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Mexico City, June 24th, 2022.   In May 2022, the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (“INAI”) published its most recent document and guide for protecting personal data «Recommendations for the Processing of Personal Data derived from the use of Artificial Intelligence.» (“Guide”). It establishes the main recommendations forLeer más

Mexico City, June 20th, 2022,   On June 13th, 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare published its «Federal Labor Inspection Program 2022«, which establishes, as its main objective, the supervision of compliance with labor regulations.   The Program includes a new inspection model which will be carried out by the Decent Work UnitLeer más

Mexico City, June 15th, 2022.   The Executive Power through the Ministry of Health published last May 31 in the Official Gazette of the Federation the «Decree prohibiting the circulation and commercialization in the interior of the Republic, regardless of their origin, of Electronic Nicotine Deliver Systems («ENDS»), Electronic Non-Nicotine Delivery Systems («ENNDS»), Alternative NicotineLeer más

Mexico City, May 20th , 2022.   As already announced by the government, on May 18, 2022, the Decree amending the Fifth Transitory Article of the Federal Labor Law on matters dealing with labor justice, was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.   With this, the term to start operations of the ConciliationLeer más

Mexico City, May 3rd , 2022.   On April 28th, 2022, a Decree was published in the Federal Official Gazette that reforms Section IX of Article 132 and Section V of Article 204 of the Federal Labor Law.   The reform imposes on employers the obligation to grant their employees the necessary time to exerciseLeer más

Mexico City, April 25th, 2022.   The General Conference of UNESCO proclaimed on 1995 that on April 23 of every year ‘World Book and CopyrightDay’ would be commemorated. Mexico is the country with the longest copyright term, covering the life of the author plus one hundred years. Our Federal Copyright Law was enacted 1996.  InLeer más

Mexico City, April 21st, 2022. On April 20th, 2022, the Mining Bill was published on the Mexican Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación) adding and amending several provisions to the Mining Law (Ley Minera) to regulate the exploitation and utilization of lithium (the “Mining Bill”). The Mining Bill amends articles 1, 5, 9 andLeer más

Mexico City, April 12th, 2022. On April 7th, 2022, the National Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico (SCJN), resolved the action of unconstitutionality filed by a group of senators against the Electricity Industry Law, which was amended, added, and repealed on March 9th, 2021. The qualified majority of 8 votes out of 11 was notLeer más

Mexico City, March 31st, 2022.   The Federal Economic Competition Commission (“COFECE” for its acronym in Spanish) announced today that it has initiated investigation no. IEBC-001-2022 to determine the possible existence in the retail e-commerce market of barriers to competition and free market access and/or essential inputs that may generate anti-competitive effects in Mexico. COFECELeer más

Mexico City, March 17th, 2022.   On March 15th, 2022, the Mexican Senate ratified Convention190 of the International Labor Organization (“ILO”) on workplace violence and harassment, which aims to force employers to establish preventive and disciplinary measures to eradicate any type of physical and/or psychosocial violence that workers may suffer in the provision of theirLeer más