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STJ gives prevalence to legal certainty and settles 10-year statutory limitations period for contractual civil liability
The Special Court of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) advanced to put an end to the controversy over the limitations period applicable to claims based on contractual civil liability. In a judgment last May 14, the Justices decided, by a majority vote (7x5), that the ten-year statute of limitations is what is appropriate in these cases.
Executive Order eliminates deadline for registration in CAR
Executive Order ("MP", in its abbreviation in Portuguese) No. 884, published last Friday, June 14, amended the Forest Code (Law No. 12,651/2012), so as to determine that registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) "shall be mandatory for all rural properties and holdings." The amendment redrafted the third paragraph of article 29, which sets forth the end date for registration in the CAR.
Census of Foreign Capital in Brazil
Legal entities and investment funds incorporated in Brazil have until August 15 to submit a report to the Central Bank of Brazil, detailing investments in their quotas and/or shares held by foreign investors on December 31 of the previous fiscal year, or the outstanding short-term trade debts owed to non-residents on the same date, in the following situations:
New CSJT resolution changes the daily routine of practicing labor law
Resolution No. 241 of the Superior Council of the Labor Judiciary (CSJT), in force since June 6, amends some of the rules of Resolution No. 185, bringing in important changes in the use of the Electronic Judicial Procedure (PJe).
Changes to the General Data Protection Law
On July 9th, law No. 13,853/2019, which amended Law No. 13,709/18 (the General Data Protection Law - LGPD) was published in the Official Gazette. The main changes are summarized below
Lack of quorum will affect Cade’s activities
Competition law experts and businesspersons are following with apprehension the end of the term of office of the commissioners on the Administrative Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade).
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