Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul rejects request for replacement IGP-M in commercial lease agreements
6/30/2021 In last April, we reported two decisions by the Court of Justice of São Paulo (TJ-SP), which granted the replaecement of the IGP-M index by the IPCA in commercial lease agreements, due to COVID-19 and the abrupt increase in the IGP-M index in recent months. However, this is a very controversial issue and, despite […]
The future of arbitration proceedings after the pandemic
6/30/2021 We have been living in pandemic conditions for more than 1 (one) year. After all this time, we no longer have any doubts about the possibility of an arbitration proceeding being conducted in an entirely virtual manner. When we say entirely virtual, we include even evidentiary hearings for the hearing of witnesses, legal representatives, […]
Suspensão de reintegração de posse e multas em aluguel
Jornal da Rede Alesp 16/6/2021 O sócio Ulisses Simões da Silva participou no último dia 15 de junho do Jornal da Rede Alesp para tratar da suspensão de reintegração de posse e multas em aluguel durante a pandemia de Covid-19. Assista:
Gilmar Mendes interrompe julgamento sobre suspensão de despejos na pandemia
Valor Econômico 10/6/2021 Por – Adriana Aguiar Corte analisava decisão do ministro Roberto Barroso, que justificou medida pelo “risco real” de uma terceira onda de contágio da covid-19 O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) estava quase formando maioria para manter liminar, concedida pelo ministro Luís Roberto Barroso, que suspendeu por seis meses as ordens de despejo, […]
Arbitration is not at risk!
5/31/2021 On March 2nd, 2021, the First Court of Business Law of the São Paulo Court of Appeals – when ruling on interlocutory appeal No. 2263639-76.2020.8.26.0000 – unsealed the records of a claim to vacate an arbitration award issued in São Paulo. The Court understood that article 189, IV, of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code […]
STJ holds as valid summons via WhatsApp, as long as the recipient’s authenticity has been proven
6/7/2021 In an appellate decision rendered on the Habeas Corpus 641.877 / SC and handed down on 03/15/2020, the 5th Panel of the Superior Court of Justice (“STJ”) understood that summons through WhatsApp are applicable. The decision analyzed the possibility of the process server obtaining the identity of the recipient, by means of the app […]
