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Plain-language guides and case briefs on Philippine law — researched from the firm's law library of 184,000+ statutes, Supreme Court decisions, and agency issuances, and written so non-lawyers can understand and act on them.

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Transparency in Election Surveys: Balancing Free Speech and Fair Elections

The Supreme Court upheld COMELEC's power to require disclosure of election survey funders, including subscribers, under the Fair Election Act.

Safeguarding Free Speech: The Unconstitutionality of Election Survey Publication Bans in the Philippines

Why the Supreme Court struck down the ban on publishing election surveys before elections as an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech.