Effective April 1, 2022, Monalisa C. Dimalanta will be joining Aboitiz Power Corporation as Compliance Officer. PJS Law wishes to thank Mona for her invaluable contributions to the firm and its team – from leading our Energy Practice to blazing trails in legal technology. In her twenty years with PJS Law, Mona was instrumental in …
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The National Privacy Commission (“Commission”) has further updated its draft Circular on the Guidelines on Administrative Fines (“Draft Guidelines”). As compared to the previous draft released in 2021, the Draft Guidelines changed the nomenclature of the range of violations from “Tiers 1 to 4” to “Grave”, “Major”, and “Other” violations (collectively, “Violations”). The proposed fines …
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For the fourth consecutive year, five PJS Law partners were cited among the Philippines’ Top 100 lawyers. The A-List Philippine Lawyers is published annually by the Asia Business Law Journal following extensive research conducted and nominations received from in-house counsel across the country as well as from international law firms. The PJS Partners included in …
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On 30 July 2021, the President signed into law Republic Act No. 11576 (“RA 11576”) to amend Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 or the “Judiciary Reorganization Act” (“BP 129”), as amended, the core piece of Philippine legislation that guides litigants in determining in which between the Regional Trial Courts (“RTC”) or the Metropolitan Trial Courts/Municipal Trial …
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Reposted from Manila Bulletin The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Executive Order (EO) 130 – which lifted the moratorium on new mining projects and the nationwide ban on open-pit mining method – has already been signed by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu. Read more at: https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/11/irr-of-eo-130-which-lifts-the-ban-on-new-mining-projects-signed/ Image by ilka val …
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On July 1, 2021, PEZA Director General Charito ‘Ching’ Plaza, in a letter addressed to the Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlo Dominguez III, raised several clarifications in relation to BIR RR 9-2021 which took effect on June 27, 2021. The said RR imposed 12% VAT on several transactions previously taxed at zero percent (0%). …
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On June 9 2021, the BIR issued RR 9-2021, implementing the imposition of the 12% VAT on transactions previously taxed at zero percent (0%) VAT after having met the conditions provided in the TRAIN Law, which include (1) the successful establishment and implementation of an enhanced VAT refund system that grants refunds of creditable input …
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PJS Law is pleased to announce the election of Regina Jacinto-Barrientos and Roy Enrico C. Santos as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Partner, respectively. Prior to her election as CEO, Reggie acted as Managing Partner (the leadership post she assumed in 2010) and co-heads the Corporate/M&A practice group of the firm. In 2017, Regina won …
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The National Privacy Commission (Commission) has updated its draft Circular on administrative fines following public consultation held earlier this year on the first draft. Under the updated Draft Guidelines, the infractions are now tiered based on the applicable range of fines. The maximum fine for Tier 2 infractions has been lowered to 3% of annual gross …
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The National Privacy Commission (“NPC”) announced that it is suspending the launch of the eRehistro, which is expected to be the NPC’s online registration platform. The launch was originally scheduled in June 2021. As the launch of e-Rehistro is further deferred, the NPC also announced extending the validity periods of all existing Certificates of Registration issued for …
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