Legal Insights

Constructive Dismissal, Demotion, and Anti-Union Acts as Illegal Termination

When demotion and anti-union harassment amount to constructive dismissal, and how corporate mergers affect liability.

Corporate Mergers and Employee Rights: Understanding Job Security in the Philippines

Philippine Supreme Court rules that corporate mergers do not terminate employees' jobs; absorbed workers continue employment with the surviving corporation.

Mergers and Documentary Stamp Tax: Clarifying Tax Exemptions for Corporate Restructuring

Supreme Court clarifies that real property transfers pursuant to a merger are not subject to documentary stamp tax under the NIRC.

Mergers and Documentary Stamp Tax: Clarifying Tax Obligations in Corporate Restructuring

The Supreme Court clarifies when documentary stamp tax applies to property transfers in corporate mergers under the National Internal Revenue Code.

Piercing the Corporate Veil: Asset Sales vs Mergers in Tax Liability

When is a buyer liable for a seller's tax debts? The Supreme Court clarifies asset sales vs mergers.

Corporate Merger and Garnishment: Surviving Corporation's Liability for Pre-Existing Obligations

When banks merge, the surviving corporation inherits garnishment obligations of the absorbed bank. The Supreme Court explains why.

Corporate Merger vs Separate Entities: Protecting Creditor Rights in the Philippines

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on invalid mergers, separate corporate personalities, and creditor rights in execution sales.

Mootness in Corporate Mergers: SSS Investment Disposition Examined

When a corporate merger dissolves the subject shares, a case over their sale becomes moot. The Supreme Court explains.

Corporate Mergers and Contract Enforcement: Successor Liability in the Philippines

When a Philippine corporation merges, the surviving company assumes all rights and liabilities—even for contracts signed after the merger agreement.