The Clauses of a Lease Agreement may be Assessed from an Exploitation Perspective
Last Friday a new ruling of the First Chamber of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice was published constituting a mandatory precedent. This criterion determines that lease agreement clauses may be assessed from the perspective of exploitation when there is a disproportion between the economic benefits and the dignity of one of the parties is affected. […]
Jurisprudential Thesis on The Mandatory Publication of Shareholders’ General Meetings Calls on the Electronic System of the Ministry of Economy
The purpose of this note is to inform you about the recent binding precedent issued by the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (thesis 1a./J. 77/2025), which mandates the publication of shareholders’ general meeting calls on the electronic system established by the Ministry of Economy, irrespective of the provisions included in the company’s […]
New NOM on Energy Efficiency for Electric Motors in Mexico
On June 2nd, 2025, the Official Mexican Standard NOM-014-ENER-2024 was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”), which establishes the minimum energy efficiency limits, testing methods, and marking requirements for singlephase, squirrel-cage, air-cooled alternating current electric motors with power ratings ranging from 0.180 kW to 2.238 kW (the “NOM-014”). Background New Draft NOM […]
Telework as a Reasonable Accommodation
The purpose of this note is to analyze telework as a reasonable accommodation to enhance employment opportunities and promote the inclusion of employees with disabilities, with legal bases from the General Law for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (“LGIPD”). Background On January 11th, 2021, Chapter XII Bis was added to the Federal Labor Law […]
House Bill No. 40 – Delaware: Amendment to Delaware Trade Name Registration Procedure
On February 7th, 2025, Delaware enacted House Bill No. 40, amending various legal provisions related to the registration of trade names (also known as “Doing Business As” or “DBA”). These amendments will become effective on June 2nd, 2025. As of this date, all entities currently holding a registered trade name in Delaware will be required […]
Reduction of Working Hours in Mexico
From the moment she took office on October 1st, 2024, President Claudia Sheinbaum, stated that a priority for her government would be to promote the amendment to reduce the working hours. Since then, different parliamentary groups of the Congress of the Union have presented different initiatives, in which they basically coincide to approve a reduction […]
Mexico’s Supreme Court Limits Access about Banking Secrecy. – Local Prosecutors Now Require Judicial Authorization to Obtain Bank Records
On May 21st, 2025, the First Chamber of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (“SCJN”) declared the unconstitutionality of Article 142, Section II of the Law on Credit Institutions (as amended in 2016) on the grounds that it violates the right to privacy by granting local prosecutors the authority to request banking information […]
Resolution Granting Various Tax Benefits Related to the Construction, Regularization of Constructions, and the Incorporation of Condominium Property Regimes for Social and Affordable Housing
On April 3rd, 2025, the general resolution granting various tax benefits related to the construction, regularization of existing constructions, and the incorporation of condominium property regime for social and affordable housing, commercial premises, and parking spaces built, rehabilitated, adapted, or financed by INVI, FIVIDESU, FICAPRO, or any local or federal public institution, as well as […]
Implications of the Federal Law for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples and Communities in Trademark Registration
The Federal Law for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples and Communities (hereinafter, the “Law”), published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”) on January 17th, 2022, recognizes as collective cultural heritage the knowledge, expressions, symbols, designs, languages, art, music, traditional medicine, rituals, and other elements that form part […]
New General Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties
On March 20th, 2025, a Decree was published in the Official Gazette establishing a new regulatory framework for the protection of personal data in Mexico. Pursuant to this Decree, the following laws entered into force: the new General Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties, applicable to the private sector; the […]