On March 20, 2025, the evening edition of the Federal Official Gazette published a decree (the "Decree") enacting the General Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information ("LGTAIP"), the General Law on the Protection...more
On March 13, 2025, the Federal Official Gazette published the decree amending and repealing various provisions of the Amparo Law (the "Amendment").
Substance and Objectives of the Amendment -
This amendment to the Amparo...more
On February 5, 2024, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador submitted to the Chamber of Deputies a package of 18 constitutional amendments and two legal reform initiatives ("Initiatives") that aim, among other aspects, to...more
With the December 2023 enactment of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act ("FEPA"), the United States' anti-bribery laws now penalize the "demand-side" of foreign bribery. While, for decades, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more
Digital platforms and other information intermediaries, such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and Twitter have shaped and transformed the way we communicate, connect, and do business. Just before the turn of the 21st...more
10/27/2022
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Brazil ,
Digital Platforms ,
EU ,
Intermediaries ,
Latin America ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mexico ,
Peru ,
Social Media ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
On March 11, 2022, a reform to the Mexican Banking Law (Ley de Instituciones de Crédito) was published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación) in order to provide a new procedure for the defense of...more
3/15/2022
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Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Banking Sector ,
Blocked Person ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Insurance Industry ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
New Regulations ,
Terrorist Financing
In order to encourage the promotion and specialized attention of corporate restructurings and insolvency proceedings, by agreement of the Plenary of the Federal Judiciary Council of Mexico, two district courts specialized in...more
Effective as of April 23, 2020, the Mexican Competition Commission (“COFECE”) issued emergency regulations providing that, during and as long as the coronavirus pandemic is considered a health emergency, the service of...more
Following the previous client alert, published on April 22nd, 2020, listed below are the new measures issued by the Council of the Federal Judiciary and the Supreme Court of Justice for the mitigation and control of the...more
The present alert offers an analysis of the possible legal implications of coronavirus ("COVID-19") in civil and commercial commitments, under Mexican Law. The coronavirus was first notified on December 31, 2019, in Wuhan,...more
On February 12, 2020, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador brought forward to the Senate of the Republic the package of reforms to the Federal Judiciary (the "PJF") prepared by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (the...more
On March 19, 2019 a law initiative of Senator Ricardo Monreal Ávila was published in the Parliamentary Gazette of the Senate with a decree project, by means of which certain provisions of the Federal Civil Proceedings Code...more
4/10/2019
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Class Action ,
Class Members ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Corporate Officers ,
Mexico ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Municipal Securities Market ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Stock Markets ,
Tender Offers