On Firm Ground: Business Mirror Column

On Firm Ground is the opinion column of CVCLAW (Villaraza Cruz Marcelo & Angangco) published bi-weekly in Business Mirror. Written by the partners of the Firm, On Firm Ground provides in-depth discussion of contemporary legal issues and specialized analysis of strategic developments and issues affecting the country’s commercial and socio-economic environment.

The opinions published by CVCLAW are prepared for informational purposes only and are not to be treated as legal advice.

• DVD piracy affects you more than you think, 16 February 2012
• Magna Carta for Homeowners, 02 February 2012
• Deadline extended on public float level, 19 January 2012
• The limited duty-free market in the Philippines, 29 December 2011
• Fourth-generation wireless technology: All about Speed, 22 December 2011

CVC Law in the News

• Defining the Small-Scale Mining Rules, Philippine Resources Journal, August-October 2011
• Practitioner's perspective: Philippines tempers regulation with incentives
• Firm is not lawyer for First Gentleman
• CVCLAW draws first blood
• Results of CVCLAW co-sponsored study on Top 100 companies launched

Events

• Sylvette Y. Tankiang Elected As Chairperson Of The Harvard Club Of The Philippines
• Sylvette Y. Tankiang Appointed As Deputy Committee Coordinator Of Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
• CVCLaw Adds Two More Accredited Patent Agents to its Roster
• Rowanie A. Nakan Accredited as Philippine Patent Agent
• Sylvette Y. Tankiang Delivers Presentation On Business Process Outsourcing
  At The APAC Contact Centre Excellence Congress

• Ateneo Takes Square Off Championship
  

  Emerging as champion of Season 3 is the debating team of the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law. Composed of Roland Glenn Tuazon, Kazimir Kira Ang, and Joseph Roman Dela Cuesta, the Rockwell-based law students defeated their rivals from the University of the Philippines College of Law.

  Tuazon, Ang and Dela Cuesta argued that Vizconde massacre convict Hubert Webb should be acquitted after the State failed to produce the semen specimen for DNA analysis, a process that could prove his innocence.