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Tecnology and Startups 09/05/2024

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROCESS, FLOW, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION

There is currently a gold rush for technology. Just as in mid-nineteenth century, many Americans headed to California in search of the golden metal, today all roads lead to technology, which, as it happens, is also symbolically related to California (source of the world’s technological matrices) and to another metal, silicon. And this technological FOMO…

Arbitration and Judicial Litigation 24/04/2024

THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF CONTRACTS IN TIMES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The Social Function of the Contract is a principle of civil law that establishes that contracts should meet, in addition to the interests of the involved parties, the interests of society, preventing them from being used abusively or detrimentally to the rights of third parties or the public interest. It is truly the principle of…

Insurance and Reinsurance 10/04/2024

SOCIAL INSURANCE FOR DISASTERS: NEW LINE OF PROTECTION AND MITIGATION OF SOCIAL DAMAGE IN CLIMATE DISASTERS

Record of extreme weather events in Brazil mobilizes the insurance market to reassess its position in relation to socioeconomic challenges As a result of a sequence of extreme weather events that have struck Brazil recently, often scarce or nonexistent insurance classes increasingly emerge as a necessary protection. This occurs in both urban (whether social or…

Energy 03/04/2024

THE POWER OF ETHANOL IN NEW ENERGY TRANSITION SCENARIOS

The export of electricity by biomass plants hit a record in 2023, producing 28,246 gigawatt hours (GWh) in the cogeneration modality, based on data reported by the Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE). This demonstrates the potential of ethanol to establish itself in the global market as the biofuel of the energy transition, insofar as it…