Superior Court of Justice recognizes unfair competition in the conduct of an advertising company that used a competitor’s trademark in Google’s sponsored links
10/06/2022 In a recent decision, the 4th Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice, in the judgment of Special Appeal No. 1.937.989/SP, dismissed the appeal filed by a company from the tourism sector, in order to recognize the practice of unfair competition by using the corporate name of another competitor company in Google ads. […]
New standards on controlling shareholder liability: the precedent of the British Court of Appel
8/30/2022 The England and Wales Court of Appeal, in a historic decision, recognized its jurisdiction over a claim filed against a controlling shareholder based in the UK, due to damages caused by the subsidiary company in another country, in this case Brazil. November 5, 2015, marked one of the most drastic environmental accidents in Brazilian […]
The relevance filter of special appeals
8/30/2022 In July 2022, Constitutional Amendment 125 was enacted, amending art. 105 of the Federal Constitution to add a new admissibility requirement for special appeals. In summary, for special appeals to be considered by the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the Appellant must demonstrate the “relevance of the infra-constitutional federal law issues discussed in the […]
Latin Lawyer 250 2023 reconhece L.O. Baptista entre os principais escritórios do país
22/8/2022 O Latin Lawyer 250, guia que lista os melhores escritórios da América Latina, acaba de divulgar o resultado da pesquisa 2023. L.O. Baptista Advogados figura, mais uma vez, na categoria “Highly Recommended”, com destaque para a atuação nas áreas de Arbitragem, Contencioso, Direito Administrativo (Público/Regulatório), Societário e M&A e Trabalhista. Confira abaixo o editorial da […]
Cybersecurity: the new reality of arbitral proceedings
XXI Century: the century that announced the Digital Era’s dawn. Nowadays, data management is, doubtless, one of the biggest challenges faced by society. On one side, high-scale data diffusion contributed to the increase of human intelligence and cooperation skills, but, on the other hand, the leaking of confidential information is emerging as a factor of […]
Possibility of name changes in the civil registry office
On June 27, 2022, Law nº 14,382 was published, instituting the Electronic System of Public Registries and amending, among others, Law No. 6,015 of 1973, also known as the Law of Public Registries. The new legislative text intends to reduce the bureaucracy of the notary’s service and brings significant changes. Among them is the change […]
