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When the Mexican forum selection clause is mandatory, the traditional forum non conveniens analysis does not apply

  • Martin-Sanchez & Leon de la Barra, LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • December 11 2012

Last week, the Court of Appeal of California affirmed an order staying a forum non conveniens action arising from a purchase agreement for a $20 million beach lot in Cancun, Mexico

Are quick Mexico divorces enforceable in California?

  • Martin-Sanchez & Leon de la Barra, LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • September 18 2012

As discussed in our previous posting, many Americans are still obtaining, or trying to obtain, quick divorces in foreign jurisdictions, with Mexico being a “preferred” jurisdiction

Fifth Circuit confirms denial of recognition to Mexican concurso that releases claims against non-debtors

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • March 20 2013

Over the last several years, the number of Chapter 15 filings has continued to grow. One of the most prominent of these bankruptcy filings is the

Effective and enforceable dispute resolution in USMexican commercial trade

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • October 25 2007

Since NAFTA, commerce has steadily increased between the US and Mexico

Consensual deal ends restructuring ofvitro S.A.B., de C.V.; predicting its potential impact begins

  • Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • March 8 2013

The dueling judicial decisions in Mexico and the United States regarding the proposed restructuring of the Mexican enterprise, Vitro S.A.B., de C.V

Intermediaries indicted for involvement in scheme to bribe Mexican officials

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • September 29 2010

On September 15, 2010, a Los Angeles grand jury indicted Enrique Faustino Aguilar Noriega and Angela Maria Gomez Aguilar for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to bribe officials at Mexican government-owned electric utility company Comision Federal De Electricidad (CFE) and to launder money

Lindsey Manufacturing seeks dismissal of the government's FCPA

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • May 12 2011

As mentioned yesterday, Lindsey Manufacturing Company (a privately-held company), the first corporate defendant to fully litigate FCPA charges through trial, was convicted of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and five counts of FCPA violations based on payments to employees of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad ("CFE"), an electric utility company owned by the government of Mexico

Mexicana files for Chapter 15 relief in New York

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • August 6 2010

On August 2, 2010, Maru E. Johansen, in her capacity as the foreign representative (the “Foreign Representative”) in respect of Mexican insolvency proceedings regarding Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. (“Mexicana”), filed a petition for recognition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”), commencing a case under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code

California courts may have an interest in a Mexico breach of contract dispute

  • Martin-Sanchez & Leon de la Barra, LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • November 26 2012

Last week, California’s Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court’s finding of forum non conveniens, but reversed the order to dismiss and remand with directions to vacate the dismissal and enter an order staying the matter

Mexican Court declines jurisdiction in defective eye-surgery product suit; dispute back in U.S. courts

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Mexico, USA
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  • April 14 2011

After a Mexican court refused to exercise jurisdiction over personal injury claims involving an allegedly defective product used in eye surgery conducted in a Mexican clinic, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded the claims of elderly Mexican residents to a U