Brazil: Consumer Law

O "Brasília em Pauta" é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal, Superior Tribunal de Justiça e Tribunal de Contas da União, …

Provisional Measure No. 1,300/2025 ("MP 1,300") was converted into Law No. 15,235, published on October 9, 2025. Several structural topics related to the modernization of the sector initially proposed in MP 1,300 were not...

Advertising has long been a powerful tool to shape consumer behavior, but in recent years a new challenge has emerged: how to responsibly communicate sustainability.

On July 2, 2019, the Ministry of Justice published the Administrative Act # 618/19 that "Provides the procedure for communication of harmfulness or dangerousness of products and services

Em 05/06/2019, foi publicada a Lei Municipal nº 17.109, a qual institui o Código Municipal de Defesa do Consumidor para a cidade de São Paulo (CDC SP).

Na data de ontem, 04 de junho de 2019, foi promulgada pelo prefeito Bruno Covas a Lei Municipal nº 17.109, a qual institui o Código Municipal de Defesa do Consumidor.

It is known the natural wear of a product and the need to replace it with time is normal.

The recall in Brazil is the process by which the manufacturer or service provider has the obligation to recall any product or service which may pose any risk to the safety or health.

The Consumer Protection Code is soon to turn 25. This law brought indisputable advances in the protection of consumer rights, especially as regards protection of consumers' health, a social right provided for in article 196 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution and supplemented by article 2, Law no. 8.080/90, which sets up the conditions for health promotion, protection and recovery, as well as the organization and operation of corresponding services.