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Sep 26, 2018 criminal-law robbery theft revised-penal-code supreme-court

Distinguishing Robbery From Theft The Necessity of Violence or Intimidation in Taking Personal Property

The Supreme Court clarifies when a snatching is theft, not robbery, and what the prosecution must prove.

Mar 19, 2001 forum shopping civil procedure labor law supreme court litigation strategy

Forum Shopping in the Philippines: When Filing Separate Cases Becomes Improper

Learn when filing separate cases becomes improper forum shopping in the Philippines, based on recent Supreme Court jurisprudence.

Aug 31, 2000 forum shopping litis pendentia civil procedure compromise agreement judicial impartiality

Forum Shopping and Litis Pendentia: When Filing Two Suits Backfires

Explaining Quinsay v. Court of Appeals: why filing parallel cases for the same relief amounts to forum shopping and litis pendentia.