Court incidents, official rule revisions and analysis in Brazil, as they enter the record. Researched and drafted with AI assistance; verified against primary sources and edited by Cognesio LLP. The linked official documents are the record — our summaries are not the law and are not legal advice.https://safelegalai.comen-gbCC BY 4.0 — SafeLegalAI, published by Cognesio LLPhttps://safelegalai.com/tracker/tjsp-1032884-04https://safelegalai.com/tracker/tjsp-1032884-04The Tribunal de Justica de Sao Paulo, deciding a defective-car consumer appeal, found the plaintiff's lawyer had used AI without critical review to cite fabricated precedents. Treating this as bad-faith litigation, it imposed a fine of 2 percent of the value of the claim and sent the ruling to the Sao Paulo and Federal bar councils. Primary source: TJSP, Apelacao Civel 1032884-04.2025.8.26.0224, Registro 2026.0000779792 (13 Aug 2026), acordao (Charlotin database archive PDF) — https://www.damiencharlotin.com/documents/2848/20260000779792.pdfThu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTincidentbrazilhttps://safelegalai.com/tracker/trt20-sergipe-pix-precedenthttps://safelegalai.com/tracker/trt20-sergipe-pix-precedentA panel of the Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da 20a Regiao in Sergipe, Brazil, fined a company 5 percent of the claim value for bad-faith litigation after its lawyer's AI-drafted appeal cited invented precedents, including a 2015 ministerial vote discussing PIX, a payment system created in 2020. The court forwarded the file to the Brazilian Bar for ethics review. Primary source: Sergipe Noticias, August 2026 (press report; primary decision not located) — https://www.sergipenoticias.com/cotidiano/2026/08/44713/trt-multa-empresa-apos-advogada-usar-ia-e-inventar-precedent.htmlMon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTincidentbrazilhttps://safelegalai.com/tracker/tjpr-0035599-44https://safelegalai.com/tracker/tjpr-0035599-44A judge of the Tribunal de Justica do Parana in Brazil refused to hear a consumer appeal whose brief relied on what the decision called creative jurisprudence produced by AI, including an unlocatable Santa Catarina precedent and an unverifiable headnote. The appeal was not admitted for lack of dialecticity and the state bar was notified for professional measures. Primary source: TJPR, Apelacao Civel 0035599-44.2017.8.16.0014 (22 Jul 2026), monocratic decision (Charlotin database archive PDF) — https://www.damiencharlotin.com/documents/2869/KELLI_CRISTINA_DA_SILVA.pdfWed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTincidentbrazilhttps://safelegalai.com/tracker/brazil-trt2-ma-fehttps://safelegalai.com/tracker/brazil-trt2-ma-feIn Brazil, the TRT-2 labour appeals court in São Paulo sanctioned a worker's lawyer for bad-faith litigation after an appeal cited AI-fabricated jurisprudence falsely attributed to Superior Labour Court ministers and a non-existent judge. The court imposed a 5% penalty on the claim value, holding counsel — not the AI — responsible for verifying citations. Primary source: Processo nº 1001467-35.2024.5.02.0467 (TRT-2 4ª Turma), acórdão PDF via Migalhas — https://www.migalhas.com.br/arquivos/2025/9/117A8F97FE8DD8_acordao2IA.pdfMon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTincidentbrazilhttps://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/br-cam-ccbc-orientacao-administrativa-07-2025https://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/br-cam-ccbc-orientacao-administrativa-07-2025Guidance for arbitrations administered by CAM-CCBC: all participants must understand AI tools and their limits; AI use must respect confidentiality; party representatives are responsible for the factual and legal accuracy of AI-assisted work; disclosure is not required as a general rule but should be discussed case by case; and arbitrators may not delegate decision-making to AI. Primary source: CAM-CCBC — Original — https://www.ccbc.org.br/cam-ccbc-centro-arbitragem-mediacao/orientacao-administrativa-no-07-2025/Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTregulationbrazilhttps://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/brazil-cnj-resolucao-615-2025https://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/brazil-cnj-resolucao-615-2025Resolution 615/2025 of Brazil's National Council of Justice, approved 11 March 2025 and effective 14 July 2025, replaces Resolution 332/2020 and governs AI across the Brazilian judiciary. It classifies AI uses by risk, requires mandatory human supervision of AI output, creates a National AI Committee, and permits judges and staff to use large language models within those controls. Primary source: CNJ — Original (approved 11 March 2025) — https://atos.cnj.jus.br/atos/detalhar/6001Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTregulationbrazilhttps://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/br-pl-2338-2023-marco-legal-iahttps://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/br-pl-2338-2023-marco-legal-iaSenate text adopted; sent to the Chamber of Deputies on 17 March 2025 and pending in its Special Committee. Risk-based AI bill modelled on the EU AI Act: it bans excessive-risk systems, imposes obligations on high-risk systems, creates rights to transparency, explanation and contestation, establishes a National AI Regulation and Governance System under the ANPD, and sets fines up to fifty million reais. It passed the Senate on 10 December 2024 and remains pending. Primary source: Congresso Nacional — Approved by the Senate plenary — https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/atividade/materias/-/materia/157233Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTregulationbrazilhttps://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/br-anpd-tomada-subsidios-ia-decisoes-automatizadashttps://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/br-anpd-tomada-subsidios-ia-decisoes-automatizadasOpened 6 November 2024; closed 24 January 2025 with 99 contributions (Nota Tecnica 230/2024/CON1/CGN/ANPD). ANPD consultation running from 6 November 2024 to 24 January 2025 on how AI systems and automated decisions map onto LGPD principles, legal bases and the article 20 right to review, as item 7 of its 2025-26 regulatory agenda. A regulation has not been issued; the consultation frames future rules for legal-sector AI processing personal data. Primary source: ANPD — Tomada de subsidios opened — https://www.gov.br/participamaisbrasil/tomada-de-subsidios-inteligencia-artificial-e-revisao-de-decisoes-automatizadasWed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTregulationbrazilhttps://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/br-pl-2338-2023-marco-legal-iahttps://safelegalai.com/regulation/brazil/br-pl-2338-2023-marco-legal-iaRisk-based AI bill modelled on the EU AI Act: it bans excessive-risk systems, imposes obligations on high-risk systems, creates rights to transparency, explanation and contestation, establishes a National AI Regulation and Governance System under the ANPD, and sets fines up to fifty million reais. It passed the Senate on 10 December 2024 and remains pending. Primary source: Congresso Nacional — Presented by Sen. Rodrigo Pacheco — https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/atividade/materias/-/materia/157233Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTregulationbrazil