Digital Civil Law in Bill No. 4/2025: Innovations and Impacts on Updating the Civil Code
Digital Civil Law in Bill No. 4/2025: Context of the Civil Code Reform. Bill No. 4/2025 proposes one of the most comprehensive reforms of the Brazilian Civil Code since its enactment in 2002. Unlike the creation of a new legal instrument, the proposal seeks to promote a structural update of the system, incorporating social, technological, and […] transformations.
Preventive Civil Liability and the Strategic Role of Business Contracts
In many organizations, contracts are still treated merely as formal instruments intended to record obligations between the parties. In business practice, however, poorly structured contracts are frequently at the root of complex litigation, protracted commercial disputes, and significant financial losses. In this context, the so-called preventive function of civil liability gains relevance, shifting the focus away from the individual.
Airbnb rentals in residential condominiums: what the courts, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), and the future Civil Code say.
The use of platforms like Airbnb has grown rapidly in Brazil, driving a new model of real estate income based on quick, flexible, and highly profitable stays. However, this movement has brought a side effect: a direct clash with the dynamics of residential condominiums, which have begun to face structural concerns about security, tranquility, and the very essence of residential life.
Difference between property regimes in marriage
By: Vitor Ferrari, Ivan Kubala. Marriage, in addition to uniting the lives of two people, also unites their assets. However, adopting the correct property sharing regime is essential for spouses to protect themselves in the event of a divorce. This text addresses the differences between the existing regimes. Both marriage and […]
Excessive Noise and Moral Damage
By: Vitor Antony Ferrari, Ivan Kubala Noise coming from neighbors can be very annoying. Therefore, it is understood that, if it is excessive, the disturbance may be grounds for compensation for moral damages. One of the biggest annoyances that people have while they are at home is, without a doubt, noise. This is one of the main reasons that lead […]
SERASA will be held responsible for blocking debtors' cell phones
By: Vitor Antony Ferrari, Ivan Kubala The National Consumer Secretariat (SENACON), part of the Ministry of Justice, is preparing a notification for the companies SERASA and SuperSim for the alleged remote blocking of cell phones of debtor customers who stopped paying their debts. Several consumers reported that their cell phones simply froze, […]