Implementation of the New National Civil and Family Procedures Code and extinction of 35 civil and family courts in Mexico City
On June 13, 2024, the Judiciary of Mexico City published in the Judicial Gazette General Agreements 43-17/2024, 44-17/20214 and 45-17/2024 in which it was determined to approve: (i) the guidelines for the process of extinction of Civil and Family courts of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, (ii) the extinction of 24 Civil […]
Bid Project No. IFT-12.
On May 6, 2024, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (hereinafter, the “IFT”), published the Public Consultation of the draft terms and conditions of the Public Bidding to grant concessions for the use, development and commercial exploitation of various segments of the radioelectric spectrum available for the provision of Wireless Access services (Bid No. IFT-12), the purpose […]
Acedo Santamarina strengthens, as of today, its Probono and Family Litigation practices
We are very pleased to inform you that Acedo Santamarina strengthens, as of today, its Probono and Family Litigation practices, with the incorporation of Guadalupe Díaz S.G., as coordinator of these practice areas. She was the founder and led the Bufete Jurídico Gratuito Social, A.C. for nearly 20 years. This association is part of the probono work […]
Artificial intelligence: a challenge for the Mexican Tax Administration Service to audit
Pursuant to Article 21 of the Mexican Tax Administration Service Law, such entity of the Mexican Ministry of Finance and Public Credit is required to draft and publish on an annual basis a continuous improvement program that sets specific tax-related goals, such as the fight against tax evasion and avoidance, an improvement in tax collection […]
Injunction against social network blocking
In recent years, the authorities have been forced to adapt technological advances as tools for the proper exercise of their administration, providing, among other things, access to information for citizens. One of these tools has been precisely the social networks, particularly the Twitter platform or now called “X” because of the facility it represents, the […]
Amendments to the General Law of Negotiable Instruments and Credit Transactions and to the General Law of Credit Organizations and Auxiliary Activities regarding Electronic Means.
On March 26, 2024, a decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation amending, adding, and repealing several provisions of the General Law of Negotiable Instruments and Credit Transactions (“GLCIT“) and the General Law of Credit Organizations and Auxiliary Credit Activities (“GLCOAA“), hereinafter referred to as (the “Decree“). The main objective of […]
Implications of a possible change of telecommunications’ authority in Mexico
On February 5th, the President of Mexico submitted, for consideration of the Mexican Congress, several initiatives to amend the Mexican Constitution. Among them, the “organic simplification” or extinction of certain autonomous constitutional bodies (“OCAs” for its initials in spanish) in order to pursue republican austerity and avoid duplication of functions (between these and the Federal […]
Publication of the Public Bid No. IFT-13.
On January 24, 2024, the Plenary of the Federal Telecommunications Institute approved the “Call to the Public Bid to grant a concession for the commercial use, utilization and exploitation of the radio electric spectrum segment available in the Frequency Band 2483.5 – 2495 MHz for the provision of the Complementary Ground Service of the Mobile […]
New General Law on Alternative Mechanisms for Settling Disputes
As part of the 2017 constitutional amendment to Articles 17 and 73 section XXIX-A, the Congress of the Union was granted the mandate to promulgate a general law establishing the principles and bases for alternative mechanisms for settling disputes, with the exception of criminal matters, which according to the transitory articles of such constitutional reform […]
World’s first artificial intelligence regulation is born in Europe.
There is no doubt that the tool that will shape our generation in the coming years is artificial intelligence (“AI“). Recently, the development of AI at a global level has had a very accelerated growth. Although it is not an exclusive subject of study of the 21st century, considering that scientists of the 20th century […]