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A new Act in town – the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004

by POINT OF LAW By Victor P. Lazatin - June 22, 2004 - 12:00am

On Feb. 4, 2004, Congress enacted into law Republic Act No. 9285 entitled "An Act to Institutionalize the Use of an Alternative Dispute Resolution System in the Philippines and to Establish the Office for Alternative...

To the Un-initiated: When are impeachment proceedings initiated?

by POINT OF LAW By Victor P. Lazatin - November 4, 2003 - 12:00am

Article XI, Section 3(5) of the 1987 Constitution states that "[n]o impeachment proceedings shall be initiated against the same official more than once within a period of one year." How and when do we reckon...

An easy choice: Make the taxpayers pay twice or collect from the collecting agent bank double?

by POINT OF LAW By Victor P. Lazatin - October 21, 2003 - 12:00am

Over the past week, we have been pre-occupied with a group of taxpayers – mostly multinationals from Japan, Taiwan, China and USA – whose tax payments were diverted after receipt by the BIR’s collection...

Mediation – calming the waves

by POINT OF LAW By Victor P. Lazatin - August 5, 2003 - 12:00am

Recently, I have been invited to speak at MCLE Seminars on Mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mode. In preparing my presentation, I sought to answer these questions: What is it? Does it hold any...

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