Overview

• Edson Fachin was sworn in as president of the STF, succeeding Luís Roberto Barroso, with Alexandre de Moraes as vice and a low‑cost ceremony that featured a court staff choir and no reception.
• Fachin’s address emphasized predictability in the law, confidence among branches of government, human‑rights commitments and collective agenda‑setting, including a plan to build a national judicial network to map organized crime.
• The first week’s docket includes the landmark question of employment status for app drivers (Uber case, repercussion geral), a related Rappi dispute, an Unimed case on age‑based health‑plan hikes, and the Ferrogrão environmental challenge.
• The Court advances toward concluding the January 8 cases in 2025 under intense scrutiny at home and abroad, with Moraes—now vice president and sanctioned by the U.S. under the Magnitsky Act—continuing as a central figure in related proceedings.
• Moraes authorized January 8 defendant Frederico Rosário Fusco Pessoa de Oliveira to travel from Brasília to São Paulo from Sept. 28 to Oct. 6 to accompany his critically ill son, imposing strict movement limits and other conditions.