NOM-017-STPS-2024 Comes into effect Personal protective equipment in workplaces
This week, Mexican Official Standard NOM-017-STPS-2024, Personal Protective Equipment – Selection, Use, and Handling in Workplaces, was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on March 28, 2025, which replaces NOM-101-STPS-1994 and the previous version of NOM-017 from 2008 published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. Key changes in this new NOM […]
Non-Retroactivity of Laws under the Fifth Transitory Article of the Decree Amending the Mining Law
On August 29, 2025, case law 1a./J. 218/2025 (11a.) was published, issued by the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico, wherein it was recognized that the Fifth Transitory Article of the Decree amending the Mining Law does not violate the constitutional principle of non-retroactivity of laws. It must first be recalled […]
Press release 183/2025 issued by the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico
On June 26th, 2025, the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico (SCJN) issued press release 183/2025 stating that the reforms made in 2023 to the Mining Law, National Water Law, General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection, and General Law for the Prevention and Comprehensive Management of Waste, in matters of mining and water […]
SCJN outlines key criteria on mining reform: five isolated precedents from the same amparo injuctions clarify the scope of non-retroactivity and regulatory obligations
The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation published, on Friday, August 8, 2025, in the Judicial Weekly of the Federation, five isolated theses arising from the same amparo on review (AR 391/2024, TMXI Resources, S.A. de C.V.), which clarify the scope of the 2023 reform regarding mining and water concessions. […]
Víctor Luis
Castillo Bujanda
Associate
Miguel Alejandro
Rivera García
Associate
Quarterly Update Notice – 2024 Fourth Quarter National Registry of Foreign Investments
Being faithful to our mission to preserve the due compliance of your companies, it is of vital importance to notify you that next January 17th, 2025, is the deadline to file before National Registry of Foreign Investments, the Quarterly Udpate Notice related to the Fourth Quarter of 2024. Such notice is filed by individuals or […]
Economic Package for Fiscal Year 2025: Initiative to Reform the Federal Duties Law
On November 15, 2024, the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit delivered to the Chamber of Deputies the Economic Package for the Fiscal Year 2025, which includes, among other documents, the Initiative with Draft Decree Reforming, Adding and Repealing Various Provisions of the Federal Duties Law.
Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico resolves an appeal filed against the Mining Law Reform
On October 9th, 2024, the Supreme Court resolved an appeal filed by the Federal Executive, the Congress of the Union and the Ministry of Economy, as responsible authorities, which was filed against a judgment issued by a District Court, through which the Fifth Transitory Article of the Decree that reformed, among others, the Mining Law, was challenged.
Constitutional Reform Initiative on the prohibition of open pit mining.
Last February 05th, 2024, a series of initiatives were presented by the Federal Executive of Mexico, with the purpose of amending the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States; one of these initiatives is the “Decree by which several provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States are reformed, regarding the right to food, healthy environment and right to water.”, in the initiative and the included “Diagnose”, the Executive mentions that “The residues produced by open pit mining, are not only solid residues, and are also composed of residual waters, which extend to farther areas”.
