The preferential use of voluntary modes in settling disputes between workers and employers for the promotion of industrial peace is well recognized in the Constitution and the labor laws. Any labor is...
EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT?
To hire someone as an employee or a consultant will depend on three important factors. First is control. An employee is someone you supervise from the get go, from the processing of the work all the w...
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
A Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT is a company owning and operating income-generating real estate. In order to further promote the development of the capital market in the Philippines, the SEC is...
CYBERLIBEL UNDER THE CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF 2012
What is CYBERLIBEL? It is a public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the dishono...
PRIVACY IN A PANDEMIC
Data protection and privacy should not hinder the government from collecting, using, and sharing personal information during this time of public health emergency. The direction is lawful and straightf...
REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
In a recent memo, the Philippine Stock Exchange is urging the publicly listed companies to hold their Annual Stockholders’ Meetings (ASM) scheduled over the coming weeks through remote communication...
NEW STRATEGY FOR THE FISHING INDUSTRY
New fisheries management strategy shall be implemented for this month’s sardine fishing season. According to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatics Resources (BFAR) Zamboanga Peninsula Office, it star...
DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE IS FASTER NOW
This is the message being conveyed by the government with the enactment of Republic Act No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018. The new law is an...
NEW RULES FOR TRADEMARK OPPOSITION AND CANCELLATION CASES
Aiming to provide speedy, quality, and effective legal remedies to resolve IP disputes, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines amended the Rules and Regulations on Inter Partes Proceeding...
“JUDGES AT LARGE” TO EASE CASE BACKLOG
The worsening docket load in the lower courts has long been a concern. To address this, the Supreme Court will be hiring 50 ‘judges at large’ as stated in an administrative resolution dated Decemb...