Legal Insights

PCSO Benefits Disallowed: Upholding Fiscal Responsibility in Government-Owned Corporations

The Supreme Court affirms COA's disallowance of unauthorized benefits paid to LBP subsidiary board members, clarifying rules on double compensation and corporate governance.

Corporate Governance and Compensation: Lessons from the LBP Subsidiaries COA Ruling

The Supreme Court affirms COA's disallowance of P5.13M in benefits paid to LBP subsidiary board members, clarifying corporate governance rules.

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.

Subsidiary Liability of Employers: Execution Against Employers for Employees' Civil Delicts

Supreme Court clarifies when employers may be held subsidiarily liable for employees' civil liability arising from criminal acts.

Subsidiary Imprisonment: When Can a Fine Turn Into Jail Time

Learn when Philippine courts can impose subsidiary imprisonment for unpaid fines, and why the penalty must be stated in the judgment.

Parent Company Liability for Employee Benefits in Labor Disputes

When can a parent company be held solidarily liable for its subsidiary's unpaid employee benefits? The Supreme Court explains.

Drug Possession, Custody, and the Indeterminate Sentence Law: Key Lessons from a Shabu Conviction

A conviction for possessing shabu is upheld, but the Supreme Court corrects the penalty to an indeterminate sentence without subsidiary imprisonment.

LRTA v. Pili: When a Government Agency Answers for a Subsidiary's Labor Debts

The Supreme Court clarifies when a government-owned corporation can be held liable for the monetary claims of a subsidiary's employees.

Piercing the Corporate Veil: When Banks Are Not Liable for Subsidiary Debts

The Supreme Court clarifies when courts may—and may not—pierce the corporate veil to hold parent banks liable for subsidiary debts.

When Banks Can't Be Sued for Subsidiary Debts: Piercing the Corporate Veil in Philippine Banking

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when banks may be held liable for subsidiary obligations and when the corporate veil protects them.

Employer’s Subsidiary Liability for Employee Crimes: The Calang Ruling

Employers are only subsidiarily liable for employees’ criminal acts. The Calang ruling explains when and how this liability applies.

Piercing the Corporate Veil: When Courts Hold Subsidiaries Liable

Philippine Supreme Court explains when courts may disregard corporate fiction and hold a subsidiary liable for a parent company's obligations.

Piercing the Corporate Veil: Establishing Alter Ego Liability in Philippine Law

When can a court disregard separate corporate personality and hold a subsidiary liable for its parent's debts? The Supreme Court explains.

Employer Liability in Criminal Cases: When Civil Liability Is Only Subsidiary

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when employers are subsidiarily liable for employee crimes, distinguishing quasi-delict from criminal civil liability.

Employer Liability in Criminal Negligence Cases: When Subsidiary, Not Solidary, Liability Applies

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when employers face subsidiary versus solidary liability for employee crimes like reckless imprudence.

Piercing THE Corporate Veil When CAN A Parent Company BE Liable FOR A Subsidiarys Debt

Piercing the Corporate Veil: When Parent Companies Are Not Liable for Subsidiary Debts

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when courts may pierce the corporate veil to hold parent companies liable for subsidiary obligations.

Piercing the Corporate Veil: When a Parent Company Can Be Liable for Its Subsidiary's Debts

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on when a parent company and its subsidiary can be treated as one employer for labor liability.

Piercing the Corporate Veil in the Philippines: When Parent Companies Pay Subsidiary Debts

Philippine courts can hold parent companies liable for subsidiary debts when the subsidiary is a mere instrumentality. Learn the rules from General Credit v. Alsons.

Employer Liability for Negligent Employee: Quasi-Delict vs Subsidiary Liability

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when employers face direct liability for employee negligence under Article 2180, Civil Code, distinct from subsidiary criminal liability.

Employer Liability When an Employee's Crime Becomes the Company's Debt

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on employer subsidiary liability for crimes committed by employees, and when companies must answer for employee misconduct.

Piercing the Corporate Veil: Clarifying Liability for Subsidiary Obligations

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when a parent corporation may be held liable for its subsidiary's obligations, and when it cannot.

Reckless Imprudence and Damages in Vehicular Homicide: Key Rules from Nueva España

The Supreme Court clarifies reckless imprudence liability, proof of damages, and employer subsidiary liability in vehicular homicide cases.

Bouncing Checks and Subsidiary Imprisonment: What BP 22 Violators Face

Can a BP 22 violator be jailed for failing to pay fines? The Supreme Court explains subsidiary imprisonment rules.