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, […]
Incorporação e alteração de tecnologias em saúde pelo SUS – processo simplificado
30/6/2021 Em atendimento a diversas disposições constitucionais que versam sobre a proteção à saúde, com ênfase no artigo 196 da Constituição Federal, que estabelece que a saúde é direito de todos e dever do Estado, houve a edição da Lei n° 8.080, de 19 de setembro de 1990, que trata justamente das condições para a […]
Comissão Especial da Câmara dos Deputados aprova cultivo de Cannabis
14/6/2021 No último da 8 de junho, a Comissão Especial de medicamentos formulados a base de Cannabis spp. da Câmara dos Deputados aprovou o texto substitutivo do Projeto de Lei n° 399/2015. Em placar apertado, de 17 a 17, prevaleceu o voto de minerva do relator da matéria, Deputado Luciano Ducci. O texto foi aprovado na […]
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 […]
Unilateral Withdrawal without cause in Limited Liability Companies
6/7/2021 Article 1.053, caput, of the Civil Code establishes that, in the event of omission of the chapter where it is inserted, limited liability companies (sociedades limitadas) shall be subsidiarily governed by the rules applicable to the simple companies (sociedades simples). The same article, in its sole paragraph, establishes that the Articles of Association of […]
