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Costa Rica | Yellow and red cards and use of VAR in the employment relationship
We are attending one of the most anticipated sporting events, at least in our country, which is the World Cup, which as we all know will take place in Qatar and has created a lot of expectations. Given this panorama and from the perspective of the employment...
Ecuador | Assembly approves Fintech Law
I. Background.- Through the session of October 30, 2022, the Plenary of the National Assembly approved the Organic Law Project for the Development, Regulation and Control of Technological Financial Services (hereinafter “ Fintech Law "). Fintech Law reforms the...
Mexico | COFECE initiates investigation for possible barriers to competition
The Federal Economic Competition Commission (“COFECE”), published on November 23, 2022, the initiation of the investigation with file number IEBC-004-2022, for possible barriers to competition and essential inputs in the distribution and commercialization of corn, as...
Guatemala | December 16, last day to regularize the environmental situation of companies
In 2019, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources decreed a 3-year extension to the period for regularization of environmental instruments in Guatemala contained in Government Agreement 237-2016. Thus, existing projects have until December 16, 2022 to request...
Peru | Financial System: Bill that regulates the responsibility of companies in the financial system in the face of computer fraud for the protection of consumers
Recently, the Perú Libre Parliamentary Group presented Bill No. 3251/2022-CR, whose purpose is to regulate the responsibility of companies in the Financial System, with respect to computer fraud committed against users of this system in the face of active and...
Chile | Open Finance System in the Fintec Law: What is it and how will it work?
The recently approved Fintec Law creates the Open Finance System (SFA), whose objective is to promote competition, innovation and inclusion in the financial system, facilitating the exchange of information between different service providers in this field. This will...
Argentina | Entre Ríos will host Assembly No. 102 of the Federal Consumer Council
On December 1, the Assembly No. 102 of the Federal Consumer Council (Cofedec) will be held in Paraná, organized by the General Directorate of Consumer Defense and Commercial Loyalty of Entre Ríos. Officials of the National Secretariat of Commerce, of the...
United States | Engel List Names Corrupt and Antidemocratic Actors in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: What Companies and Investors should do next
On June 3, 2021, President Biden issued a memorandum declaring corruption as "a core United States national security interest" and directing interagency coordination to develop a presidential strategy to "significantly bolster the ability of the United States...
Chile | New regulation for computer crimes
On March 22, Congress sent to the Executive the bill on computer crimes, which defines eight new criminal offenses, repealing the old law that governed this matter and adapting the regulations to the provisions of the Budapest Convention. The new norm -which will come...
Brazil | Guidelines and best practices for offering meals to brazilian government officials
On May 16, 2013, Law No. 12,813/2013 (“Conflict of Interests Act”)[1] was enacted regulating conflict of interests arising from the relations with government officials of the Federal Executive branch. In particular, Article 5, Item IV, of the Conflict of Interests Act...
Chile | Compliance for the prevention of gender violence in higher education institutions
During September 2021, Law No. 21,369 was published in the Official Gazette of Chile, which regulates sexual harassment, violence and gender discrimination in the field of Higher Education. This responds to the different demonstrations that have been carried out, in...
Colombia | New Sanctioning Administrative Regime for Criminal Acts
On the occasion of the issuance of Law 2195 of 2022, or the new Transparency Law, the administrative sanctioning regime against legal persons for the commission of crimes in organizational contexts has been extended and expanded in Colombia. Previously, this regime...
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