Publications - Ernesto Borges Advogados

Administrative and Public Law 19/07/2023

EXERCISE OF PREDATORY LITIGATION CAUSES EXTINCTION OF HUNDREDS OF LAWSUITS IN RIACHÃO DAS NEVES, BAHIA

When it comes to “predatory litigation”, we generally deal with the filing of a large volume of lawsuits, with standardized requests for relief, which address identical objects and generic allegations, involving parties considered vulnerable (e.g., the elderly, illiterate or indigenous people), in which undue advantages are sought. In these actions, it is quite common that,…

GDRP 18/07/2023

POSSIBLE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION LAW AND THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW

As is commonly known, Brazil is historically a country marked by an excess of Laws, whether at the federal, state or municipal level, which are created to regulate the relations between individuals and between them and the State, which sometimes results in conflicts between the various rules enacted. In this scenario, the General Data Protection…

Consumer 17/07/2023

THE BIRTHDAY GIFT SCAM: HERE’S HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF

In a new form of scam, known as the “Gift Scam,” scammers are taking advantage of special occasions, such as birthdays, to trick people into offering to redeem gifts for a fee. However, by making the payment, victims run the risk of having their bank details stolen and undergoing financial losses. In this new scam,…

Tax 04/07/2023

BARTER OPERATION

One of the biggest challenges for Brazilian rural producers has still been to find ways to finance their production activities without the cost of credit making their operations unfeasible in a scenario of high interest rates and reduced investments in the productive sector. In this setting, self-financing, the supply of credit by producer cooperatives, among…