Newsletter Muriel Advogados – June 2024
Bill aims to standardize monetary adjustment and interest rates in cases of default The Brazilian House of Representatives has approved Bill No. 6,233/2023 (the “Bill”), which aims to standardize the index for monetary correction and the interest rates applicable in cases of default on civil obligations. The Bill stipulates that, in the absence of specific […]
Newsletter Muriel Advogados – April 2024
Large and medium-sized companies must register for the electronic judicial domicile by May 30, 2024 Large and medium-sized companies are required to register with the Electronic Judicial Domicile by May 30, 2024, a platform designed to centralize the communication of legal proceedings from all Brazilian courts in one place. After this date, registration will be […]
Newsletter Muriel Advogados – December 2023
Highlights of the new regulatory framework for investment funds The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) Resolution 175 came into effect, establishing Brazil’s New Regulatory Framework for Investment Funds, updating practices to international standards, providing greater transparency on fund management, and increasing fundraising potential. Among the changes brought by the new Resolution, we highlight: The […]
Newsletter Muriel Advogados – September 2023
Supreme Federal Court declares unconstitutional rule prohibiting judges from adjudicating actions involving clients of relatives’ law firms In a direct action for the declaration of unconstitutionality filed by the Brazilian Magistrates Association, the Supreme Federal Court ruled on the unconstitutionality of Article 144, VIII, of the Civil Procedure Code, which prohibited judges from performing their […]
Newsletter Muriel Advogados – July 2023
Application of the Selic Rate as a Method for Correcting Civil Debts Under Consideration by the STJ The Special Court of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) is in the process of deliberating on Special Appeal 1,795,982, which discusses the possibility of applying the Selic rate to correct civil debts. The issue arises from the […]
Validity of Signatures and Exemption from Witnesses in Electronically Signed Contracts
Law No. 14,620, enacted on July 13, 2023, among other provisions, introduced an essential innovation regarding extrajudicial enforceable instruments. According to the new paragraph 4 of Article 784 of the Code of Civil Procedure: “In enforceable instruments constituted or certified electronically, any form of electronic signature provided for by law is admitted, and the signature […]
New CAM-CCBC Corporate Arbitration Regulation
The Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAM-CCBC), through Supplementary Rule 02/2023, announced on April 26, 2023, the Corporate Arbitration Regulation. The regulation aims to provide specific guidelines for arbitration cases related to uniform multi-individual interests in corporate arbitration. The Corporate Arbitration Regulation will be applied when the arbitral award may affect not […]
Newsletter Muriel Advogados – May 2023
The Court of Justice of São Paulo suspended the enforceability of an arbitral award issued by an arbitrator who had allegedly acted as an attorney of one of the partiesThe 2nd Reserved Chamber of Business Law of the Court of Justice of São Paulo granted an injunction to suspend the enforceability of an arbitral award […]
Newsletter Muriel Advogados – February 2023
The Superior Court of Justice reviewed its previous position provided for in the Thesis 677 to determine that the judicial deposit or seize of assets does not release the debtor from interest and monetary correction The Superior Court of Justice reviewed the content of the Thesis 677 to determine that the judicial deposit made as […]
Newsletter Muriel Advogados – September 2022
The Superior Court of Justice ruled that forum selection clause does not bind the subrogated insurer The Third Section of the Superior Court of Justice ruled that the forum selection clause signed between the individual responsible for the damage and the insured does not bind the subrogated insurer. The insurance company filed an indemnity claim […]