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The Organic Law no. 1/2024, of 5 March, introduced the tenth amendment to the Nationality Law, Law no. 37/81, of 3 October. This update strengthens the criteria and procedures for acquiring Portuguese nationality, with the aim of ensuring greater legal certainty and social cohesion. Félix Bernardo

Law no. 56/2023, of October 6, which approved measures in the field of housing, made legislative changes in the field of renting, reviewing aspects of the legal regime of urban renting, in particular that provided for in Law no. 6/2006, of February 27 ("NRAU"), and in Decree-Laws no. 1/2013, of...

Decree-Law no. 10/2024 of 8 January, which approved the licensing simplex, altered the rules of the Civil Code relating to horizontal property, determining that altering the purpose or use for which each fraction/apartment is intended for habitation does not require the authorisation of the other...

Earlier this year, the famous Mickey Mouse entered the public domain, which means that anyone can use the image without having to ask Disney for prior permission.  It turns out that this is not just any image of Mickey Mouse, but his first black and white image, made popular by the cartoon ...

Decree-Law no. 128/2023, of December 26, which amends the legal frameworks for medicinal products for human use and workshop pharmacies, came into force on December 27, 2023, taking effect on January 2, 2024. In order to strengthen the transparency of information and ensure compliance with the...

The European Regulation on geographical indications (GIs) for the protection of  craft and industrial products entered into force on November 16th, and will apply from December 1st, 2025 throughout the European Union. This regulation aims to protect craft and industrial products, such as jewelry,...

Law n.º 48/2023, of 22 August establishes the specific regime for the compensation of damages arising from accidents at work of professional sports players. A professional sports player is one who, following and as a result of a training process regulated and recognised by the respective sports ...

As a result of the enactment of Decree-Law 41/2023 of June 2, the Immigration and Borders Service ("SEF") was recently officially abolished and the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum ("AIMA") came into existence. As part of the restructuring of Portugal's border control system, the...