Tinig ng Marino – July -August 2014 ATTY. AUGUSTO R. BUNDANG Head, Litigation and Seafarers Department Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan Law Offices Is the injury suffered by the seafarer the result of an “accident” thereby entitling him to higher disability benefits under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)? This is the question posed in…
PATENT PROSECUTION TIER 1 ACCRALAW Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De los Angeles SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan TIER 2 Bucoy Poblador & Associates EB Astudillo & Associates Ortega Del Castillo Bacorro Odulio Calma & Cardonell Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan Siguion Reyna Montecillo & Ongsiako TIER 3…
TRADEMARK / CONTENTIOUS TIER 1 ACCRALAW Poblador Bautista & Reyes TIER 2 Bengzon Negre Untalan Carag Caballes Jamora & Somera Quisumbing Torres Rouse / Baranda & Associates Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan TIER 3 Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia Esguerra & Blanco Federis & Associates Hechanova Bugay & Vilchez…
Ignacio S. Sapalo and Anne Mariae Celeste V. Jumadla of Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan explain the misconceptions that drug companies have fostered as a result of the Cheaper Medicines Act. Six years have passed since the enactment of the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 (Cheaper Medicines Act), or Republic Act…
April 8, 2012 CodeRed FAITH AND REASON By: Atty. Tito R. Bundang The website of the National Center for Victims of Crime, a nonprofit organization in the U.S. which advocates for victims’ rights, defines ‘domestic violence’ as that which constitutes willful intimidation, assault, battery, sexual assault or other abusive behavior perpetrated by one family…
February 2, 2012 CODE RED FAITH AND REASON By: Atty. Tito Bundang Whoever said that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” may have been unaware that it is not only the apple that maintains a person’s health, but the presence of a loving mother who carefully hands the apple and provides him…
July 8, 2011 CodeRed Proposed Column Title: “Fides et Ratio” CUSTODY DISPUTE: CHILD’S BEST INTEREST by: Atty. Tito R. Bundang I sat motionless but perturbed, my heart beating fast, yet I could not take my eyes off the theater screen. The characters in the scene were in a courtroom, husband…
Unreasonable Non-Deployment Will the unreasonable nondeployment of a seafarer entitle him to payment of actual damages? The most recent case of Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group, Inc. and Chung Gai Ship Management vs. Sulpecio Medequillo, Jr. (G.R. No. 177498, January 18, 2012) confirms the standing rule that a seafarer must indeed be compensated as a result of…
Partners, Lawyers & Staff of SAPALO VELEZ BUNDANG & BULILAN LAW OFFICES during the firm’s 38th ANNIVERSARY held at the Makati Sports Club, Makati City, on August 1, 2014. SVBB celebrates 38th year anniversary The Philippines is considered a major supplier of maritime labor globally. Per POEA data for the year 2013, there were…
[widget id=”category_post_list_widget-8″] University Matters 01-02-2010 Ignacio Sapalo The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines declares that an effective intellectual and industrial property system is vital to the development of domestic and creative activity, facilitates transfer of technology, attracts foreign investments and ensures market access for Philippine products. With this in mind, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the…