{"id":15106,"date":"2026-09-14T17:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/?p=15106"},"modified":"2026-09-14T17:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:42:53","slug":"mcg-na-midia-representante-legal-ou-fiador-involuntario-o-novo-art-16-a-do-decreto-no-8-771-2016-sob-analise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/mcg-na-midia-representante-legal-ou-fiador-involuntario-o-novo-art-16-a-do-decreto-no-8-771-2016-sob-analise\/","title":{"rendered":"MCG in the Media: Legal representative or involuntary guarantor? An analysis of the new Article 16-A of Decree No. 8,771\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/marco-antonio-junqueira-de-arantes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2764\">Marco Ant\u00f4nio Junqueira de Arantes<\/a> and Leandro Prete co-authored an article published by Consultor Jur\u00eddico (ConJur) addressing one of the most sensitive issues in today\u2019s digital regulatory environment: the limits of liability for legal representatives of foreign platforms in Brazil under the new Article 16-A, introduced into Decree No. 8,771\/2016 by Decree No. 12,975\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article examines how the decree, by requiring legal representatives to comply with court orders and respond for penalties incurred by the represented company, appears to blur well-established legal concepts, suggesting the emergence of a new and concerning figure: the involuntary guarantor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through a technically grounded and carefully reasoned analysis, the authors argue that the wording of the decree may violate the constitutional principle that penalties should not extend beyond the offender, as well as the Brazilian Supreme Court\u2019s own ruling under Theme 987, which gave rise to the provision and expressly excludes strict liability from the Court\u2019s established thesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An essential read for digital platforms, lawyers and professionals operating within Brazil\u2019s regulatory environment who need to understand what the decree requires and where its legal boundaries are being challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full article by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/conjur.com.br\/2026-set-11\/representante-legal-ou-fiador-involuntario-decifrando-novo-art-16-a-do-decreto-no-8-771-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marco Ant\u00f4nio Junqueira de Arantes e Leandro Prete assinam artigo no Consultor Jur\u00eddico (ConJur) sobre uma das quest\u00f5es mais delicadas do atual ambiente regulat\u00f3rio digital: os limites da responsabilidade do representante legal de plataformas estrangeiras no Brasil \u00e0 luz do novo art. 16-A, inserido no Decreto n\u00ba 8.771\/2016 pelo Decreto n\u00ba 12.975\/2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,70,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[105],"class_list":["post-15106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-na-midia","category-representacao","category-whats-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15108,"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106\/revisions\/15108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15106"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mouraocampos.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}