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Today, many Portuguese people live abroad and so, naturally, many divorces of Portuguese citizens are decreed in other countries. So the question is whether these divorces are valid in Portugal on their own or whether certain procedures need to be put in place. Rita Sales Dias

With the start of the European Football Championship in Germany, the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Organization) has launched a campaign under the slogan "Play Fair", with the aim of making fans aware of the negative effects of counterfeiting, leading them to opt for official...

On 27 May, following a meeting of the Extraordinary Council of Ministers, a set of measures was approved that partly implement the new housing strategy ‘Building Portugal’, presented to the Portuguese on 10 May 2024. We have a set of measures that will result in a change to the regime app...

When approving the accounts of commercial companies, the shareholders can allocate part of the profits for the financial year to balance sheet bonuses to employees. These are a way of distributing part of the profits generated by the company to employees (including managers), based on the ...

Environmental crime: EU law has a new directive with tougher sanctions and an extended list of offences. Directive (EU) 2024/1203 will improve the investigation and prosecution of environmental crime offences. The directive establishes EU-wide minimum rules on the definition of criminal offences ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more of the order of the day. Its impact has also been debated in the field of copyright law, and it is becoming increasingly important to assess the challenges posed by the emergence and rapid development of AI, as well as to address legal gaps in...

Order no. 176/2024-XXIII of the former Secretary for Tax Affairs extends the deadline for submitting model 22 corporate income tax returns for the 2023 tax period to 15 July 2024, without any penalty being applied. Nuno Filipe Henriques

Decree-Law no. 8/2024 of January 5, which defines the disability verification system within the scope of social security came into force on April 1, 2024. Its aim is to adapt the disability verification system "to the new legal and social reality, changing the way it works in order to make...