The Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region held a company liable for material damages to public assets due to repeated transportation of overweight cargo on federal highways, upholding BRL 200,000 in collective moral damages and a BRL 10,000 penalty per irregular...

The President of the Federal Supreme Court and of the National Council of Justice, Justice Edson Fachin, and Central Bank Governor Gabriel Galípolo signed Joint Ordinance No. 6/2026 on August 12, creating an executive group to propose a national system for the...

Digital and criminal law specialists point to a gap in Brazilian law regarding criminal liability for producing and sharing AI-generated sexual or degrading content targeting adults. While specific rules exist for electoral matters and for children and adolescents...

Maritime decarbonization is creating a new potential market for Brazilian ethanol. Recent industry initiatives have demonstrated the technical use of ethanol in transoceanic vessels, while global shipowners increasingly evaluate alternative fuels to meet tightening...

The National Waterway Transportation Agency (ANTAQ) will hold on September 1, at 2 p.m., a hybrid public hearing under Public Hearing No. 02/2026 to gather input on the technical and legal documents of the bidding process for waterway access to the Organized Port of...

Petrobras expects to complete drilling of its first deepwater exploratory well in the Foz do Amazonas Basin around the beginning of September. The well represents a critical step in evaluating the geological potential of the Equatorial Margin and may influence future...

Brazilian oil and natural gas production reached a new record in June, with combined output exceeding 5.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. Oil production alone reached approximately 4.47 million barrels per day, while the pre-salt accounted for more than 80%...

The Brazilian government has signed five production sharing contracts resulting from the third cycle of the Permanent Production Sharing Offer. The contracts cover the Itaimbezinho, Jaspe, Citrino, Esmeralda and Ametista blocks in the Santos and Campos basins and...

Brazil is moving toward its first auctions for the commercialization of natural gas belonging to the Federal Government under pre-salt production sharing contracts. The CNPE has restructured the PPSA commercialization framework around two models: annual short-term...