By Ramon Vaughn Dy III on October 27,2022
FOR the longest time, subscriber identity modules cards, commonly known as SIM cards, have been readily available and can be practically purchased at any local shop or sari-sari (variety) store. It can be argued that the regulation of the sale and/or disposition...
By Nica Marsha Gasapo on October 20,2022
IN Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) OGC Opinion 22-12 dated Sept. 27, 2022, the requesting party asked whether a corporation may be allowed to issue shares of stock at a premium and whether a corporation was allowed to have more paid-up capital...
By Gladys Jane Dela Cruz on October 13,2022
IT is the policy of the state to protect the fundamental human right of privacy of communication while ensuring free flow of information to promote innovation and growth (Section 2, Data Privacy Act of 2012). Thus, the processing of sensitive personal...
By Aziza Hannah A. Bacay on September 29,2022.
“FREE access to the courts and quasi-judicial bodies and adequate legal assistance shall not be denied to any person by reason of poverty.” – Section 11, Article III (Bill of Rights) of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines.
On...
By Gladys Jane Dela Cruz September 8, 2022
SECTION 8.1 of Republic Act 8799, or the “Securities and Regulation Code (SRC)” clearly states that securities should not be sold or offered for sale or distribution in the Philippines without a registration statement duly...
By Ramon Vaughn Dy III on September 1,2022
PHILIPPINE courts adhere to the doctrine of processual presumption, which generally means that where a foreign law is not pleaded or not proved even if pleaded, the presumption is that it is the same as Philippine law (EDI-Staffbuilders International...
By Nica Marsha Gasapo on August 25,2022
STARE decisis et non quieta movere, meaning “stand by the decisions and disturb not what is settled,” is a doctrine rooted in the necessity of stability, certainty and predictability in judicial decisions. Stare decisis is based on...
By Gladys Jane Dela Cruz on August 19,2022
THE withholding tax system is a mechanism to facilitate the collection of taxes from taxpayers. In the case of Chamber of Real Estate and Builders’ Associations Inc. v. Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo, et al. (GR...
By Ramon Vaughn Dy III on August 11,2022
DISPUTES within a corporation or between/among corporate entities or persons within a corporate entity are inevitable. These vary and are dependent on who the parties are and their relationships to each other. Generally, the disputes can be classified as...