By: Terry Ahtziry Cárdenas Banda, Attorney The Lawyer: Mexico v. United States. The reputation of lawyers in Mexico lives in a slaughter. The lawyer is that person that must protect the rights of citizens, the fairness of the laws and that the law is fulfilled, but above all must fight for …
July, 2016
June, 2016
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14 June
NEW CHANGES IN MEXICO’S LABOR REFORM. EVERYDAY JUSTICE
By: Elías Flores Gallegos, Attorney Recently, the President of Mexico sent to Congress a series of reforms in legal matters, among which is an initiative to reform the labor justice system that would include modernization and disappearance of the Boards of Conciliation and Arbitration, and transfer these functions to true …
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13 June
Trademarks and Creative Content
By: Jaime Israel Dávila Gómez, Attorney In Mexico, the names used by individuals or companies in broadcasts and periodicals can be protected through trademark registration. When we talk about broadcasts and printed media such as periodical magazines we refer to, newspapers, journals, newsletters, periodicals, pamphlets, radio and television (whether conventional …
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11 June
Aliens Rights
By: Terry Ahtziry Cárdenas Banda, lawyer and professor of the School of Law of CETYS University, student of the LLMC program of the School of Law of the University of San Diego. Duality of aliens rights in the United States and Mexico. The study of law in the United States …
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10 June
THE VOICE OF THE CHILD: THE ROLE OF MINORS’ COUNSEL IN FAMILY LAW CASES
By: Veronica Henderson, Attorney at Law Every day, on both sides of the border, family law/ domestic relations courts are filled with litigants seeking to divorce or modify custody orders relating to their children. These cases are often marked by hostility and anxiety, especially given the high stakes involved – …
May, 2016
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18 May
Signing Ceremony of Inter-Institutional Agreement with the Supreme Court of Baja California
County Department of Child Support Services to host signing ceremony next week. PRESS RELEASE: Thursday, May 26, the Imperial County Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) will host a historic ceremony to commemorate the signing of an Inter-Institutional Agreement between DCSS and the Supreme Court of Baja California (Poder Judicial …
April, 2016
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6 April
Freedom of Expression. Is It an Absolute Right?
By: Attorney Elias Flores Gallegos Freedom of Expression is a human right, a fundamental right and a constitutional right. It is foreseen in the Universal Human Rights Declaration, in international treaties such as the pact of San Jose Costa Rica, and in the Political Constitution of the Mexican States, among …
March, 2016
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20 March
Trademarks Registration in Mexico
By attorney: Jaime Israel Dávila Gómez In Mexico, the law defines trademarks as any visible sign that distinguishes products or services from one another in the marketplace. The right to use a trademark in an exclusive form, which means, being able to prohibit anyone else to use it for …
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14 March
So close and yet, so different!
By: Attorney Terry Ahytziry Cardenas, current student at the LL.M. in Comparative Law with concentration on International Law, University of San Diego. Graduate from the LL.M. in Corporate and International Law with honors in 2012, Cetys University System. Former law professor at the Cetys University System and consultant at a …
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1 March
The California Innocence Project by the California Western School of Law, Its Roots, History and Work.
By: Alissa Bjerkhoel, Attorney at Law Wrongful convictions have plagued the United States nearly since its inception. The first documented wrongful convictions in the United States occurred between the years 1647 and 1693 when over 36 people, mostly women, were executed for witchcraft. Their trials and executions became infamously known …
