The DECREE that amends, adds, and repeals various provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding the reform of the Judicial Branch, came into effect on September 16, 2024 (the “Judicial Reform”). The Judicial Reform restructures the institutional framework of the Mexican judicial system as follows: * * * This document is for informational purposes only...

Mexico’s outgoing president has proposed and is advocating for a constitutional amendment that could fundamentally alter the country’s judicial system. Meanwhile, the president-elect, who will take office in October, seems to support the amendment but has expressed her willingness to discuss specific issues. The final composition of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies will be known in August,...

On January 25, 2024, the Decree amending, adding, and repealing various financial laws regarding administrative procedures (“DECRETO por el que se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas leyes financieras en materia de procedimiento administrativo”) (the “Decree”) came into effect.  The Decree amended, added, and abrogated different legal provisions in different laws that regulate the Mexican financial system to establish new...

Mexico City, November 22, 2023. Amendment and Potential Challenge to the Regulations of the Federal Law on Games and Lotteries The “DECREE amending, adding, and repealing various provisions of the Regulations of the Federal Law on Games and Lotteries” was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on November 16, 2023, (the “Decree”). The Decree took effect on...

Mexico City, May 9, 2023. Preliminary comments on potentially challenging the recent amendments to Mexico’s Mining Law and related laws         The “Decree amending, adding and repealing several provisions of the Mining Law, the National Water Law, the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection and the General Law for the Prevention and Integral Management of Waste, regarding...

This note explains the creation, integration, operation, and organization of the new Collegiate Courts of Appeals as courts of the Federal Judicial Branch. I. Constitutional reform on judicial matters             On March 11, 2021, the “Decree whereby several provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States related to the Federal Judicial Branch are amended and supplemented” (“Decree”)...