Compulsory Third-Party Liability (CTPL) motor insurance is required for motor vehicle registration, while Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance is optional. Motor vehicle owners may choose to purchase the comprehensive insurance for extra protection, but unlike CTPL, it is not a requirement set by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for vehicle registration.
The Invitation to Bid provides information that enables potential bidders to decide whether to participate in the procurement at hand. It should be incorporated in the Bidding Documents. The information contained in the Invitation to Bid must conform to the Bidding Documents and in particular to the relevant information in the Bid Data Sheet (BDS).
A champertous contract is contract between a stranger and a party to a lawsuit, whereby the stranger pursues the party’s claim in consideration of receiving part or any of the proceeds recovered under the judgment. It is a void contract for being contrary to public policy.
On September 12, 2022, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 12-2022 to prescribe more definitive guidelines, procedures and requirements for the proper availment of the incentives granted to lawyers or professional partnerships that render actual free legal services under RA No. 9999 or otherwise known as the “Free Legal Assistance Act of 2010”.
The Bureau of Patents (BOP) commenced the full implementation of the electronic correspondence system for Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs on November 1, 2024 through IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 2024-036.
The Extended Producer Responsibility Act (EPRA) of 2022 is an Act institutionalizing the extended producer responsibility on plastic packaging waste, amending R.A. No. 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. It was crafted in response to the clamor to regulate single-use plastics and their production, importation and disposal by industries.
It requires large companies to adopt and implement policies for the proper management of plastic packaging wastes.
In the present case, the Supreme Court laid down these five guiding principles to determine the nature of employment of workers in the construction industry:
First, a worker is presumed a regular employee, unless the employer establishes that (1) the employee was hired under a contract specifying that the employment will last only for a specific undertaking, the termination of which is determined at the time of engagement; (2) there was indeed a project undertaken; and (3) the parties bargained on equal terms, with no vices of consent.
Republic Act No. 11996 also known as the Eddie Garcia Act was enacted by the Philippine Congress to ensure the welfare of workers in the movie and television industry. It mandates the protection of workers in the workplace, prescribing guidelines for hours of work, wages, benefits and other wage-related benefits, social security, and welfare benefits, basic necessity, health and safety, working conditions and standards, and insurance.
Under Section 5 (e) of the New Government Procurement Act, Bidding Documents refer to documents issued by the Procuring Entity as the basis for Bids, furnishing all information necessary for a prospective bidder to prepare a Bid for the Goods, Infrastructure Projects, and Consulting Services to be provided.
A radio reception creates a performance separate from the broadcast. This is otherwise known as the doctrine of multiple performances which provides that a radio (or television) transmission or broadcast can create multiple performances at once.
The Supreme Court held that the act of playing radio broadcasts containing sound recordings through the use of loudspeakers amounts to an unauthorized communication of such copyrighted music to the public, thus, violates the public performance rights of FILSCAP.
