Since yesterday, I felt something weird around our office. No, I didn’t see dead people walking around like regular people, although there’s someone — or something — who/which usually plays around with the lights of one conference room. It’s just that, well, there are less people around and less cars on the street adjacent our [...]

Update: UPLaw LAE for 2011-2012 is scheduled on Sunday, 21 November 2010, in U.P. Diliman, U.P. Cebu, U.P. Baguio, U.P. Davao and U.P. Visayas. Deadline for filing of registration forms and other requirements: not later than 12 November 2010 (without fine) or 19 November 2010 (with fine). Check the UPLaw site for details. Drop by [...]

There’s a controversy on the proposal to pardon former President Joseph Estrada. Those in favor of the grant of Presidential pardon argue that Erap has suffered enough, that he is already 70 years old and that, in any event, PGMA has absolute discretion to pardon anyone she chooses. Those who oppose the pardon, on the [...]

JLP Law is in need of another Associate. Please send your resume, with cover letter and transcript of grades, to this address or through email. (Update: Done) Thank you.

This month, the Supreme Court issued the Rule on DNA Evidence, through A.M. No. 06-11-5-SC, 2 October 2007. The full text of the Rule on DNA Evidence is at the Philippine e-Legal Forum. The use of DNA in cases gained popularity in recent years. In 2005, the Supreme Court required certain trial court judges to [...]

There are more long weekends to come. This early, searches have reached this site looking for public holidays for the rest of the year – October, November and December (time flies so fast). Here are the remaining declared public holidays for 2007 (and one for 2008):

Maybe not everyone noticed that there was an attempt (Senate Bill 2464) to enact a Philippine “Lemon Law,” which is intended to provide protection for buyers of motor vehicles that turn out to be defective. The Senate Bill sought to promote full protection to the rights of consumers in the sale of motor vehicles against [...]