Mexico: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

Digital footprints from emails, WhatsApp messages, and AI-generated documents are becoming decisive evidence in commercial litigation. As courts examine metadata, version histories, and collaboration records, companies face growing legal exposure from everyday digital communications that tell a more complete story than contracts alone.

The Texas Business Court has weighed in on a critical question facing modern litigation: can conversations with AI tools like ChatGPT be shielded from discovery? In a June 2026 ruling, Judge Grant Dorfman addressed whether a non-lawyer's AI-generated conversations prepared in anticipation of litigation qualify as protected attorney work product under Texas procedural rules. This decision contributes to the evolving national debate about the discoverability of AI prompts and interactions in legal proceedings

On April 28, 2026, the Regulations of the Federal Law on the Protection of Industrial Property were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. These regulations repeal the Regulations of the Industrial Property Law and implement various provisions introduced by current legislation, as well as by its recent amendments.

Digital footprints from emails, WhatsApp messages, and AI-generated documents are becoming decisive evidence in commercial litigation. As courts examine metadata, version histories, and collaboration records, companies face growing legal exposure from everyday digital communications that tell a more complete story than contracts alone.

The Texas Business Court has weighed in on a critical question facing modern litigation: can conversations with AI tools like ChatGPT be shielded from discovery? In a June 2026 ruling, Judge Grant Dorfman addressed whether a non-lawyer's AI-generated conversations prepared in anticipation of litigation qualify as protected attorney work product under Texas procedural rules. This decision contributes to the evolving national debate about the discoverability of AI prompts and interactions in legal proceedings

The transition to the National Code of Civil and Family Procedures (CNPCyF) has created a complex landscape of statutory interpretation within the Mexican legal system. While certain areas of law are moving toward immediate application, others face explicit barriers within their respective legal frameworks that instead suggest a gradual implementation

Study of former Article 151 of the Industrial Property Law as a precedent to the current nullity action set forth in the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (LFPPI).

On April 19, 2024, Case Law No. 2a./J. 38/2024 (11th Series) issued by the Second Chamber of the Mexican Supreme Court was published in the Semanario Judicial de la Federación (Mexico's Federal Judicial Reporter). The precedent arose from Direct Amparo Review No. 3305/2023.

The transition to the National Code of Civil and Family Procedures (CNPCyF) has created a complex landscape of statutory interpretation within the Mexican legal system. While certain areas of law are moving toward immediate application, others face explicit barriers within their respective legal frameworks that instead suggest a gradual implementation