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Drug Use in the Philippine Judiciary: When Rehabilitation Trumps Dismissal
The Supreme Court suspends a court employee for one year instead of dismissing him, signaling a shift toward rehabilitation for drug use.
Corporate Rehabilitation in the Philippines: Navigating Stay Orders and Foreign Judgments
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies how a rehabilitation stay order suspends enforcement of foreign judgments against a distressed corporation.
Rehabilitation Plans and Creditor Rights: When Debt Restructuring Binds Secured Creditors
When can a rehabilitation plan force creditors to accept debt restructuring? The Supreme Court explains in China Banking v. St. Francis Square.
Corporate Rehabilitation Mootness: When Successful Exit Ends Disputes
The Supreme Court dismisses as moot a dispute over the rehabilitation receiver's custody of mortgaged properties after Vitarich's successful rehabilitation exit.
Corporate Rehabilitation Mootness: When a Dispute Ends with Successful Rehabilitation
The Supreme Court dismisses a dispute over a rehabilitation receiver's powers as moot after the debtor's successful exit from corporate rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation Courts and Tax Disputes: The Power to Resolve Claims Tied to the Rehabilitation Plan
The Supreme Court clarifies when a rehabilitation court may resolve claims involving local tax disputes, distinguishing incidental claims from those requiring separate actions.
Loan Foreclosure and Corporate Rehabilitation: Key Insights From a Landmark Philippine Case
A Supreme Court ruling clarifies how foreclosure proceedings interact with corporate rehabilitation, novation, and redemption rights in the Philippines.
Understanding the Impact of Stay Orders on Corporate Rehabilitation in the Philippines
The Supreme Court clarifies when a stay order suspends collection cases against a corporation under rehabilitation, and when creditors may proceed.
Rehabilitation Proceedings Balancing Contractual Obligations AND Corporate Recovery
Explore how Philippine courts balance contractual obligations with corporate rehabilitation, ensuring fair treatment for creditors and debtors.
Corporate Rehabilitation and Conservatorship: Key Insights from the CAP Pension Ruling
The Supreme Court clarifies the boundaries between corporate rehabilitation and conservatorship, and the limits of a rehabilitation court's jurisdiction over subsidiary corporations.
Guarantee vs Suretyship: How Waiving Excussion Changes Liability
The Supreme Court clarifies when a "guarantee" becomes a suretyship, and why a rehabilitation stay order does not protect a surety.
Corporate Rehabilitation and Court-Approved Penalty Reductions: La Savoie v. Buenavista
A stay order voids judgments rendered in violation of it, and rehabilitation courts may reduce contractual penalties under an approved plan.
Abuse of Rights in Contractual Dealings: Upholding Freedom to Contract and Good Faith
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on corporate rehabilitation, contractual penalties, and the limits of judicial interference in contracts.
Rehabilitation or Liquidation: When Corporate Revival Is Not Feasible
A corporation in default may still seek rehabilitation, but a plan built on speculative promises will not pass judicial scrutiny.
Corporate Rehabilitation Stay Orders and Creditor Set-Offs: The Allied Banking v. SCP Ruling
When does a rehabilitation stay order bind creditors? The Supreme Court explains retroactivity, set-offs, and due process in Allied Banking v. SCP.
Retrenchment During Corporate Rehabilitation: When Audited Financial Statements Aren't Required
Supreme Court clarifies that employers under corporate rehabilitation may prove severe financial losses without audited financial statements in retrenchment cases.
Corporate Rehabilitation Stay Orders: What They Mean for Property Claims
The Supreme Court explains how a stay order in corporate rehabilitation suspends all claims, including demands for specific performance of property sales.
Corporate Rehabilitation Tax Waivers and CTA Jurisdiction: Key Insights from Steel Corporation of the Philippi
Learn how the Supreme Court clarified CTA jurisdiction over tax waiver disputes arising from corporate rehabilitation under R.A. 10142.
Corporate Rehabilitation Tax Waiver: CTA Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Customs Duty Disputes
The Supreme Court clarifies that tax and customs duty disputes during corporate rehabilitation belong exclusively to the Court of Tax Appeals, not regular courts.
Rehabilitation Denied: The Imperative of Financial Viability in Corporate Recovery
Philippine Supreme Court ruling clarifies that corporate rehabilitation requires proven financial viability, not just creditor payment delays.
Protecting Property Rights When Courts CAN Order Padlocks Pending Litigation
Learn when corporate rehabilitation stay orders can cover properties owned by stockholders, not just the corporation, under Philippine law.
Contempt of Court for Defying a Corporate Rehabilitation Order in the Philippines
The Supreme Court affirms contempt charges against BIR officials who pursued deficiency tax claims despite a corporate rehabilitation Commencement Order.
Insurance Proceeds AND Corporate Rehabilitation Land Banks Obligation TO Reimburse
Corporate Rehabilitation: Why Unappealed Court Orders Bind Parties in Philippine Law
A Supreme Court ruling on why failing to appeal a rehabilitation order within 15 days bars a party from later challenging it.