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Online Psychological Abuse Under RA 9262: When Facebook Posts Become Crimes
The Supreme Court clarifies when social media posts constitute psychological abuse under RA 9262 and how the Cybercrime Prevention Act raises the penalty.
New Mayor’s Power to Withdraw Predecessor’s Motion: Berces v. CSC
Can a new mayor withdraw an administrative appeal filed by a predecessor? The Supreme Court clarifies succession, finality, and misconduct rules.
Navigating Power Rate Hikes: Consumer Rights and the ERC's Role in the Philippines
The Supreme Court clarifies the ERC's authority over power rate adjustments and consumer protections in automatic generation cost recovery.
Understanding Employee Dismissal for Serious Misconduct in the Philippines: Key Legal Insights
Learn how Philippine courts decide illegal dismissal cases involving serious misconduct, corporate liability, and piercing the corporate veil.
Understanding Corporate Veil Piercing Protecting Employee Rights IN THE Philippines
When can a company be held liable for acts of its retirement fund? The Supreme Court explains corporate veil piercing in employee loan disputes.
Piercing the Corporate Veil in Labor Cases: A Supreme Court Guide
The Supreme Court explains when courts can pierce the corporate veil to hold owners liable for unpaid labor judgments.
Piercing the Corporate Veil in Labor Cases: When Owners and Related Companies Can Be Held Liable
The Supreme Court clarifies when courts can pierce the corporate veil in labor disputes and hold owners and related firms solidarily liable for judgments.
Understanding Qualified Statutory Rape When Mental Age Determines the Crime
Explaining the Supreme Court ruling that sexual intercourse with a mental retardate whose mental age is below 12 constitutes qualified statutory rape.
Res Ipsa Loquitur and Hearsay Evidence in Philippine Vehicular Accident Claims
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when res ipsa loquitur can overcome hearsay objections to traffic accident reports in insurance subrogation claims.
Understanding the Limits of Quasi-Judicial Powers: The DARAB's Jurisdictional Boundaries
The Supreme Court clarifies that the DARAB, as a quasi-judicial body, cannot exercise certiorari powers—a key ruling on jurisdictional limits.
Understanding the Legal Boundaries of Sexual Assault and Rape in the Philippines
A landmark ruling clarifies the distinction between rape by sexual intercourse and sexual assault, and the penalties for each.
Piercing the Corporate Veil: When Corporate Officers Can Be Held Personally Liable
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when courts may pierce the corporate veil and hold officers personally liable for fraud and mismanagement.
Corporate Veil and Employment Contracts: When Are Companies Considered One Entity
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when courts may pierce the corporate veil and whether interlocking officers make companies one entity.
When Corporate Veil Piercing Fails: Renewal Commissions After Agent Termination
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when a terminated insurance agent can claim commissions and when the alter ego doctrine applies to affiliated companies.
Proving Murder Through Witness Credibility: The Maghuyop Case on Treachery and Self-Defense
The Supreme Court affirms a murder conviction, explaining how credible eyewitness testimony overcomes claims of self-defense and establishes treachery.
Protection Orders and Adult Children: The Estacio v. Estacio Ruling on RA 9262
The Supreme Court clarifies that protection orders under RA 9262 can include adult children used as tools of coercion or harassment.
Maritime Liability in Vessel Collisions: Fault, Insurance Claims, and the Code of Commerce
When vessels collide, determining liability depends on the cause of action—contract or tort. The Supreme Court clarifies the governing rules.
Understanding Corporate Liability and Piercing the Corporate Veil in the Philippines
A Philippine Supreme Court case explains when corporate officers can be held personally liable and when courts pierce the corporate veil.
Lawyer Disbarred for Fraud and Coercion in Corporate Governance
A lawyer's deceitful takeover of a client corporation leads to disbarment, underscoring ethics rules for attorneys.
Moral Character and Bar Admission: Overcoming Obstacles to Legal Practice
How the Supreme Court weighed pending criminal cases against moral fitness in bar admission, and when a bar applicant may finally take the oath.
Proving Debt With Delivery Receipts: Preponderance of Evidence in Commercial Cases
Learn how delivery receipts and bills of lading can prove unpaid commercial debts under the preponderance of evidence rule.
Limits of Post-Judgment Examination: Protecting Third-Party Rights in Execution
Third-party claimants can vindicate ownership of levied property through independent actions without being penalized for exercising their right to litigate.
When a Transfer Is Not Constructive Dismissal: Management Prerogative in Labor Cases
The Supreme Court clarifies when an employee transfer is a valid exercise of management prerogative and not constructive dismissal.
Online Psychological Abuse Under RA 9262: Proving Social Media Authorship and Higher Penalties
Supreme Court clarifies how to prove social media authorship in VAWC cases and rules that using Facebook raises the penalty under the Cybercrime Prevention Act.