“Law enforcement officers who abuse their authority to intimidate persons under their custody for money are guilty of robbery by extortion.” This was emphasized by the Supreme Court’s Second Division in a Decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F....
The Supreme Court has issued the set of procedural rules that shall govern all petitions and applications concerning The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA) and other related laws. The Rules on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and Related...
While the parties to a loan agreement may depart from the legal interest rate, any deviation therefrom must be reasonable and fair. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court’s Second Division, through Associate Justice Mario V. Lopez, denying the petition for review...
While copyright may be assigned, the assignment must be valid before the assignee can enjoy the rights and possess the remedies of the assignor of the copyright. Thus held the Supreme Court’s Second Division, in a Decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic...
Abandoning its previous ruling in the 1974 case of Aznar v. CTA, the Supreme Court has ruled that the extraordinary 10-year tax assessment period applies only to false tax returns that contain deliberate or willful misstatements. Thus ruled the Supreme...
