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Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence to take effect on 1 May 2020

06 March 2020 by Asia law

The Supreme Court recently issued amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure and the Revised Rules on Evidence (collectively, the "Revised Rules"). The Revised Rules will take effect on 1 May 2020. Like the earlier released Revised Guidelines on Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases, the Revised Rules are intended to expedite civil and criminal litigations and, to this end, streamline the litigation process.

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Philippine Competition Commission Increases Mandatory Notification Thresholds

06 March 2020 by Asia law

M&A transactions whose definitive agreements are executed on or after 1 March 2020 will be subject to mandatory notification to the PCC if they meet the new thresholds of PhP 6 billion for the Size of Party test, and PhP 2.4 billion for the Size of Transaction test.

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Philippine Competition Commission resolves first abuse of dominance case

28 November 2019 by Asia law

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has issued a decision on its first case on abuse of dominance. Abuse of dominance is a violation of Section 15 of the Philippine Competition Act (PCA).

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Bienvenido Marquez III is the newly-elected president of The Licensing Executives Society Philippines (LESP) for 2019 - 2021.

09 August 2019 by Asia law

LES Philippines is the local Society of LES International, a worldwide federation of professionals involved in the transfer of technology, industrial property, and intellectual property rights.

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New Philippine IP-Related Laws for MSMEs and Start-Ups

08 August 2019 by Asia law

The Philippines recently passed three new laws to assist micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and start-ups

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Government Expands Maternity Benefits for Female Workers in the Private Sector

05 June 2019 by Asia law

A new law was recently enacted to protect and promote the rights and welfare of women in due consideration of their maternal function.

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Deadline for 2018 Annual Security Incident Report Indefinitely Postponed

04 June 2019 by Asia law

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) announced on 21 March 2019 the indefinite postponement of the deadline for filing the annual security incident report (ASIR) for 2018.

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Revised Corporation Code is Now in Effect

04 June 2019 by Asia law

On 20 February 2019, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act (RA) No. 11232 or the Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines (Revised Code).

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2018 Annual Security Incident Report Due for Submission to the NPC on 31 March 2019

04 June 2019 by Asia law

All personal information controllers and processors, including those who are not required to register with the National Privacy Commission (NPC), are advised to file their respective annual security incident reports covering the period of January to December 2018 on or before 31 March 2019.

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BIR issues Revenue Regulations for Tax Amnesty on Delinquencies

04 June 2019 by Asia law

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Regulations No. 4-2019 (RR 4-2019) on 5 April 2019.