Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has appointed Vinicius Marques de Carvalho as president of the Council for Economic Defence (CADE) and Carlos Emmanuel Joppert Ragazzo as the agency’s general superintendent.

Brazil’s Secretariat of Economic Law (SDE) has opened an investigation of telecoms company Oi over allegations it abused its dominance and used discriminatory practices against rival internet service providers.

Brazil’s Secretariat of Economic Law (SDE) says that members of two truck transportation associations operating out of the country’s largest port may have used acts of violence – including on at least one occasion throwing Molotov cocktails at rivals – as a way to enforce a cartel for fertiliser shipments.

Two Brazilian shopping comparison websites have filed a complaint with the country’s antitrust enforcers against online search leader Google for allegedly favouring its own product listings in shopping search results.

Brazil’s new antitrust law has received changes to its merger notification system following controversial vetoes by President Dilma Rousseff.

Brazil’s Congress yesterday approved the country’s new competition law. It will be enacted in six months’ time.

Brazil’s Congress has indicated that President Dilma Vana Rousseff will pass the country’s new antitrust law today.

Brazil’s Secretariat of Economic Law (SDE) has announced it wants to increase sentences for individuals convicted of cartel offences to equal those levied for offences such as robbery. The proposed amendments to the country’s cartel laws are due to go before Congress for approval.

Brazil’s Ministry of Justice has named Vinicius Marques de Carvalho head of the country’s Secretariat for Economic Law (SDE).

Mariana Tavares de Araujo, who until recently was secretary of economic Law at Brazil's Ministry of Justice (SDE), has decided to follow a former colleague to Levy & Salomão Advogados.