A responsabilidade solidária prevista na Lei 12.846/2013 frente ao fenômeno dos grupos de sociedades (original) (raw)

The Brazilian Law 12,846/2013 has brought innumerable innovations to Brazilian legal order, creating important mechanisms for the accountability for Companies involved in acts of corruption, or under the terms of the law, in acts contrary to Public Administration. Among these innovations is included the §2 of Article 4 of the AntiCorruption Law, which establishes that the associated companies, controlling companies and controlled companies are jointly and severally liable for compensation for damages and payment of fines caused by a related company. In this sense, the Law seeks to regulate, in its scope, one of the most relevant subjects of modern corporate law. It’s seeks to establish the rules for the application of its sanctions within the context of the Corporate Groups. Indeed, the concern of the national legislature to establish a rule on the subject seems to be legitimate, because this is the recurrent form of organization of large national and multinational companies. It is ...