Legal briefings

The amendments to the General Rules of the Anti-Money Laundering Law have been published, consolidating a compliance model based on risk-level assessment, transaction traceability, and continuous monitoring...

The IMSS has identified companies that improperly use pension plans or similar arrangements to covertly pay part of their employees' wages. In response, the General Provisions Applicable to Pension Plans were amended, an information exchange agreemen...

A new Regulation is published establishing the procedure for determining and paying the fee to guarantee the non-expiration of national water rights, replacing the 2011 framework with significant changes to deadlines, fixed calendar quarter calculati...

The Assembly of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) unanimously approves the appointment of Mexico's IMPI as an International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority, making it the twenty-sixth such authority worldwide and the fourth to operate...

The IMSS mandates the exclusive use of the SAT's e.firma as the sole valid electronic authentication mechanism for enrollment procedures and registration of legal representatives, definitively replacing the NPIE...

Parliamentary groups introduce tax reform bills proposing taxes on inheritances, large fortunes, trusts, and luxury assets, aiming to reshape Mexico's tax collection system...

The IMSS issues rules for the enrollment of Mexican nationals repatriated from the United States and their legal beneficiaries in the Mandatory Social Security Regime, under the national strategy "México te abraza"...

Mexico introduces an expedited authorization mechanism for private investment projects in strategic sectors, with defined timeframes and a newly created Investment Committee...

Nearly six years after the enactment of the Federal Law on the Protection of Industrial Property, its new Regulations have been published, modernising the regulatory framework for industrial property in Mexico with significant practical implications...

The IMSS has updated the provisions that permit employers to provide childcare services at their own facilities through agreements with the Institute...