The Philippines in the Apostille Convention
Jemy Gatdula
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Amicus Curiae
The TRABAHO Bill:Recurring dilemmas
WHILE few of us were watching, the House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Aug. 7 the substitute bill for the second package of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), which is now known as the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-quality Opportunities, or the TRABAHO Bill, for brevity.
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Video Games and Intellectual Property
LAST Aug. 26, 2018, the international gaming community watched intently as two of the world’s best DOTA2 teams went head to head for the championship title of The International 2018 (TI8), the biggest annual competition in the e-sports universe.
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Is ‘tambay’ a crime?
“I dle, shiftless and worthless man who made no attempt to follow any legal calling, and whose habits of life were those of an immoral and dissolute good for nothing.” This is how Justice Carson described a man guilty of vagrancy.
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Increase in minimum public float for better corporate governance
Corporate governance is a system of rules and policies by which a company is directed and controlled. It influences the behavior of the company including how risks are managed and how objectives are set.
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The PCC’s draft joint venture guidelines
Just recently, the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) published the draft Joint Venture Guidelines (Draft Guidelines) aimed to help businesses determine when a joint venture shall be subject to compulsory notification pursuant to its power to issue guidelines on competition matters for the effective enforcement of the Philippine Competition Act (PCA).
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Deriving value from E-Learning platforms
Business is an ever-changing landscape. It finds ways to create assets, improve what has been already done, and maximize utility at the least possible cost.
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The ease of doing business act cuts red tape further
Bureaucracy teaches us two things: to wait and to execute everything in triplicate.
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The right to be notified of data breach incidents
Consumer personal data has played an increasingly pivotal role in many markets and economies.
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Electronic documents/data are covered by subpoena powers of the Philippine Competition Commission
One of the policy declarations of the Philippine Competition Act (Republic Act No. 10667, or the PCA) is to “[p]enalize all forms of anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position and anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions, with the objective of protecting consumer welfare and advancing domestic and international trade and economic development [Section 2(c)].