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For more than a decade, Portugal maintained two parallel electronic case management systems in its courts: the CITIUS platform, used for the judicial courts, and the SITAF platform, used for the administrative and tax courts. On 20 October, this duplication finally came to an end: Ministerial ...

On October 23, Decree-Law No. 112/2025, was published, as part of the public policy to accelerate public procurement mechanisms with a special focus on the public housing and controlled costs sector. It introduces the fifteenth amendment to the Public Contracts Code (CCP), approved by Decree-Law...

On 25 September 2025, the Government announced in the Council of Ministers a reduction in VAT to 6% on the construction of new housing with a sale value of up to €648,000.00, and for rentals with rents of up to €2,300.00/month. The measure was presented as the necessary ‘housing shock’ to boost t...

Having reached one year since the Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force, the European Commission has decided to launch a public consultation to assess its impact.  In this context, Google, in alignment with Apple, has stated that the DMA is causing unintended harm to both users and small ...

On September 4, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the transparency obligations set out in Article 50 of the Artificial Intelligence Regulation. The aim is to define guidelines and a Code of Practice on the transparency obligations in artificial intelligence (AI) systems...

Last week,  José Carlos Silva  represented Caldeira Pires at this year’s LC Annual Meeting in Bucharest, warmly hosted by Nicoleta Almaj and the team at Almaj Attorneys at Law. The event combined insightful discussions on collaboration, knowledge-sharing, AI in legal practice, membership grow...

The judicial holidays began on 16 July and will continue until 31 August. During this period, ‘non-urgent cases are suspended,’ but the courts do not close completely and justice ‘does not stop.’ This period has an impact on the judicial system and tends to exacerbate delays in justice, accord...

On June 30, the Supreme Court of Justice established case law on the interpretation of the limitation period applicable to suspended prison sentences during their execution, namely after the suspension period has elapsed without its revocation or extension. This ruling establishes an objective and...