The Use of Commercial Arbitration in Times of COVID-19COVID-19 has already had a dramatic and profound impact on commercial operations and even on the solvency of many businesses in various sectors of the…→
Suspension of Legal Deadlines and Terms of the Tax Administration ServiceOn May 4, 2020, the sixth advance version of the First Resolution of Amendments to the Miscellaneous Tax Resolution for 2020 ("First Resolution of…→
Update: Suspension of Terms and Deadlines at the Ministry of Energy, the Energy Regulatory Commission, and the National Energy Control CenterThe following agreements relating to energy-sector authorities were published today in the Official Gazette of the Federation:→
Update: Second Extension of the Suspension of Terms and Deadlines at the National Hydrocarbons CommissionThe "Agreement amending the agreement that modifies the one declaring the suspension of deadlines and terms in the acts and proceedings conducted before…→
Update: Suspension of Deadlines and Terms at SEMARNAT and Designation of Working Days and Hours for ASEAOn April 30, 2020, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources ("SEMARNAT") published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the "Agreement…→
Criteria for Classifying COVID-19 as an Occupational DiseaseThe Mexican Social Security Institute recently issued criteria to determine in which cases infection by the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19) must be…→
Extension of the suspension of the activities and deadlines of the National Copyright InstituteDue to the COVID-19 contingency, on May 1, 2020, the agreement extending the suspension of deadlines and activities that ran from March 26 to April 30,…→
How to survive COVID-19? A Guide for Company Directors and OfficersThe COVID-19 pandemic, or coronavirus as it is commonly known, has drastically changed the world economy and its effects are not yet quantifiable.→
Third extension of the suspension of the activities of the Federal Economic Competition Commission and its proceedingsAt its session held on April 27, the Commission’s Plenary agreed that the initial period (March 23 to April 17) and the second period (April 20 to April…→
Measures by Banco de México to foster liquidity in the financial market in the face of the COVID-19 pandemicWith the aim of promoting liquidity and the orderly functioning of the Mexican financial system in the face of the complex economic situation arising from…→
The USMCA will enter into force on July 1, 2020Today the United States Trade Representative notified its Congress that both Mexico and Canada had taken the necessary measures to fulfill their…→
Labor inspections and possible alternatives from a labor perspective to address the health emergency generated by the SARS-CoV2 virus (COVID-19)As we informed you in a timely manner, on April 21, 2020, the Agreement amending the extraordinary actions to address the health emergency generated by the…→
The application of the extraordinary measures adopted against the SARS-CoV2 virus (COVID-19) is modifiedToday an agreement of the Ministry of Health was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation modifying the application of some of the extraordinary…→
Decree granting tax benefitsToday, in the morning edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation, the “Decree granting tax benefits to the taxpayers indicated therein” (“Decree”)…→
New agreements extending the suspension of time periods and activities of various authorities in matters of Intellectual PropertyOn April 13, 2020, the Federal Court of Administrative Justice (“TFJA”) issued agreement SS/11/2020, through which it extended the suspension of terms and…→
Update: Suspension of terms and time periods for the Ministry of EnergyToday the Ministry of Energy (“SENER”) published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the “Agreement amending and adding to the one establishing the…→
Update: Extension of the suspension of terms and time periods of the National Hydrocarbons CommissionToday, the “Agreement amending the one declaring the suspension of time periods and terms in the acts and proceedings conducted before the National…→
The deadline for the enactment of Cannabis legislation is extendedLast Friday, the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation granted, in a private session, a second extension to the Congress of the Union to…→
Update: Suspension of terms and time periods, as well as the enabling of business days and hours for the Ministry of the Environment and Natural ResourcesToday the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (“SEMARNAT”) published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the “Agreement whereby the…→
The impact of COVID-19 on leasesAs part of the measures implemented by the Federal Government in response to the health crisis generated by the SARS-CoV2 virus (COVID-19), the public,…→
Extension of the suspension of the activities of the Federal Economic Competition Commission and its proceedingsThe Plenum of the Commission, in its session held today, resolved that the initial period of suspension of terms (March 23 to April 17) will be extended.→
Dissemination by the Mexican Social Security Institute of the legal and administrative instruments available to facilitate the payment of employer-employee contributionsBy communication number 191, dated April 13, 2020, ("Communication") the Technical Council of the Mexican Social Security Institute ("IMSS") disseminated…→
Analysis of the administrative facilities and tax incentives granted by various States of the RepublicIn light of the recent economic and health situation facing the country, arising from the pandemic caused by COVID-19, various States have announced and…→
Federal and State Economic Support and/or Tax Incentives in Response to COVID-19As a consequence of the health emergency declared this past March 30 of the current year on account of the COVID-19 disease, both the Federal Government…→