Brazil STJ rules consumer recording in company legal dept admissible as evidence

Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) 4th Panel ruled that a consumer's surreptitious recording made in a company's legal department is admissible as evidence, provided the content does not involve legal practice or attorney-client privilege. The decision, in a case against a higher education institution over a postgraduate course cancellation, clarifies evidentiary standards in consumer disputes and limits corporate legal-secrecy protections.