Lawsuit Tag Dictionary

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How flagging works

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Where tags appear

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Tag catalog

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Criminal and Compliance (4)

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Financial and Credit (7)

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Civil and Corporate (7)

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Public and Institutional (5)

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Labor, Family and Social (7)

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Regulated Sectors (6)

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Detailed dictionary

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Criminal and Compliance

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pld

• When it is flagged: Compliance alert. Flags lawsuits with crimes or classes in the AML scope: crimes against public administration, against public finances, smuggling and other codes selected for this alert.
• True means: There is an AML risk signal in the lawsuit. It is a curated subset — the full criminal catalog is criminal.
• Related tags: criminal tax public_civil

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criminal

• When it is flagged: Any criminal, misdemeanor or juvenile offense lawsuit: crimes, misdemeanors and the juvenile-offense mirror, even when the fact also belongs to another tag.
• True means: There is a criminal offense or juvenile offense in the lawsuit. The thematic tag (tax, environmental, family etc.) may come alongside.
• Related tags: pld tax environmental environmentalCrimes family_succession juvenile military public_civil

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environmentalCrimes

• When it is flagged: Narrow subset of the two environmental-crime branches of the TPU. Flags by subject only.
• True means: The lawsuit subject is an environmental crime. The same lawsuit always also gets environmental and criminal.
• Related tags: environmental criminal

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slavery

• When it is flagged: Slave labor, human trafficking for that purpose and the so-called “dirty list”. Flags by subject only.
• True means: The lawsuit is about slave-like labor. The corresponding crime also flags criminal.
• Related tags: criminal labor

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Financial and Credit

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banking

• When it is flagged: Banking contracts, cards, financing, consortium, fiduciary lien, SFH, rural credit, credit notes and other banking matters. Also flags when any party has the CNPJ root of a bank, finance company or payment fintech.
• True means: The lawsuit is a banking one by subject, by class or because a financial institution is on either side.
• Note: The CNPJ root alone flags only banking.
• Related tags: consumer debt_collection contract_law

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debt_collection

• When it is flagged: Collection of private credit: monitory action, enforcement of extrajudicial instruments, judgment enforcement, motions to stay, attachment, credit instruments, protest, default and payment.
• True means: The lawsuit collects or enforces a private credit.
• Note: Court-ordered public debts are in precatory; tax/public debt is in fiscal_execution.
• Related tags: precatory fiscal_execution banking

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bankruptcy

• When it is flagged: Judicial reorganization, bankruptcy, liquidation and creditor competition, including the classification of Treasury public credit within the insolvency.
• True means: The lawsuit is the insolvency proceeding or an incident of it.
• Related tags: fiscal_execution company_law

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fiscal_execution

• When it is flagged: Collection of active public debt, tax or non-tax: tax foreclosure, motions to stay tax foreclosure and public credit classification.
• True means: The Public Treasury is collecting a CDA (certificate of active debt).
• Related tags: tax environmental bankruptcy debt_collection

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precatory

• When it is flagged: Precatório and small-value requisition (RPV), including lawsuits that will still generate one. Also flags when a public entity from the dictionary is on the defendant side.
• True means: There is a precatório or RPV, or the Treasury is being charged on the defendant side by an entity on the list.
• Note: The public CNPJ only counts on the defendant side.
• Related tags: debt_collection public_administrative

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tax

• When it is flagged: Taxes, fees, contributions, tax credit and administrative tax proceedings, including IBS, CBS, tax active debt and crimes against the tax order and public finances.
• True means: A tax or tax crime is under discussion.
• Related tags: fiscal_execution social_security criminal

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insurers

• When it is flagged: Insurance contracts, DPVAT and SPVAT. Also flags when any party has the CNPJ root of an insurer, on any side.
• True means: Insurance is in the subject or an insurer is in the lawsuit.
• Related tags: contract_law consumer

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Civil and Corporate

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civil_liability

• When it is flagged: Civil damages in general: civil liability, moral damages, material damages and right of reply under the former Press Law.
• True means: Civil reparation is under discussion. When the damage belongs to a theme with its own tag (consumer, health, traffic), both tags may come together.
• Related tags: consumer health transport

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contract_law

• When it is flagged: Specific civil and commercial contracts: sale, services, construction, agency, donation, loan for use, deposit, publishing, loan, penalty clause, earnest money, termination and eviction.
• True means: The subject of the dispute is the contract. Lease, insurance, transport and banking contracts also get the theme tag.
• Related tags: real_estate insurers transport banking

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company_law

• When it is flagged: Companies, corporate types, dissolution and capital markets.
• True means: The lawsuit discusses the company or the capital market.
• Note: Franchising, commercial representation and judicial reorganization have their own tags.
• Related tags: bankruptcy contract_law

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consumer

• When it is flagged: Consumer relationship: the Consumer Law tree, crimes against consumers and debt renegotiation for over-indebtedness.
• True means: There is a consumer relationship. Health plans, telephony, energy, water, schools, banks and transport also get the sector tag.
• Related tags: health telecom energy sanitation education banking airlines

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real_estate

• When it is flagged: Real property, possession, ownership, condominium, lease, adverse possession, property registration, expropriation, agrarian policy and housing finance.
• True means: The asset or contract under discussion is real estate.
• Related tags: family_succession public_administrative contract_law

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intellectual_property

• When it is flagged: Trademark, patent, industrial design, copyright, software and publishing contracts, including crimes against intellectual property.
• True means: The legal interest in dispute is intellectual property.
• Related tags: criminal contract_law

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data_protection

• When it is flagged: LGPD and processing of personal data, identified by their own subject or class.
• True means: The dispute is about the personal data itself — not just a contract or service that happens to process data.
• Related tags: consumer social_media

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Public and Institutional

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public_administrative

• When it is flagged: Administrative Law and other public-law matters in that tree: public servants, public procurement, administrative fines and expropriation.
• True means: The matter is administrative. Health, education, energy, sanitation and expropriation still get the theme tag.
• Related tags: health education real_estate social_security precatory

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public_civil

• When it is flagged: Public civil action, administrative misconduct (improbidade) and the impeachable offenses in the dictionary.
• True means: The lawsuit is a collective public-protection or misconduct case.
• Related tags: criminal public_administrative environmental

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electoral

• When it is flagged: Elections, parties, campaigning, certification of elected officials, electoral crimes and Electoral Court matters.
• True means: The matter is electoral.
• Related tags: social_media criminal

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military

• When it is flagged: Military Courts, military crimes, pensions and Armed Forces proceedings.
• True means: The lawsuit is military.
• Related tags: criminal public_administrative

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environmental

• When it is flagged: Environment in the civil, administrative and criminal spheres: the environmental tree, sanitation when classified in that branch and the two environmental-crime branches. Flags by subject only.
• True means: The matter is environmental.
• Related tags: environmentalCrimes criminal sanitation fiscal_execution

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Labor, Family and Social

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labor

• When it is flagged: Employment relationship, labor payments, FGTS and labor procedure.
• True means: The matter is labor-related.
• Related tags: gig_platform transport social_security

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gig_platform

• When it is flagged: A party is a platform that intermediates mass app-based work (ride-hailing, deliveries, on-demand services). Flags by CNPJ root only — the TPU has no specific subject.
• True means: Uber, 99, iFood, Rappi, Loggi or another platform on the list is in the lawsuit.
• Related tags: labor consumer

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family_succession

• When it is flagged: Marriage, stable union, filiation, alimony, custody, guardianship, adoption, probate, partition and civil registry, including crimes against the family and ECA family proceedings.
• True means: The lawsuit is a family or succession case.
• Related tags: juvenile real_estate criminal

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juvenile

• When it is flagged: ECA (Child and Adolescent Statute) matters: juvenile offenses, protective measures, adoption, custody, alimony and foster care.
• True means: The lawsuit follows the children-and-youth framework.
• Related tags: family_succession criminal education social_media

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social_security

• When it is flagged: RGPS benefits, length of service, BPC, Bolsa Família and welfare aid; social security contributions, public servant retirement, private pension, social security enforcement in Labor Courts and benefit deductions.
• True means: A social security or welfare benefit, contribution, regime or deduction is under discussion.
• Related tags: tax public_administrative labor

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education

• When it is flagged: Right to education, enrollment, tuition, school transport and the administrative education tree. Flags by subject only.
• True means: The lawsuit is about education.
• Related tags: consumer juvenile public_administrative

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health

• When it is flagged: Right to health, health plans, hospital services and the administrative health tree. Also flags when any party has the CNPJ root of a health plan operator.
• True means: The lawsuit is about health or a health plan operator is a party.
• Related tags: consumer public_administrative civil_liability

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Regulated Sectors

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energy

• When it is flagged: Electricity supply, energy concessions and gas supply. Also flags when any party has the CNPJ root of an energy or gas distributor.
• True means: The service is energy or gas, or the distributor is in the lawsuit.
• Related tags: consumer public_administrative

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sanitation

• When it is flagged: Water supply, water and sewage, waste collection and sanitation. Also flags when any party has the CNPJ root of a sanitation company.
• True means: The service is water, sewage or waste, or the concessionaire is in the lawsuit.
• Related tags: environmental consumer

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telecom

• When it is flagged: Telephony, broadcasting and telecom concessions. Also flags when any party has the CNPJ root of a carrier.
• True means: The service is telecom or the carrier is in the lawsuit.
• Related tags: consumer

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airlines

• When it is flagged: Air transport, flight delays and cancellations, lost baggage and airport concessions. Also flags when any party has the CNPJ root of an airline.
• True means: The lawsuit is air-related by subject or because the airline is a party.
• Related tags: consumer transport

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transport

• When it is flagged: Maritime, land and waterway transport, transport contracts and concessions, traffic, driver’s licenses and traffic accidents; also vehicle pledge, search and seizure under DL 911/69, transport vouchers and school transport.
• True means: The lawsuit is about transport or traffic. Air transport is in airlines.
• Related tags: airlines civil_liability labor contract_law

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social_media

• When it is flagged: A social network as a party (CNPJ root) or TPU subjects tied to networks, the internet and messaging: electoral campaigning on social media, messaging apps and the internet, electoral disinformation, cyberbullying and monetized digital content involving children and adolescents.
• True means: A social network is a party or the subject involves networks, messaging or the internet.
• Note: Meta’s root covers Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads; Google’s covers YouTube and other Google Brasil services.
• Related tags: electoral criminal juvenile data_protection

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Rules for how tags coexist