Steptoe & Johnson LLP (LexBlog Mexico)
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District Court Order Provides PURPA Guidance – On “As Applied” Versus Implementation Claims
Several moths ago FERC issued an Intent Not to Act on New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s (NMPRC) LEO standard, which (seemingly) was challenged by a QF’s (Great Divide) Petition for Enforcement under PURPA. The NMPRC had adopted a very strict LEO standard, that required that QFs must be ready to interconnect and deliver energy before...
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USMCA Unlocked: Working Under the New NAFTA
Steptoe’s International Trade group has put together a helpful guide to the new NAFTA (the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)). The Agreement must still go through ratification and implementation processes in all three countries before it can enter into force. In the coming weeks, the Trump Administration will submit legislation to Congress to implement the USMCA. Before...
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Legally Enforceable Obligations: An Update on Great Divide
Updating the Year in Review on Legally Enforceable Obligations (LEO), FERC issued an Intent Not to Act on New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s (NMPRC) LEO standard, which was challenged by a QF’s (Great Divide) Petition for Enforcement under PURPA. It is not remarkable that FERC decided not to bring an enforcement action against the NMPRC...
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TN Visa Category Faces Uncertain Future
Throughout the Presidential campaign, President-Elect Trump pledged to re-negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), often referring to it as the “worst trade deal in history.” Unless he is able to successfully renegotiate the terms of NAFTA with Mexico and Canada, Trump threatens, he plans to withdraw from the agreement. Mr. Trump’s threat could...
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Trump’s Mexico Remittance Proposal Goes Inexplicably Awry
In one of Donald Trump’s first proposals with legal details – explaining the mechanism through which he would coerce Mexico to pay for a border wall – Trump has gotten those legal details embarrassingly wrong. It almost overshadows the incoherence of the proposal. In a March 31 memo addressed from Trump to Robert Costa and...
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Judge Hellerstein: Mexican Court Violated “Basic Fairness” in Attempting to Nullify $400 Million Arbitration Award Against State Oil Company
In an opinion today, Judge Hellerstein confirmed a nearly $400 million arbitration award in favor of “COMMISA,” an affiliate the Houston-based contracting firm KBR, against “PEP,” a subsidiary of Mexico’s state-owned oil company, notwithstanding that a court in Mexico, where the arbitration was held, ruled the dispute was not arbitrable and nullified the award: Generally,...