“Truly, freedom of the press remains one of the cherished hallmarks of our democracy.” This was stressed by the Supreme Court as it dismissed, due to mootness, the petition challenging the ban implemented by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)...
A complaint charging the employer for non-remittance of collected union member dues by virtue of a check-off provision in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) constitutes unfair labor practice, not an intra-union dispute. Thus ruled the Supreme Court’s First...
The Supreme Court has affirmed the penalty of imprisonment imposed on a person for illegal possession and use of false bank notes. In a Decision penned by Associate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, the Supreme Court’s Second Division denied the petition for review...
When the status of the employment is in dispute, the employer bears the burden to prove that the person whose service it pays for is an independent contractor and not a regular employee This was reiterated by the Supreme Court’s Second Division during its...
To craft a more equitable copyright system, the Supreme Court has recommended that exemptions for small businesses be considered by Congress in addition to the existing limitations in copyright infringement cases under the Intellectual Property Code of the...
