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Effect of Merger on Employees of the Absorbed Corporation
The acquisition of all assets, interests, and liabilities of the absorbed corporation necessarily includes the rights and obligations of the absorbed corporation under its employment contracts...
Basis for Allegations of Fraud must be Communicated to the Taxpayer
To avail of the extraordinary period of assessment, theCIR should show that the facts upon which the fraud is based is communicated to the taxpayer...
SPID Corp. vs. Ballesteros – On Just Causes and Illegal Dismissal
The burden of proving that the termination of an employee was for a just or authorized cause lies with the employer. If the employer fails to meet this burden, the dismissal is unjustified, thus, illegal...
Terelay Investment and Development Corporation vs. Cecilia Teresita Yulo
The Corporation Code does not require any specific amount of interest for the exercise of the right to inspect corporate books and records..
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Cram-Down Power of Rehabilitation Court
The "cram-down" clause is necessary to curb the majority creditors’ natural tendency to dictate their own terms and conditions to the rehabilitation...
Tiangco v. ABS-CBN – On Employee and Independent Contractor
​​Possession of unique skills, expertise, or talent is a persuasive element of an independent contractor. It becomes conclusive if it is established that the worker performed the work according to his/her own manner and method and free from the principal 's control except to the result...
On Period for Service of Notice of Stockholders’ Meeting
By its express terms, the Corporation Code allows the shortening or lengthening of the period within which to send the notice to call a special or regular meeting...
Tax on Real Property Subject of Boundary Dispute Between Local Government Units
The local government unit entitled to collect real property taxes from Sta. Lucia must undoubtedly show that the subject properties are situated within its territorial jurisdiction...
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On Failure to Deliver Stock Certificate and Rescission Under Article 1191 | FEGDI v. Vertex
The failure of FEGDI to deliver the stock certificates within a reasonable time was a substantial breach of their contract that gave Vertex the right to rescind the sale under Article 1191 of the Civil Code...
On Ultra Vires Acts (Ombudsman v. De Guzman)
Considering that the Board of Directors remained silent and the Postmaster Generals continued to approve the payments to Aboitiz One, they are presumed to have substantially ratified respondent's unauthorized acts...
Villongco v. Yabut – On Disputed Shares and Quorum
For stock corporations, the quorum is based on the number of outstanding voting stocks. The distinction of undisputed or disputed shares of stocks is not provided for in the law or the jurisprudence...
On Derivative Suit (Villamor v. Umale)
A derivative suit is an action filed by stockholders to enforce a corporate action. It is an exception to the general rule that the corporation’s power to sue is exercised only by the board of directors or trustees...