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Amendments To The Anti-Money Laundering Laws

On June 30, 2025, the Mexican Congress passed sweeping amendments to the Federal Law to Prevent and Identify Transactions with Unlawful Proceeds ("LFPIORPI") and the Federal Penal Code...

Mexico Government

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Dentons Lopez Velarde

Reformas a las Leyes de Prevención de Lavado de Dinero

El 30 de junio de 2025, el Congreso de la Unión aprobó reformas de gran alcance a la Ley Federal para la Prevención e Identificación de Operaciones con Recursos de Procedencia Ilícita...

Mexico Government

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Dentons Lopez Velarde

FinCEN Designates Three Mexican Financial Institutions As Primary Money Laundering Concerns Linked To Opioid Trafficking

On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") issued three orders designating CIBanco S.A., Intercam Banco S.A., and Vector Casa de Bolsa...

Mexico Government

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Redesigning Justice: The Impact Of Mexico's Judicial Elections

On June 1, 2025, Mexico held its first ever elections to replace the federal judicial branch, marking a transformative shift in how federal judges are selected.

Mexico Government

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Novas Regras para Homologação e Operação dos Sistemas Free Flow nas Rodovias Brasileiras

Brazil Government

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Mayer Brown

Protección Del Patrimonio Cultural De Las Comunidades Indígenas En Música, Cine Y Televisión

Mexico Government

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OLIVARES

Foreign Capital: What Restrictions Exist In Mexico?

Mexico Government

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

Capital Extranjero: ¿Qué restricciones existen en México?

Mexico Government

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

Trámites Más Simples, Empresas Más Fuertes: la nueva Ley Nacional para Eliminar Trámites Burocráticos y Corrupción

Mexico Government

Tracer

New Federal Decree Regulates Renovabio Penalties

Brazil Government

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Mayer Brown

2021: Doing Business In Paraguay

Paraguay Government

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World Law Group

2021: Doing Business In The Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Government

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World Law Group

Brasília em Pauta – Edição Nº 197

Brazil Government

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Mayer Brown

Unprecedented Nullification Of The Biannual Public Tender Formedicine Procurement.

Mexico Government

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OLIVARES

Federal Government Publishes BR Do Mar Program Regulation

Brazil Transport

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Mayer Brown

DHS Announces End Of TPS Designations For Nicaragua And Honduras

Nicaragua Immigration

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

How The US Rollback On D&I Filters Out Beyond Its Shores (Video)

Brazil Commercial

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Ius Laboris

FinCEN Uses The FEND Off Fentanyl Act For First Time To Prohibit Funds Transfers With Three Mexican Financial Institutions

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Reformas a la Ley Federal de Competencia Económica: Cambios en materia de notificación de concentraciones

Mexico Anti-trust

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Federal Law

International Treaties Over The Ordinary Federal Law. Precedent Issued By The Mexican Supreme Court

Recently, the Mexican Supreme Court has once more sustained a discussion over how Section 133 of the Mexican Constitution must be interpreted. Section 133 determines the order of priorities in our legal system.

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Becerril Coca & Becerril

Transfer Of Hydrocarbons´ Ownership To Provinces

Law No. 26,197 (the "Federalization Law"), has amended section 1 of Hydrocarbons Law, which now sets forth that liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon fields belong either to the federal or provincial government, depending on the territory where they are located.

Argentina Energy

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Beretta Godoy

The Current Legal Framework Of The Data Privacy And Personal Information Protection In Mexico

Since the enactment of the Federal Constitution in 1917, the post government administrations show no particular interest to implement neither a formal nor a comprehensive legislation and policies, regarding the protection of Personal Data of the citizens in Mexico.

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Vera Abogados, S.C.

Recent Amendments In The Nullity Claim Prosecuted Before The Federal Court For Tax And Administrative Affairs

BC

Becerril Coca & Becerril

Argentina: Damages For Delay in Air Transportation

Argentina Transport

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Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP

Mexico’s Congress Approves Important Amendments to The Competition Law Which Will Force Companies Operating in Mexico to Review and Change Their Business Practices in Mexico

Mexico Anti-trust

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Sanchez Devanny

New Contributor´s Federal Law

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Sanchez Devanny

Nueva ley federal de derechos del contribuyente

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Sanchez Devanny

Una Mayor Protección Para Sus Marcas ¿Es Posible?

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Sanchez Devanny

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Inward/ Foreign Investment

Foreign Capital: What Restrictions Exist In Mexico?

One of the most common questions we receive when foreigners—whether individuals or legal entities—want to start business operations in Mexico is whether any restrictions...

Mexico Government

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

Capital Extranjero: ¿Qué restricciones existen en México?

Una de las preguntas más comunes que recibimos cuando extranjeros, ya sean personas físicas o morales...

Mexico Government

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

Colombia's Response To Unfavourable Investment Arbitration: Renegotiate The Bilateral Investment Treaty

In November 2024, an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal ordered Colombia to pay Telefónica — a Spanish telecommunications company...

Colombia International

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Road To Compliance: Managing Legal Risk In Mexico's Supply Chains Amid FTO Designations And FCPA Pause

Mexico International

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

Trámites Más Simples, Empresas Más Fuertes: la nueva Ley Nacional para Eliminar Trámites Burocráticos y Corrupción

Mexico Government

Tracer

2021: Doing Business In Paraguay

Paraguay Government

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World Law Group

2021: Doing Business In The Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Government

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World Law Group

2021: Doing Business In Colombia

Colombia Commercial

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World Law Group

2023: Doing Business In Chile

Chile Government

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World Law Group

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Indigenous Peoples

Actualizaciones en materia Ambiental en Latinoamérica: marzo y abril 2025

La presente alerta tiene por objeto destacar las noticias más relevantes en materia ambiental en Latinoamérica durante marzo y abril de 2025.

Worldwide Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Protección Del Patrimonio Cultural De Las Comunidades Indígenas En Música, Cine Y Televisión

¿Cómo es la protección de las leyes mexicanas al patrimonio cultural de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas por el hecho de que se filmen bienes culturales?

Mexico Government

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OLIVARES

Federal Decree Regulates FUNAI's Enforcement Powers

Federal Decree No. 12,373/2025, published on February 3, 2025, reinforces FUNAI's regulatory authority over indigenous lands and restricted areas by outlining offenses...

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Minas Gerais Publishes Decree Regulating FPIC In Its Environmental Licensing Processes

Brazil Environment

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Mayer Brown

Actualizaciones en Materia Ambiental en Latinoamérica: mayo y junio 2024

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig

Mexico Amends Human Trafficking Law To Include Excess Work Shifts As A Crime Of Labor Exploitation

Mexico Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Actualizaciones En Materia Ambiental En Latinoamérica: Marzo Y Abril 2024

Mexico Environment

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Greenberg Traurig

Actualizaciones En Materia Ambiental En Latinoamérica: Marzo Y Abril 2024

Argentina Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Congress Rejects Presidential Vetoes To Federal Law That Establishes Time Limit Requirement For Indigenous Lands Demarcation

Brazil Government

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Mayer Brown

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Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

President Trump Revives His Hardline Cuba Policy

On June 30, 2025, President Donald Trump formally reissued National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 (NSPM-5), Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba...

Cuba International

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Steptoe LLP

Road To Compliance: Managing Legal Risk In Mexico's Supply Chains Amid FTO Designations And FCPA Pause

As geopolitical tensions and global regulatory enforcement continue to shift, many international companies operating in Mexico find themselves in uncharted territory.

Mexico International

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Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

Venezuela's TPS Designation: Federal Judge Issues Nationwide Order Temporarily Reinstating Program

A U.S. district court judge recently issued a temporary nationwide order postponing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's decision to cancel the extension...

Venezuela Immigration

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

DHS Update Regarding Temporary Protected Status For Venezuela

Venezuela Immigration

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Barnes & Thornburg

Dispelling The Myth: Corporations In Panama

Panama Commercial

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ECIJA Panama

Desmintiendo El Mito: Sociedades Anónimas En Panamá

Panama Commercial

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ECIJA Panama

The Impact Of Designated Non-Financial Businesses And Professions In Mexico's Anti-Money Laundering Landscape

Mexico Government

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Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa

Commerce, State Departments Restrict Exports To Nicaragua, Citing Human Rights Abuses

Worldwide International

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Wiley Rein

Beneficiarios Finales En Colombia: Qué Información Debe Registrar Y Por Qué

Colombia Commercial

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TMF Group BV

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