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Insurance and Reinsurance 11/09/2023

DPVAT INSURANCE, ITS HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE, AND CONTROVERSIAL FUTURE

The Compulsory Insurance for Personal Injury Caused by Motor Vehicles of Land Roads, commonly known as DPVAT, was conceived in 1966 through Decree-Law No. 73, which, at the time, made it mandatory for owners of motor vehicles in view of the existing risks, especially for passers-by. This insurance is intended to cover victims of a…

Agribusiness 15/08/2023

TIME FRAME AND NEED FOR ADDRESSING LEGAL UNCERTAINTY IN BRAZIL

The Federal Constitution, in its chapter VIII – Articles 231 and 231 – recognizes the right of indigenous peoples to preserve their social organization, customs, languages, among other intangible aspects of their culture, and the Federal Government should take responsibility for protecting and preserving all their assets. The wording goes on to regulate the use…

Environmental 14/08/2023

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CARBON MARKET IN BRAZIL

Over the years, the climate crisis has become an increasingly debated problem in corporate and government routine. As an example, at the most recent meeting of the G7 Summit (the group of the world’s most industrialized countries), held between May 19 and 21, 2023, global leaders issued a letter that reasserted the commitment of the…

Tecnology and Startups 11/08/2023

SUPERAPPS: EASTERN TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The metaphors to explain the superapp concept are many – according to the New York Times, a superapp is a digital Swiss Army knife – but, to put it in simple terms, we can say that it is an application that, alone, encompasses features of hundreds or thousands of other applications (miniapps), and in it…