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Administrative and Public Law 13/03/2024

RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT IN SMALL-CLAIMS COURT: AFTER 15 YEARS, STF RULES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRIKING DOWN RES JUDICATA

The annulment of res judicata is continuously under discussion and, when it comes to a specific law, as is the case of the one that governs the Small-Claims Courts, the issue becomes even more thorny. Relief from judgment is an important mechanism for correcting past defects in unappealable judgment, which is capital for the maintenance…
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Sem categoria 12/03/2024

EXTRAFISCALITY OF TAXES: (IM)MEDIATE CONSEQUENCES

The average Brazilian was already familiar with taxes long before this homeland – now a colony – has even conceived of being an independent country. The Portuguese crown was widely present from the start, establishing in the 1530s the so-called “Foral,” a document that provided for government charges, such as taxes on the extraction of…
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Tecnology and Startups 16/02/2024

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE LEGAL FIELD: EXPECTATIONS FOR 2024 REGARDING MACHINE EFFICIENCY

In recent years, technologies linked to locomotion, education, health, leisure, and work have found ways to leverage themselves through an aspect that has certainly been or will be on everyone’s radar at some point, Artificial Intelligence (AI). No wonder the term “Artificial Intelligence” was chosen as the most notable term of 2023 by the Collins…
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Consumer 14/02/2024

Task Scam: Promises Too Good to Be True

Internet access and the dissemination of online platforms are growing as fast as social engineering. Disguised as a highly profitable investment or job opportunity that promises big money, the “Task Scam” or “Extra Income Scam” loom large, attracting the attention of law enforcers and interested entities, given the countless victims it has made. When a…
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