The 2nd Civil Sentence Enforcement Court of Florianópolis has authorized the seizure and appraisal of furniture and IT equipment belonging to the headquarters of an investment company organized as a limited liability company (Ltda), in the enforcement of an extrajudicially…
A recent ruling by the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region (TRT-2) reinforces a key point in property law: assets registered in a spouse’s name may be seized to satisfy the other spouse’s debts, especially when there is no…
The 3rd Panel of the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region (TRT-2) upheld the dismissal for cause of a public transportation bus driver who consumed alcoholic beverages during his meal break and was later involved in an accident in…
The 4th Panel of the Regional Labor Court of the 15th Region (TRT-15) upheld the dismissal for cause of a supermarket bagger who physically assaulted a customer, maintaining the ruling by the 3rd Labor Court of Bauru/SP. The panel considered…
Judge Marina Balester Mello de Godoy, from the 14th Civil Court of Santo Amaro/SP, ordered the recalculation of the installments on a personal loan agreement after identifying a discrepancy between the agreed-upon interest rate and the rate actually applied by…
The Central Bank of Brazil has issued new rules that directly impact banks and fintechs, aiming to improve financial system regulation, enhance operational security, and ensure greater competitive fairness between traditional institutions and new business models. The changes reinforce the…
The 35th Chamber of Private Law of the São Paulo State Court of Justice (TJSP) ruled that a non-seizability clause included in a will does not prevent the seizure of inherited funds when the debt predates the opening of the…
The 1st Chamber of Business Law of the São Paulo State Court of Justice (TJSP) has ruled that the mere fact that a company is dissolved while undergoing debt enforcement proceedings does not automatically constitute fraud or an attempt to…
Brazilian states have begun to adopt divergent interpretations regarding the inclusion of the Contribution on Goods and Services (CBS) and the Tax on Goods and Services (IBS) in the ICMS tax base during the transitional period of the tax reform,…
The Federal Revenue Service has changed its position and now allows companies to claim PIS and Cofins tax credits on costs related to products and services required to comply with legal obligations essential to their economic activity.The change was formalized…
The 2nd Civil Sentence Enforcement Court of Florianópolis has authorized the seizure and appraisal of furniture and IT equipment belonging to the headquarters of an investment company organized as a limited liability company (Ltda), in the enforcement of an extrajudicially enforceable instrument. The decision was based on the interpretation that…
A recent ruling by the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region (TRT-2) reinforces a key point in property law: assets registered in a spouse’s name may be seized to satisfy the other spouse’s debts, especially when there is no clear evidence of the marital property regime adopted by the…
The 3rd Panel of the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region (TRT-2) upheld the dismissal for cause of a public transportation bus driver who consumed alcoholic beverages during his meal break and was later involved in an accident in which a pedestrian was hit. According to the case files,…
The 4th Panel of the Regional Labor Court of the 15th Region (TRT-15) upheld the dismissal for cause of a supermarket bagger who physically assaulted a customer, maintaining the ruling by the 3rd Labor Court of Bauru/SP. The panel considered the dismissal justified, concluding that the case showed clear evidence…
Judge Marina Balester Mello de Godoy, from the 14th Civil Court of Santo Amaro/SP, ordered the recalculation of the installments on a personal loan agreement after identifying a discrepancy between the agreed-upon interest rate and the rate actually applied by the financial institution. Given the irregularity, the judge ordered the…
The Central Bank of Brazil has issued new rules that directly impact banks and fintechs, aiming to improve financial system regulation, enhance operational security, and ensure greater competitive fairness between traditional institutions and new business models. The changes reinforce the Central Bank’s role as a regulatory and supervisory authority, particularly…
The 35th Chamber of Private Law of the São Paulo State Court of Justice (TJSP) ruled that a non-seizability clause included in a will does not prevent the seizure of inherited funds when the debt predates the opening of the probate process. The decision was issued by appellate judge Flávia…
The 1st Chamber of Business Law of the São Paulo State Court of Justice (TJSP) has ruled that the mere fact that a company is dissolved while undergoing debt enforcement proceedings does not automatically constitute fraud or an attempt to avoid debt payment. The case involved a cosmetics company convicted…
Brazilian states have begun to adopt divergent interpretations regarding the inclusion of the Contribution on Goods and Services (CBS) and the Tax on Goods and Services (IBS) in the ICMS tax base during the transitional period of the tax reform, which enters a testing phase in 2026 and runs until…
The Federal Revenue Service has changed its position and now allows companies to claim PIS and Cofins tax credits on costs related to products and services required to comply with legal obligations essential to their economic activity.The change was formalized through a binding Interpretative Ruling (Solução de Consulta), which must…
