Eminent Domain: First Principles, Kelo, and In Service of Infrastructure Buildout
Due to amendments in 2012 and 2014 to the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States regarding the date of the transfer of the Federal Executive Power (Oct. 1 every six years), there were various interpretations...more
Una versión en español de esta Insight está disponible haciendo clic arriba. The Senate of the Republic recently approved the reform of the Judicial Branch, with 86 votes in favor and 41 against. This change is the largest...more
Las empresas en México han enfrentado cambios significativos en los últimos años con respecto a las leyes, regulaciones y prácticas laborales – y esto es particularmente cierto cuando se trata de relaciones laborales y...more
Businesses in Mexico have faced significant changes over the last few years regarding employment laws, regulations, and practices – and this is particularly true when it comes to labor relations and collective bargaining....more
The Constitutional Law Committee (Comisión de Puntos Constitucionales de la Cámara de Diputados or CPC) of Mexico's House of Representatives (Cámara de Diputados), on July 25, 2024, published a schedule to analyze and approve...more
El Ejecutivo Federal de México, el 14 de junio de 2024, publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF), el "Decreto por el que se reforman los Artículos 129 y 148 de la Ley de Amparo, Reglamentaria de los Artículos 103 y...more
El Ejecutivo Federal de México, el 5 de febrero de 2024, presentó a la Cámara de Diputados un paquete de iniciativas constitucionales y reformas secundarias, dentro de las cuales se encuentra la "Iniciativa que reforma,...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
En la Cámara de Diputados de México, el 18 de abril de 2022, se discutió y se llevó a cabo la votación del Proyecto de Decreto por el que se reforman los artículos 4, 25, 27 y 28 de la Constitución Política de los Estados...more
On October 1, 2021, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador submitted to the House of Representatives a bill to amend the Mexican constitution in respect of the electric power sector. The bill aims to reassert the...more
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), on Sept. 30, 2021, sent to Congress a constitutional reform proposal relating to Mexico's energy sector (the Proposal). For now, the Proposal consists of a few...more
On June 10, 2020, Senator Ricardo Monreal, President of the Senate’s multi-party coordination body, the Junta de Coordinación Política and leader of the ruling party’s senators, proposed a constitutional amendment to articles...more
El 8 de mayo de 2020 fue publicado en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF) el Decreto mediante el cual se reforma y adiciona el Artículo 4 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, el cual tiene como...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
In 2017, Mexico’s congress approved a key amendment to its Federal Commercial Code. The amendment is now driving dramatic changes to the country’s trial process. One of those changes — a shift from written to oral proceedings...more
Eight More Onshore and Offshore Farmouts Set for 2017 and 2018 Mexico's 2013 Energy Constitutional Reform opened exploration and production (E&P) of the oil and gas sectors to private investment and contracting....more
On February 24, 2017, Mexico’s Official Gazette of the Federation (known as the Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) published a decree that reformed and added several dispositions of Articles 107 and 123 of the Mexican...more
In what amounts to a sea-change in Mexican energy politics, each of a parliamentary group of Partido Acción Nacional ("PAN") and the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, is sponsoring its own bill to amend the Mexican...more
In This Issue: - Mexican Congress to Consider Constitutional Oil and Gas Reforms: Bold Stride Forward or Half-Step? - European Union adds legislative weight to the promotion of transparency in the extractive...more