If “amici curiae” means “friends of the court,” is it correct to say that “blawg amici” means “friends of this law blog”? Whether it’s wrong or not, let’s put a face and congratulate, in no particular order, those who contributed to the traffic (the reason why this blog broke down at least three times) and [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Why can’t everyone be entrepreneurs?
The entrepreneurial movement gained steam, I’d say, only in the past 3 or so years (or maybe I was too busy with other things that I didn’t notice it). These days, you hear about entrepreneur groups and movements on entrepreneurship. There’s a school for entrepreneurs and an entrepreneur caravan. In other words, there’s an awakened [...]
Doing Business in the Philippines: The Most Problematic Factors
Just recently, the World Economic Forum released its Global Competitiveness Report for 2007-2008. The Philippines is ranked 71 in the Global Competitiveness Index rankings. This is definitely not something to be happy about, as the Philippines is 71 out of 131 countries/economies ranked, and lagging behind its neighbors, including Korea (11), Taiwan (14), Malaysia (21), [...]
Salient Points of the Amendments to Rules 41, 45, 58 and 65 of the Rules of Court
The Supreme Court recently approved certain amendments to the Rules of Court. On 4 December 2007, the SC issued A.M. No. 07-7-12-SC, approving the proposed amendments to Rules 41, 45, 58 and 65 of the Rules of Court. The Resolution took effect on 27 December 2007, following its publication in a newspaper of general circulation. [...]
Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
I understand our bar hopefuls are under intense pressure right now, waiting for March 28. But, folks, there are more important things in life that we have to attend to — like today’s battle between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez (billed as the “Unfinished Business”).
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