Jurisdiction to settle a dispute arising from adhesion banking contracts

Practically all existing legal relationships between banking service providers and their customers are governed by the provisions of adhesion contracts, which the Federal Consumer Protection Law defines as the formats in which a provider unilaterally determines the terms and conditions to be applied to the provision of a service, i.e., customers or users acquire certain […]
Acedo Santamarina “Ten years of recognition”.

For the tenth consecutive year, Acedo Santamarina, S.C. was recognized by The Legal 500 (Latin America Guide 2019), Chambers and Partners and Who’s Who Legal as one of the best law firms in Mexico.
The deadline for Financial Technology Institutions (the “FTIs”) to submit their application to the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) has expired.

In 2013, the Mexican authorities were questioned regarding the domestic regulatory process for FTTs, which prompted them, together with the industry itself, to study, explore and work on the creation of regulations that would address the national and international context in this area. In 2018, the Law to Regulate Financial Technology Institutions, better known as […]
Acedo Santamarina collaborates with “Sociedad Activa” to bring education and culture to agricultural fields in Sonora

As part of our firm’s social responsibility program, Acedo Santamarina signed a collaboration agreement with Appleeseed Mexico, which will provide pro bono legal services to civil society organizations that seek to positively impact our community.
Increase in the IEPS rate

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 74, Section IV, second paragraph of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, the Federal Executive shall submit to the Chamber of Deputies the Income Law Initiative and the Federal Expenditure Budget Bill no later than September 8, and the corresponding Secretary of State shall appear before the […]
Possibility of not paying fines resulting from the declaration of nullity or revocation of the administrative act.

On April 30, 2019, the Tax Administration Service published Annex 7 of the Miscellaneous Tax Resolution, which contains the regulatory criterion 17/CFF/N under the heading: “Declaration of plain and simple nullity or the revocation of the corresponding resolution does not detract from spontaneous compliance”.
Tax remission is eliminated

The Decree became effective the day after its publication, i.e. May 21, 2019, and will be in force until 2024.
Freedom of expression vs. the right to honor and privacy

This paper will discuss the balance between the right to freedom of expression of journalists and the media in relation to the publication of articles, reports, or news and the right to honor and the right to privacy of a public figure. This topic will be mainly addressed based on the pronouncements made by the […]
NOM Publication

On March 8, 2019, the Official Mexican Standard “NOM-184-SCFI-2018 Regulatory elements and specific obligations to be observed by providers for the commercialization and/or provision of telecommunications services when using a public telecommunications network” (the “NOM 184”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, which replaces and cancels the one published on August 24, […]
Constitutionality of the state of interdiction, (in commemoration of the World Down Syndrome Day)

In this article we will discuss the concept of the state of interdiction to which persons with some type of physical, sensory, intellectual, emotional and/or mental disability may be subject, based on the provisions of the law as well as the perspective that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation has had in recent […]