Lately, the issue of marijuana use is being discussed more than ever, and last week the Senate approved an opinion regarding this issue, but does this mean that marijuana is legal in Mexico? The answer is “NO”. So what did the Senate approve? The majority of the Senate approved on Read more…
By: José Díaz and Eumir Quintero Health Safety Guidelines for a New Labor Environment By decrees issued on May 14th and 15th of 2020, the Ministry of Health published on the Federal Official Gazette the strategy to resume social, educational and economic activities. The strategy contains the Health Safety Technical Read more…
By: José Díaz, Daniel Gutiérrez and Eumir Quintero March 31st 2020 Addenda (Federal Government’s clarification) to the Second Decree declaring emergency measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. It encourages the immediate suspension of non-essential activities between March 30th and April 30th 2020, in order to mitigate the dispersion and transmission of Read more…
By: Daniel Gutiérrez 1. What is the Mexican “Consejo de Salubridad General” (Health General Council, “CSG”) in view of the COVID-19 pandemic? The CSG Council is a special purpose (ad hoc) Constitutional Council that was established this March 24, 2020, to confront the SARS-Co-V2 (COVID-19) epidemic, and it is based Read more…
By: José Díaz & Eumir Quintero What activities must the company carry out to face the Health Contingency? In the midst of this pandemic by COVID-19, all sectors of society have been urged to adopt preventive and isolation measures to prevent further spread. In this sense, the Mexican Ministry of Read more…
“From Winter, plague and pestilence, good lord deliver us” Thomas Nashe, 1592 In general, the purpose of a Force Majeure clause in a contract is to excuse both parties from liability when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond their control prevents one or both of them from fulfilling their obligations Read more…
In Mexico, the legal system has its origin in the Roman legal system, and as a result, we can find in our civil law the terms of person, ownership, civil and property rights. People have rights and obligations, as well as ownership over things. What is not defined as a Read more…
Regardless of your opinion about the consumption and the use of marijuana and its by-products, we cannot ignore the fact that a debate regarding its legalization is necessary in Mexico. However, if it becomes (or not) legalized, what is to be accepted as legal? And what are its extents and Read more…