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Memoirs, reflections, and statements, in the author's own voice. In the memoirs, the date of the post and the period of the episode narrated appear.

2025

24 Apr 2025
reflection

The right to retirement of judges and members of the Public Prosecution Service and the punitive power of the State

The retirement of Brazilian judges, both before and after the Pension Reform (Constitutional Amendment No. 103/2019), falls within the scope of the Own Social Security Regime (RPPS), provided for in art.

2024

11 Aug 2024
statement

August 11 – Lawyer's Day

On Lawyer's Day, celebrated on August 11, I venture to reflect on the importance of this noble profession, which I chose to pursue after 14 years in the Public Prosecution Service, an institution from which I resigned to embrace the life of a lawy
5 Aug 2024
reflection

What characterizes a dictatorship?

Dictatorial regimes suppress individual freedoms and undermine fundamental rights, but they do not always suppress voters' ballots.
2 Aug 2024
reflection

How is the National Financial System structured in Brazil?

Brazil's National Financial System (SFN) is structured on several pillars that ensure its efficient functioning, credibility, and stability.
30 Jul 2024
reflection

How important is the autonomy of regulatory agencies in Brazil?

Regulatory agencies in Brazil play a crucial role in the oversight and regulation of various regulated economic sectors, such as energy, telecommunications, health, and transportation, among others.
28 Jul 2024
reflection

Causes of the Aggravation of Problems Resulting from the Climate Tragedy in Rio Grande do Sul

The climate tragedy that devastated Rio Grande do Sul, which occurred in May, was marked by intense rains, floods, and landslides.
25 Jul 2024
reflection

What would a good Administrative Reform in Brazil look like?

A good administrative reform in Brazil should address several crucial issues to improve the efficiency, transparency, and fiscal responsibility of the public sector, both in the direct administration and in state-owned enterp
22 Jul 2024
reflection

How important is Compliance in the capital market

The practice of compliance in the Brazilian capital market is essential to ensure the integrity and transparency of financial operations.
22 Jul 2024
reflection

How does the Digital Age change Consumer Law?

The digital age has brought profound changes to consumer rights and the economic order in Brazil.
2 Apr 2024
statement

April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day

Today is a day of much reflection and struggle for all of us, parents of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and citizens committed to the inclusion and full citizenship of all Brazilians.
11 Mar 2024
statement

Terrorism: a crime repudiated by Brazilian society

Today (11/3), the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism is observed throughout the world.
10 Feb 2024
statement

OAB brings action before the STF to defend and reaffirm the prerogatives of the legal profession against a ban on communication between lawyers

I commend the president of the Federal Council of the OAB, Beto Simonetti, for the initiative in defense of the prerogatives of Brazilian lawyers, since the restriction on communication between lawyers as a res
23 Jan 2024
statement

Is freedom a non-negotiable value?

Today, January 23, is World Freedom Day.

2023

6 Oct 2023
tribute

Note of mourning: Justice Moreira Alves (1933-2023)

The law firm Medina Osório Advogados expresses its sorrow at the passing, which occurred today in Brasília (DF), of retired Justice of the Federal Supreme Court José Carlos Moreira Alves.
3 Jul 2023
tribute

NOTE OF MOURNING: JUSTICE SEPÚLVEDA PERTENCE (1937-2023)

I wish to record my deep sadness at the passing of retired STF Justice José Paulo Sepúlveda Pertence, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday (2/7) in Brasília (DF).
27 Feb 2023
reflection

Administrative sanctions: National Data Protection Authority publishes new regulation

The ANPD published, this Monday (27/2), a regulation on the dosimetry of penalties.

2022

22 Dec 2022
reflection

Christmas Renews Hopes

I wish all the friends who followed me throughout this 2022 on my social media a night of great peace, fellowship, and family harmony.
10 Aug 2022
reflection

STF is expected to resume judgment on retroactivity in the new Administrative Improbity Law.

Read Medina Osório's opinion The judgment by the Plenary of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) on the retroactivity of the more beneficial rules of the new Administrative Improbity Law is due to resume this week. The judgment began last we
18 Feb 2022
reflection

Alexandre de Moraes issues an important decision on the new administrative improbity law

We share the decision in ADI 7,042, in which the eminent Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspended a provision of the new Administrative Improbity Law that granted the Public Prosecution Service a monopoly of standing to b
24 Jan 2022
reflection

Brazilian justice under global assessment

World Justice assesses the Brazilian justice system.
21 Jan 2022
reflection

CVM issues two new resolutions in yet another stage of the work of reviewing and consolidating normative acts

The Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) issued two resolutions this week (CVM 62 and 63).
17 Jan 2022
memoir · period narrated: 2000

SPANISH PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE

In Spain, on the occasion of my doctorate, we established relations with the Spanish Public Prosecution Service, initially with Prosecutor Antônio Vercher Nogueira (Supreme Court) and also with Prosecutor Carlos Jiménez Villarejo (Anti-Corruption Pros

2021

15 Nov 2021
reflection

The press celebrates the Republic: memories in struggle on 15 November 1890

On this November 15, I would like to highlight the important role of republican institutions and, above all, of the press, in the consolidation of the Republic in Brazil.
28 Oct 2021
statement

Civil Servant Day in Brazil

Article 236 of Law No. 8,112 of 11 December 1990 establishes that October 28 is officially Civil Servant Day in Brazil.

2018

27 Oct 2018
memoir

I talked about the Brazilian scene with Baltasar Garzón

I have been a friend of Baltasar Garzón for more than 20 years.

2017

17 Apr 2017
reflection

Plea bargains may cover up the shady interests of informants

In a sector where diversions exceeding US$ 3.3 billion have been pointed to, as suggested in his plea cooperation agreement by former Odebrecht group executive Hilberto Mascarenhas, who was in charge of the so-called Structured Operations Division, w
13 Mar 2017
statement

A new space for national legal debate

The blog is born driven by the encouragement of friends, collaborators, professors, and legal practitioners who felt the absence of a space where we could openly discuss certain legal topics linked, more