Overview

• Edson Fachin is sworn in on Monday to succeed Luís Roberto Barroso, with Alexandre de Moraes as vice‑president, and he also assumes the presidency of the National Council of Justice.
• The first sessions under his command are expected to tackle whether app drivers and couriers have employment ties, with other socially sensitive cases on environmental protection and individual guarantees signaled for the docket.
• Fachin will define when to take to the plenary the disputes over the execution and transparency of parliamentary amendments once opinions from the AGU and PGR arrive, as related investigations proceed under seal.
• The First Panel led by Flávio Dino continues the 2022 coup trials, with eight members of the core group — including Jair Bolsonaro — already convicted and 23 defendants slated for upcoming judgments.
• Observers anticipate a more discreet presidency oriented to institutional management at the Court and CNJ, including modernization projects such as AI guidelines, as Fachin inherits a caseload reduced by 19% under Barroso.