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Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica para el Desarrollo con Bienestar

El Senado de la República aprobó un proyecto de decreto que expide una nueva Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica...

Mexico Government

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

MAPA institui Sinfito e unifica regras fitossanitárias

A Portaria SDA/MAPA nº 1.578/2026 institui o Sistema Nacional de Certificação Fitossanitária de Origem (Sinfito), consolidando e padronizando as regras aplicáveis à certificação fitossanitária, ao trânsito de produtos vegetais e ao manejo de risco de pragas no Brasil. Com vigência a partir de outubro de 2026, a norma eleva o nível de organização, padronização e fiscalização dos requisitos já existentes, impactando

Brazil Government

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KLA Advogados

Recent U.S. Enforcement Actions Against Mexican Cartels: Emerging Risks For The Agro-Industry

Recent actions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, together with parallel developments in Mexico, reflect an increasingly coordinated...

Mexico Government

HK

Holland & Knight

Propuesta de Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica para el Desarrollo con Bienestar

El pasado 19 de marzo la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo presentó ante la Camara de Diputados del Honorable Congreso de la Union, la Iniciativa con Proyecto de Decreto por el que se expide la Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica para el Desarrollo con Bienestar.

Mexico Government

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Cartels And Compliance: Money Laundering Enforcement Hits The Beach In San Diego

Mexico Government

AP

Arnold & Porter

Amidst A Political And Image Dispute In Colombia

Colombia Government

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

The Mexico City Policy: Understanding The Latest Expansion Of U.S. Foreign Aid Restrictions

Mexico Government

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Brasília Em Pauta - Edição Nº 227

Brazil Government

MB

Mayer Brown

Comprehensive Reform Of The General Health Law In Mexico

Mexico Government

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OLIVARES

Portaria inaugura regime para aportes em PPPs e supre lacuna regulatória

Brazil Government

KL

KLA Advogados

Brazilian Government Regulates Federal Financial Contributions To Subnational PPPs Under The New PAC

Brazil Government

MB

Mayer Brown

Brazil's Supreme Court Concludes Ruling On The Indigenous Time Limit Doctrine

Brazil Government

MB

Mayer Brown

Portaria CGU/AGU nº 1/2025 atualiza acordos de leniência

Brazil Government

KL

KLA Advogados

Concessão da Régis e abastecimento de água em MG são temas de newsletter

Brazil Government

KL

KLA Advogados

Brazil Labor & Employment: Key Developments For Employers In 2026

Brazil Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

MTE Releases Manual On Psychosocial Risks And Reinforces NR-1 Requirements

Brazil Employment

KL

KLA Advogados

Hot Topics In International Trade: Mexico's Electronic Value Manifest (Manifestación De Valor Electrónica Or MVE)

Mexico International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Contratos Celebrados por Importadores Mexicanos (Su Relevancia en la Materialidad de las Operaciones Aduaneras y de Comercio Exterior)

Mexico International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Road To The 2026 World Cup: Intellectual Property Risks And Legal Considerations

VT

Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

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Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica para el Desarrollo con Bienestar

El Senado de la República aprobó un proyecto de decreto que expide una nueva Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica...

Mexico Government

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Ventanilla Electrónica En Materia De Turismo

La Secretaría de Turismo de México ha lanzado la Ventanilla de Trámites de Turismo, una plataforma digital que centraliza los procedimientos del Registro Nacional de Turismo.

Mexico Media & IT

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Nuevo modelo de contrato para la interconexión, conexión o ambas a la Red Nacional de Transmisión o a las Redes Generales de Distribución

El 17 de marzo de 2026, la Comisión Nacional de Energía ("CNE") publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación ("DOF")...

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

MAPA institui Sinfito e unifica regras fitossanitárias

Brazil Government

KL

KLA Advogados

Propuesta de Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica para el Desarrollo con Bienestar

Mexico Government

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Disposiciones Administrativas de Carácter General sobre la Manifestación de Impacto Social Del Sector Energético

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Inmetro Opens Public Consultation On E-commerce Inspection

Brazil Commercial

KL

KLA Advogados

Amidst A Political And Image Dispute In Colombia

Colombia Government

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

The Mexico City Policy: Understanding The Latest Expansion Of U.S. Foreign Aid Restrictions

Mexico Government

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

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Inward/ Foreign Investment

Colombia’s ICSID Threat: What Investors Need To Know

President Petro has signaled his intent for Colombia to “withdraw from the international investment arbitration system because the courts end up resolving disputes in favor of private entities.”...

Colombia Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica para el Desarrollo con Bienestar

El Senado de la República aprobó un proyecto de decreto que expide una nueva Ley para el Fomento de la Inversión en Infraestructura Estratégica...

Mexico Government

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Nearshoring In Mexico: Corporate Challenges And Corporate Structuring For Foreign Investment.

Nearshoring has changed the dynamics of global production chains by moving processes to regions that are geographically closer to target markets for geopolitical, logistical, and strategic reasons.

Mexico Commercial

O

OLIVARES

Dominican Republic's Strategic Moment In A Shifting Hemisphere

Dominican Republic Strategy

GA

Guzman Ariza Attorneys At Law

Censo de capitais estrangeiros no país: declaração periódica quinquenal

KL

KLA Advogados

A Primer On A Strategic U.S. Caribbean & South American Ally

FL

Foley & Lardner

Implications Of The Newly Introduced Brazilian 10% WHT On Outbound Dividends

KL

KLA Advogados

The Ministry Of Energy Issues A Call For Priority Attention Of Electric Power Generation Permit

VW

Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C.

Foreign Capital: What Restrictions Exist In Mexico?

Mexico Government

VT

Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda

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Indigenous Peoples

Disposiciones Administrativas de Carácter General sobre la Manifestación de Impacto Social Del Sector Energético

El 16 de febrero de 2026, la Secretaría de Energía ("SENER"), publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación las Disposiciones Administrativas de Carácter General sobre la Manifestación de Impacto Social Del Sector...

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Brazil's Supreme Court Concludes Ruling On The Indigenous Time Limit Doctrine

Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) has concluded the joint trial of constitutional lawsuits involving Law No. 14,701/2023, known as the Indigenous Time Limit Requirement Act...

Brazil Government

MB

Mayer Brown

Brasília Em Pauta - Edição Nº 224

O "Brasília em Pauta" é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)...

Brazil Litigation

MB

Mayer Brown

Actualizaciones en materia Ambiental en Latinoamérica: marzo y abril 2025

Worldwide Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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

Mexico Government

O

OLIVARES

Federal Decree Regulates FUNAI's Enforcement Powers

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

Minas Gerais Publishes Decree Regulating FPIC In Its Environmental Licensing Processes

Brazil Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

Actualizaciones en Materia Ambiental en Latinoamérica: mayo y junio 2024

Mexico Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig

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

Mexico Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

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Money Laundering

Advogada Do KLA Abordará Compliance Em Bets No International Compliance Laboratory

Juliane Mendonça será speaker em evento do Compliance Lab, em São Paulo, debatendo os desafios da lavagem de dinheiro no contexto das apostas esportivas

Brazil Criminal

KL

KLA Advogados

Cartels And Compliance: Money Laundering Enforcement Hits The Beach In San Diego

The next wave of money laundering enforcement has a new center of gravity: the drug cartels.

Mexico Government

AP

Arnold & Porter

Venezuela Update: Political Transition And Sanctions And AML Risk Overview

The removal of Nicolás Maduro is a major enforcement milestone, but it has not resulted in regime change in Venezuela. Instead, power has transferred to figures closely tied to the existing system, and U.S. policy appears focused on controlling economic flows rather than effectuating governance change or normalizing relations.

Venezuela International

KI

K2 Integrity

From São Paulo To Washington: Why Brazil's Latest Crackdown Matters Under Justice Department's New White Collar Focus

Brazil Criminal

BT

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

A Primer On A Strategic U.S. Caribbean & South American Ally

FL

Foley & Lardner

Beyond The Threshold: How To Mitigate Risks After The Reform? Reform To The Mexican Anti-money Laundering Law

Mexico Government

O

OLIVARES

Flash News: Reform To Mexico's Anti-Money Laundering Law (LFPIORPI) And The Federal Criminal Code

Mexico Criminal

VW

Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C.

Regulatory Simplification Of AML Filings And Procedures

Mexico Government

VW

Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C.

How Does Panama's Removal From The European Union's Gray List Impact The Financial System And Investment?

IG

Icaza Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman

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