part of Settlement for 2017 Data Breach - Equifax has agreed to pay at least $575 million, and potentially up to $700 million, as part of a global settlement with the FTC, the CFPB, and...more
June 20, 2019 – Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and its subsidiary, WMT Brasilia, agreed to a combined criminal penalty and disgorgement of $282M, together with WMT’s criminal guilty plea and undertakings in an NPA, to reach a global...more
For over a year, Brazilian federal police could not access the files on Marcelo Odebrecht’s notebook computer. They tried using the password from Marcelo’s cell phones, with no luck. Originally published in The FCPA Blog -...more
On January 16, British engineering group Rolls-Royce Plc announced a global settlement of more than $800 million dollars with anti-corruption authorities in Britain, the U.S. and Brazil, making it the fifth-largest global...more
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update looks at Brexit’s impact on corporate crime and investigations, the U.S. DOJ’s increased use of forfeiture actions with international implications, current...more
SBM Offshore N.V. has reached a $340M settlement with both criminal and administrative prosecutors in Brazil to resolve allegations of bribery relating to the Petrobras scandal, the first deal of its kind in Brazil and a...more
Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more
In this episode, Compliance Week Editor-in-Chief Matt Kelly and I discuss the Avon and Alstom FCPA enforcement actions and then take a look at the ongoing Petrobras corruption scandal and what it means for Brazil. ...more
United States Announces Settlements Of WTO Disputes With Brazil and Indonesia - In October, the United States settled two long-running disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) – one with Brazil over cotton...more