Legal Insights

Navigating GOCC Compensation: Board Authority and Disallowed Benefits in the Philippines

Explaining the Supreme Court ruling on PNCC directors' gratuity benefits, GOCC status, and when disallowed compensation must be returned.

PNCC Ruling Clarifies GOCC Status and Employee Bonus Rules

Supreme Court rules PNCC is a GOCC under RA 10149, allowing it to stop mid-year bonuses without violating non-diminution rules.

PNCC Ruling: Labor Code Applies to Non-Chartered GOCCs, But RA 10149 Limits Benefits

Supreme Court clarifies that non-chartered GOCCs like PNCC are under the Labor Code, yet RA 10149 restricts employee benefits without presidential approval.

Impleading Indispensable Parties in Damages Claims: The PNCC v. Superlines Ruling

The Supreme Court clarifies when courts must implead indispensable parties in damages claims, applying the law of the case doctrine.

Protecting Public Funds Supreme Court Invalidates Compromise Agreement Involving Government Assets

Supreme Court voids PNCC-Radstock compromise that would have transferred P6.185 billion in public assets to a private foreign firm.

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Comity, Jurisdiction, and Burden of Proof

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies rules on enforcing foreign judgments, comity, and burden of proof in Asiavest v. PNCC.

Unilateral Rescission Limits in Philippine Contract Law: PNCC v. Mars Construction

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on unilateral rescission, contract interpretation, and damages in PNCC v. Mars Construction (G.R. No. 133909).

SEC Jurisdiction Over Government-Owned Corporations: The PNCC Case

The Supreme Court clarifies SEC jurisdiction over GOCCs organized under the Corporation Code, using the PNCC dispute as a landmark example.