With the end of semaglutide's exclusivity in March 2026, national companies are preparing launches to compete in a sector that already represents 4% of the Brazilian pharmaceutical market.
By – Matheus Almeida
In less than two months, in March, the patent for semaglutide, a molecule present in the Novo Nordisk medications Ozempic and Wegovy, will expire in Brazil. Experts expect that generic…
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With Decree 66/025, Uruguay takes a firm step toward more secure and responsible digital risk management, requiring public organizations and strategic companies to comply with standards defined by AGESIC.
Decree No. 66/025, approved on February 20, 2025, formally establishes the role of AGESIC’s Information Security Directorate and sets out new rules that both public bodies and certain private com…
During the holiday season, the Hungarian legislation was extremely active, with several hundred pages of Hungarian Gazette publications resulting in numerous legislative amendments. In this context, in our extraordinary newsletter at the beginning of the year, we briefly summarize the changes in the fields of labour law and corporate law that have entered into force at the beginning of the year or…
As 2025 comes to a close, we reflect back on a relatively quiet quarter at the SEC and look ahead to possible regulatory reforms in the coming year. In this Snapshot, we review renewed calls to retool executive compensation disclosures, a recent Executive Order aimed at proxy advisors, and updated risk factor disclosures ahead of annual reporting season. In addition, we address updated listing sta…
Bankruptcy and IRS tax debts are deeply misunderstood topics, often surrounded by confusion and anxiety.
For individuals and businesses who know very little about these issues, it’s important to start with the basics – not all tax debts are wiped out by bankruptcy, and the rules for clearing IRS debts are complex. However, bankruptcy can provide relief, or at least breathing room, for those facin…
Beginning Sept. 30, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stopped issuing paper tax refund checks and moved entirely to electronic refund payments.
This major transition is part of a broader federal initiative under Executive Order 14247, titled, “Modernizing Payments to and from America’s Bank Account,” which aims to make all federal disbursements fully electronic.
Why This Change is Happeni…
The legislative proposal “Digital General Meeting of Private Legal Entities Act” was adopted by the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) on 16 December 2025 (the “Legislative Proposal”).
Current Dutch law
General meeting
The basic principle under current Dutch law is that the general meeting must take place physically. It is not possible to hold a fully digital general meeting.
The law does c…
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) into law as Public Law 119-21, introducing a range of individual and business tax changes. One such change was the establishment of new “Trump Accounts” under Internal Revenue Code Section 530A. Trump Accounts are a new type of individual retirement account for the benefit of children within what is referred to as the…
The European Union’s fight against money laundering and terrorist financing has entered a new phase. What was once characterised by fragmented national supervision and uneven enforcement is steadily giving way to a more centralised, data-driven and legally disciplined framework. Two recent developments illustrate this shift with particular clarity: the finalisation of the Regulatory Technical Stan…
The 5th Tenancy Law Inflation Relief Act came into force on 1 January 2026. With the new package, the legislator is intervening deeply in the market.
An overview of the most important changes for residential leases that are subject in whole or in part to the Tenancy Law Act (MRG):
INFLATION LIMIT:
If inflation exceeds the 3% mark within two years, only half of the excess may be passed on to tena…