Após o rompimento da barragem de rejeitos da mina Córrego do Feijão, em Brumadinho (MG), foi publicada, no Diário Oficial do Estado de Minas Gerais, a Resolução Conjunta SEMAD/FEAM nº 2.765, de 30 de janeiro de 2019 ("Resolução"), que determina a descaracterização de todas as barragens de contenção de rejeitos, alteadas pelo método a montante e provenientes de atividades minerárias, no Estado de Minas Gerais.

On February 15, 2019, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual update to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) thresholds, which govern mergers or acquisitions that must be reported to the FTC and the Department of Justice prior to being consummated.

With the aim of increasing oil and gas production in Angola, a new Concession Award Strategy for the 2019-2025 period has been approved by Presidential Decree 52/19, of February 18th.

Both the First Energy Solutions and PG&E bankruptcies have seen proceedings regarding power purchase and similar agreements (PPAs) that raise this question. This Legal Update discusses the proceedings and the safe harbor issues they raise.

Vietnam’s competition law is poised for big changes as the new 2018 Law on Competition comes into force from 1 July 2019.

On February 24, 2019, President Trump announced that the United States will delay an increase in Section 301 tariff rate on approximately $200 billion worth of Chinese imports (i.e., products on the US List 3), which was originally scheduled to take effect March 2, 2019. This Legal Update provides further details.

The Federal Revenue Office of Brazil confiscated approximately US$800 million in illegal products in 2018. This total represents an increase of approximately US$180 million in confiscated products since 2017.

Trustees and employers who use a guarantee or charge to reduce their pension scheme’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levy may need to re-execute that guarantee/charge in order for it to be taken into account in calculating the scheme’s 2019/20 PPF levy.

On February 11, 2019, President Trump signed an “Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.”

An issuer comes to us and asks if it can link its debt security to an index.

On February 18, 2019, Legislative Decree No. 02/2016 was declared unconstitutional.