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Legal articles for understanding the technological, regulatory and social shifts reshaping law.
Analysis on Digital Law, Artificial Intelligence, LGPD, intellectual property, legal culture and innovation, adapted for readers outside Brazil.
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Digital Law
Legal analysis of internet governance, platform regulation, cybercrime and emerging technologies.
Artificial Intelligence and Law
Regulation, algorithmic ethics, civil liability and the impact of AI on society and legal professions.
LGPD and Data Protection
Privacy, corporate compliance, information security and new frontiers of data protection.
Intellectual Property
Copyright, patents, trademarks and innovation in the age of open access and generative AI.
Pop Culture and Law
Legal education through films, series, books and other cultural references.
Civil Law
Contracts, civil liability, legal personality and innovation in private law.
Labor Law
Platform work, remote work, employee data protection and the future of work.
Constitutional Law
Fundamental rights, constitutional adjudication and constitutional law in the digital age.
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Apple, OpenAI, Microsoft and the AI race: technology alliances and regulation
An adapted English translation on Apple, OpenAI, Microsoft, AI alliances, antitrust scrutiny, infrastructure power and regulatory pressure.
Meta's WhatsApp wall: AI assistants, platform power and competition
An adapted English translation on Meta's restrictions for AI assistants on WhatsApp, platform power, data protection and digital competition.
Brazil's Digital ECA and the new legal architecture for children online
An adapted English translation on Brazil's Digital ECA, child and adolescent protection online, platform duties, LGPD, safety by design and digital services likely to be accessed by minors.
Folha v. OpenAI: copyright, news archives and AI training in Brazil
An adapted English translation on the dispute between Folha de S.Paulo and OpenAI, and what it means for copyright, journalism and AI training under Brazilian law.
Generative AI hallucination and its implications for law
An adapted English translation on AI hallucination, legal reliability, evidence, professional review and governance of generative AI in legal contexts.
MarIA at Brazil's Supreme Federal Court: transparency and AI in digital justice
An adapted English translation explaining MarIA, the AI initiative at Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, and the transparency risks of judicial automation.
The mosaic theory under Brazil's LGPD: when harmless data becomes revealing
An adapted English translation on the mosaic theory under Brazil's General Data Protection Law and how separate data points can reveal sensitive profiles.
Black Mirror's 'Joan Is Awful' and Brazilian law: consent, platforms and image rights
An adapted English translation connecting Black Mirror's 'Joan Is Awful' to Brazilian consumer law, adhesion contracts, image rights, consent, platforms and synthetic media.
Remote work and home office in Brazil during the COVID-19 period
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian telework, home office, CLT rules, COVID-19 labor adaptations, working time, equipment and employer responsibilities.
Football broadcasting rights in Brazil and Provisional Measure No. 984/2020
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian football broadcasting rights, arena rights, Provisional Measure No. 984/2020, club negotiation power and sports media contracts.
Occupational disease and COVID-19 in Brazilian labor-law debate
An adapted English translation on COVID-19, occupational disease, Brazilian labor law, STF review of pandemic labor measures, causation and employer responsibility.
Image rights in Brazilian law: personality, consent and digital misuse
An adapted English translation explaining image rights in Brazilian law, personality rights, consent, public interest, commercial use, deepfakes and civil liability.
Brazil's General Data Protection Law: what LGPD changes in everyday life
An adapted English translation explaining Brazil's General Data Protection Law, personal data, data-subject rights, lawful bases and why LGPD matters beyond compliance checklists.
Five consumer rights international readers should know about Brazilian law
An adapted English translation explaining five practical Brazilian consumer rights under the Consumer Defense Code, including withdrawal from distance sales, information duties and vulnerability in consumer relationships.
Misleading advertising under Brazilian consumer law
An adapted English translation explaining misleading advertising under Brazil's Consumer Defense Code, information duties, omissions, abusive advertising, digital platforms and online consumer risk.
Environmental justice, waste pickers and the limits of a zero-waste society
An adapted English translation on Brazilian waste pickers, environmental justice, citizenship, access to justice and the social risks behind zero-waste policies.
Can a pregnant employee be dismissed in Brazil?
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian job stability for pregnant employees, arbitrary dismissal, maternity protection, reinstatement, indemnity and just-cause exceptions.
Labor liability of a former partner in Brazilian companies
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian labor liability of a withdrawing or former partner, subsidiary liability, fraud, company changes and labor execution risks.
Dating and stable union in Brazilian family law
An adapted English translation explaining the difference between dating and stable union under Brazilian family law, including family intent, public cohabitation and property effects.
There is no negligent rape offense in Brazilian criminal law
An adapted English translation explaining why the expression 'negligent rape' does not describe an offense in Brazilian criminal law, with context on intent, negligence and sexual violence.
What a city councilor does in Brazil
An adapted English translation explaining the role of a vereador, Brazil's municipal city councilor, including local legislation, oversight of the mayor and municipal public policy.
Racism and racial insult in Brazilian criminal law
An adapted English translation explaining the historical distinction between racism and racial insult in Brazilian criminal law, with a temporal warning about later legal developments.
Marital property regimes in Brazilian law
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian marital property regimes: partial community, universal community, separation of property and final participation in acquisitions.
Outsourcing in Brazilian labor law
An adapted English translation explaining outsourcing in Brazilian labor law, service providers, contracting companies, subsidiary liability, labor reform and worker-protection concerns.
Maternity leave in Brazilian labor and social-security law
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian maternity leave, salary-maternity benefit, CLT rules, adoption, employer duties, FGTS deposits and worker protection.
Dismissal for just cause in Brazilian labor law
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian dismissal for just cause, serious misconduct, CLT Article 482, proportionality, immediacy, evidence and employee severance consequences.
How separation of powers works in Brazil
An adapted English translation explaining Brazil's separation of powers, checks and balances, Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches, and why this structure matters for constitutional democracy.
Adultery in Brazil: from criminal offense to family-law issue
An adapted English translation on the history of adultery in Brazilian criminal law, its decriminalization in 2005 and its remaining relevance in family-law debates.
Contra proferentem and Brazil's Economic Freedom Law
An adapted English translation on contra proferentem, adhesion contracts, Brazil's Economic Freedom Law, contractual interpretation, good faith, consumer protection and business contracts.
Nationality law in Brazil: birth, naturalization and constitutional membership
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian nationality law, original and acquired nationality, territorial and bloodline criteria, naturalization and constitutional membership.
Neoconstitutionalism and fundamental principles in Brazilian legal thought
An adapted English translation explaining neoconstitutionalism, fundamental principles, the normative force of constitutional rights and the post-war shift toward constitutional democracy.
Pets and animals in Brazilian law
An adapted English translation on pets in Brazilian law, animal sentience, family disputes, civil-law property categories and the move away from treating animals as mere things.
Why corporate governance matters
An adapted English translation explaining corporate governance, agency conflict, monitoring, incentives, shareholders, managers, transparency and business accountability.
Loki and fascism: bureaucracy, obedience and the destruction of difference
An adapted English translation using Marvel's Loki to introduce Umberto Eco's features of fascism, authoritarian bureaucracy and the legal meaning of dissent.
Harry Potter and the legacy of someone else's property in Brazilian succession law
An adapted English translation using Harry Potter to explain legado de coisa alheia, a Brazilian civil-law issue involving a testamentary gift of property that does not belong to the testator.
Can a person change their name in Brazil?
An adapted English translation on legal name changes in Brazil, civil registry, personality rights, identity and judicial or administrative routes.
Does the unborn child have rights under Brazilian civil law?
An adapted English translation explaining the Brazilian concept of nascituro, personality rights, natalist and conceptionist theories, prenatal support and inheritance-related protections.
Can a minor travel unaccompanied in Brazil?
An adapted English translation explaining Brazilian rules for minors traveling without parents or guardians, with attention to the Child and Adolescent Statute and travel authorizations.
What a secular state means in Brazilian constitutional law
An adapted English translation explaining the Brazilian secular state, freedom of belief, state neutrality toward religion and the difference between secularism and hostility to religion.
What Brazil's Football Corporation model, SAF, means
An adapted English translation explaining Sociedade Anonima do Futebol, Brazil's SAF model, football clubs, investors, corporate governance, Law No. 14,193/2021 and sports business.
What FGTS is in Brazilian labor law
An adapted English translation explaining Brazil's FGTS severance fund, employer deposits, linked employee accounts, dismissal protection and withdrawal situations.
Batman and criminal law: private vengeance, state failure and the monopoly on punishment
An adapted English translation using Batman to explain criminal law, private vengeance, public punishment, state failure and why modern legal systems reject taking justice into one's own hands.
What smart contracts are and why lawyers should understand them
An adapted English translation explaining smart contracts, blockchain, automated performance, legal agreements, enforcement, risk allocation and Brazilian contract-law questions.
Severance, workplace well-being and Brazilian labor-law imagination
An adapted English translation connecting Apple TV+'s Severance, known in Brazil as Ruptura, to workplace well-being, mental health, labor law, data, consent and organizational culture.
What metaverses are and why they matter for digital law
An adapted English translation explaining metaverses, immersive digital environments, avatars, digital property, contracts, platforms, consumer protection and legal risk.
The theory of the electronic body: digital identity, data and personality rights
An adapted English translation on Stefano Rodota's theory of the electronic body, digital identity, personal data, algorithmic profiling, autonomy and legal protection of the person online.
Sensitive employee data under Brazil's LGPD
An adapted English translation on sensitive personal data in Brazilian employment relationships, including health, biometrics, workplace monitoring and employer governance duties.
Voldemort, hate crimes and discrimination in Brazilian law
An adapted English translation using Voldemort and Harry Potter to explain hate crimes, genocide, racial insult, racism and discriminatory speech in Brazilian legal culture.
House of the Dragon, eventual intent and conscious negligence in Brazilian criminal law
An adapted English translation using House of the Dragon to explain the Brazilian criminal-law distinction between dolo eventual and culpa consciente.
Conscientious objection in Brazilian constitutional law through Hacksaw Ridge
An adapted English translation explaining conscientious objection in Brazilian constitutional law through the film Hacksaw Ridge, religious freedom and alternative legal duties.
What a mayor does in Brazil
An adapted English translation explaining the role of the prefeito, Brazil's municipal mayor, including local administration, public services, budget execution and policy implementation.
What a state governor does in Brazil
An adapted English translation explaining the role of a Brazilian state governor, including state administration, public policy, budget execution, security, education, health and accountability.
What the President of Brazil does
An adapted English translation explaining the Brazilian President's role as head of state and government, federal Executive leader, commander-in-chief, and participant in lawmaking through sanction and veto.
What federal deputies and senators do in Brazil
An adapted English translation explaining Brazil's federal deputies and senators, the Chamber of Deputies, the Federal Senate, Congress, lawmaking, oversight and budget duties.
What a state deputy does in Brazil
An adapted English translation explaining the role of a deputado estadual, Brazil's state legislator, including state laws, Legislative Assemblies, oversight of governors and state budgets.
Backlash effect in law: courts, social reaction and constitutional rights
An adapted English translation explaining the backlash effect in law, social reaction to judicial decisions, fundamental rights, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court and constitutional change.
ChatGPT in legal practice: productivity, limits and professional responsibility
An adapted English translation on how lawyers can use ChatGPT and generative AI responsibly in legal work, with attention to confidentiality, hallucination and human review.
Succession and lessons on family-business succession planning
An adapted English translation using HBO's Succession to explain estate planning, family-business governance, inheritance, tax and control disputes in Brazilian legal education.
Standard-essential patents in telecommunications
An adapted English translation explaining standard-essential patents, interoperability, licensing and innovation in telecommunications.
FRAND licensing for standard-essential patents
An adapted English translation explaining fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing for standard-essential patents.
Legal personhood for artificial intelligence: a Brazilian copyright thought experiment
An adapted English translation of Lantyer's long-form analysis on whether legal personhood for AI could address copyright, authorship and liability gaps.
The doctrine of unforeseeability in contracts and the coronavirus crisis
An adapted English translation explaining Brazil's doctrine of unforeseeability, contracts, COVID-19, force majeure, hardship, renegotiation and contract revision.
How US trade restrictions accelerated Chinese AI innovation: the DeepSeek case
An adapted English translation on US chip restrictions, Chinese AI innovation, DeepSeek and the geopolitics of artificial intelligence.
The origin and persistence of AI hallucination
An adapted English translation explaining why AI hallucination persists, what reliability means in legal use and how professionals should design verification workflows.
What will you find here?
What is Digital Law?
The field that organizes legal relationships in digital environments, from privacy and data protection to platform regulation and artificial intelligence.
How does AI affect law?
AI transforms legal work through automation, data analysis and drafting support, while creating new questions about liability, bias, copyright and confidentiality.
Why does LGPD matter?
Brazil's General Data Protection Law sets rules for collecting, storing and using personal data, making data governance central to legal and institutional work.
How should these articles be used?
They are educational starting points for research, teaching, internal discussion and strategic reading of technology-related legal issues.