In the wake of two landmark Supreme Court decisions in recent years involving copyright protection, namely FILSCAP v. Anrey, Inc. (2022) and COSAC v. FILSCAP (2023), the Supreme Court further developed this body of jurisprudence in 2025 with the case of FILSCAP v. Wolfpac Communications, Inc. (Wolfpac).
The asialaw Rankings 2026 Edition ranked 15 ACCRALAW lawyers as leading practitioners in various areas of expertise. asialaw Rankings is a premier legal directory and intelligence guide that evaluates and ranks leading law firms and practitioners across the Asia-Pacific region.
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ACCRALAW acted as counsel to Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC, J.P. Morgan Securities PLC, and UBS AG Singapore Branch, Jefferies Singapore Limited, CLSA Limited, and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore Branch, Maybank Securities Pte. Ltd., BPI Capital Corporation and BDO Capital & Investment Corporation, AB Capital & Investment Corporation and First Metro Investment Corporation, in the initial public offering (“IPO”) of Mynt, Inc. (“Mynt”). Mynt was listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange on 20 October 2026 and opened at ₱6.60 per share, implying an opening market capitalization of approximately ₱442 billion. Assuming full exercise of the overallotment option, the Offer would raise up to approximately ₱60.9 billion, making it the largest IPO in Philippine history.
An employer that has paid the monetary award in an illegal dismissal case and secured a satisfaction of judgment may consider the dispute closed.
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ACCRALAW remains the Philippine law firm with the highest number of A-List lawyers recognized by Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ) in its annual research to identify the country’s best. ABLJ is a premier legal media publication that provides news analysis and intelligence, rankings, and regulatory insights on business law across the Asia-Pacific region.
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ACCRALAW acted as counsel to Sole Arranger and Bookrunner, Market Maker and Trustee, Philippine Commercial Capital, Inc., in connection with the PHP6 billion 8.5-year Series 7 8.8000% Fixed Rate Notes issued by DoubleDragon Corporation (“DoubleDragon”).
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ACCRALAW has been shortlisted in six (6) national categories at the upcoming Asia IP Awards, namely the Philippine Firm of the Year in Patent Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Copyright, Trademark Prosecution, Trademark Litigation, and Portfolio Management.
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The Philippine Constitution recognizes that property use bears a social function. Government is granted the power to regulate the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of property, subject to the duty of the government to promote distributive justice, and to intervene when the common good so demands. Taxation has played a role in the equitable and progressive distribution of wealth.
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In September 2025, Republic Act No. 12252 amended Republic Act No. 7652, or the Investors’ Lease Act, by increasing the maximum aggregate period for which qualified foreign investors may lease private land to 99 years. With the issuance of its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) in January 2026, the scope of this opportunity has become clearer, but so have the conditions attached to it.
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