CAM-CCBC issues Rules for the Early Production of Evidence
This Monday (13), the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC), released the Supplementary Rule n. 06/2025 that sets the Rules for the Early Production of Evidence (EPE Rules – currently available exclusively in Portuguese). This document covers the procedural steps of the early production of evidence proceedings before CAM-CCBC. […]
A judge dismisses WhatsApp prints and audios as digital evidence due to lack of proper authentication
09/01/2025 In the lawsuit No. 1019750-94.2024.8.26.0562 filed by a drugstore against a business management system supplier, the judge Raul Márcio Siqueira Júnior, of the 1st Civil Court of Santos/SP, rejected prints and audios extracted from WhatsApp and presented as evidence by the drugstore to support its claims of financial and operational losses due to malfunctions […]
Lexology Index Brazil destaca cinco sócios do escritório
A edição mais recente do Lexology Index Brazil (antigo Who’s Who Legal) destaca os sócios Daniela Zaitz, Marta Rodrigues, Marcelo Trussardi Paolini, Patricia Agra Araujo e Silvia Rodrigues Pachikoski entre os advogados mais recomendados em quatro áreas de atuação: Corporate Governance, Private Client, Competition e Arbitration. O guia destaca os profissionais de maior relevância […]
Arbitration in numbers: 2024
06/01/2025 In December 2024, Professor Selma Lemes, co-author of the Brazilian Arbitration Law (Law n. 9.307/1996), published her annual research “Arbitration in Numbers” [1], referring to the 2022/2023 biennium, based on data collected from the eight main arbitral institutions in Brazil[2]. The research found that 318 (three hundred and eighteen) arbitration proceedings were initiated in […]
The Advantages of Mediation in Judicial Reorganization
05/12/2024 It is not uncommon for financial difficulties to arise during the course of business. In some cases, these challenges put the company’s economic viability at risk. To avoid bankruptcy, a request for judicial reorganization is permitted, a measure that has been increasingly employed in Brazil. In recent years, the country has seen a significant […]
Predatory Litigation
29/11/2024 Predatory litigation has emerged as a significant concern in discussions about the efficiency of Brazil’s judicial system. The exceptionally high rate of judicialization places Brazil among the nations with the most cases per capita. However, this sheer volume of lawsuits does not necessarily indicate democratic or equitable access to justice. Many of these cases […]
