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Filing of a lawsuit seeking damages before the state courts involving the same subject matter as a foreign arbitral award pending ratification before the Superior Court of Justice (STJ). Given that the ratification of the foreign arbitral award may create a judicial execution instrument (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 584, IV) and impose a rule of differentiated jurisdiction (Federal Constitution, Article 109, X), it is prudent to stay the adjudication of the appeal in the damages lawsuit before the state courts for a period of one year:

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