Judicial debts and sentences gain new parameters for monetary correction and interest rates
Law No. 14.905/24, passed on July 1, 2024, amended the Civil Code to standardize the rules on monetary correction and interest rates in civil, judicial or extrajudicial obligations. Most of these changes will come into force within 60 days of the publication of the new law. In short, the main changes are: These changes resolve […]
Heirs are not personally liable for the deceased’s debts until the inventory has been completed and the assets divided up
Recently, the 3rd Panel of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), in Special Appeal No. REsp 2.042.040 – SP, handed down a decision of great relevance to heirs in probate proceedings, establishing that they are not personally liable for the deceased’s debts until the probate is concluded and the assets are divided. The decision brings […]
João Máximo Rodrigues
Selic rate for updating judicial indemnities: everything right and nothing solved!
Since 2021, there have been many requests for review and interruptions in the judgment of REsp n. 1.795.982/SP, which will define under the general repercussion regime (binding decision for all courts in the country) whether civil debts should be updated using the Selic Rate or monetary correction and interest of 1% per month. On March […]
Is it bankruptcy’s turn?
The article “Is it bankruptcy’s turn?”, written by Leonardo Ribeiro Dias and João Máximo Rodrigues, from our litigation, arbitration and insolvency practice, is featured in Estadão. Three years after the reform of the Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law, the Federal Government intends to implement new changes to the corporate insolvency system, this time focusing on bankruptcy. […]
Is it bankruptcy’s turn?
Three years after the important reform of the Bankruptcy and Reorganization Law, the Federal Government intends to implement new changes to the corporate insolvency system, this time focusing on bankruptcy. This likely update should generate interesting opportunities for the stressed asset market. According to data from Serasa Experian, based on the 12 months to November […]
