Mexico’s Supreme Court has set a new precedent concerning the validity of clauses submitting disputes to foreign jurisdictions when such clauses are included in Terms and Conditions or Adhesion Contracts. Although this ruling was specifically issued in the context of Terms and Conditions accepted through websites, the reasoning behind it may be extended in the
On October 15, 2024, the Second Resolution of Amendments to the General Rules of International Trade for 2024 and Annexes 1, 2, 5 and 24 was published in the Official Journal of the Federation, through which important changes were made to the Company Certification Program (Esquema de Certificación de Empresas).
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An important decree that completely overhauls Mexico’s Judicial Branch by amending, supplementing and repealing more than 18 articles of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States was published in the evening edition of the Official Journal of the Federation on Sunday, September 15, 2024 (the “Amendment”).
The main changes to the Judicial Branch brought
On June 14th, 2024, a decree was published in the Official Journal of the Federation amending articles 129 and 148 of the Amparo Law regarding suspensions of official legal acts in amparo lawsuits where the unconstitutionality of general laws (e.g., federal and state laws, regulations, decrees, agreements and all types of resolutions of
New General Law on Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
On January 26, 2024th, the new General Law on Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (“GLADRM”) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation, in compliance with the 2017 constitutional amendment that made Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms a constitutionally protected practice in Mexico.
The GLADRM seeks
As a consequence of social distancing triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, several articles of the Civil Code and of the Notarial Law of Mexico City were amended by means of a decree published in the Official Gazette of Mexico City on August 4, 2021, for purposes of implementing the use of electronic media primarily with
A Decree published in the Official Journal of the Federation on March 11, 2021 amends and adds several provisions to the Mexican Constitution regarding the structure, functions and organization of the Mexican Federal Judiciary, as well as to the rules for handling certain constitutional cases. Such amendments were proposed by the Chief Justice of the