Overview

• Edson Fachin was sworn in as STF president for the 2025–2027 term, with Alexandre de Moraes taking the vice presidency.
• His first plenary agenda begins Wednesday with cases on whether app drivers have employment ties to platforms, a ruling expected to guide courts nationwide.
• The Ferrogrão railway dispute is slated for discussion on Wednesday, a decision with broad legal and economic implications and roughly R$20 billion in private investment at stake.
• The Court is in the decisive phase of coup-related prosecutions involving Jair Bolsonaro’s network, and Fachin’s role is to secure institutional backing as the First Turma advances the trials.
• He enters office under external pressure that includes U.S. sanctions targeting some justices, notably Moraes, testing how the Court asserts its independence.