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[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

Hopefully the SC can consider an extension/suspension for courts outside NCR+, when the handling law office is situated in NCR+, as they can't go to office during ECQ. @SCPh_PIO https://t.co/KPfWsypo9o

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

#laborlaw

[CNN Business @CNNBusiness]

New Zealand will become one of the world's only countries to offer paid bereavement leave for workers who suffer a miscarriage, after lawmakers unanimously approved the motion on Wednesday. https://t.co/9UjRBeGiHI

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

Let's see it this will reach the Philippines, with Grab and Angkas as possible test cases.

[Bloomberg @business]

BREAKING: Uber will reclassify all 70,000 of its U.K. drivers as workers, entitling them to the minimum wage, vacation pay and other benefits after a landmark ruling last month https://t.co/3SyTxXInHH

[Cathy Rose Garcia @cathyrosegarcia]

The .@PUMA logo may mislead the public that it is the Burlington logo due their similar dominant image of the black jumping cat, the Philippines' Court of Appeals said https://t.co/UQe2UljRRx via @bworldph

[Team AMDG @TeamAMDG]

Rest In Peace Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas SJ, former president of the Ateneo de Manila University, Dean Emeritus of the Ateneo Law School, and member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission which drafted the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

[Tarra Quismundo @TarraQuismundo]

BREAKING: President Rodrigo Duterte has canceled 3 of your holidays.

[Atty. Lee @attykelvinlee]

https://t.co/pki9b6S74m

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

Good thing the SC doesn't use Zoom.

[Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley]

“I’m here live, I’m not a cat,” says lawyer after Zoom filter mishap

“I can see that,” responds judge

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

Let's see how this works.

[Manila Standard @mnlstandardph]

The Supreme Court declared as a “success” the conduct of pilot/mock Bar Examinations on Jan. 31 “as part of the process of transitioning into a fully digital but localized” tests that will be implemented for the Bar exams in November this year for 2020----
https://t.co/FJaINzFoFc

[Bangko Sentral @BangkoSentral]

Ceiling for Credit Card Charges

#BSP Circular 1098 sets a cap on the interest rates or finance charges that may be imposed on the unpaid outstanding credit card balance of a cardholder at a maximum rate of 24 percent per annum or two percent per month.

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

Whoah!

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

BREAKING: A judge at the Manila Regional Trial Court was shot inside her office at the Manila City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. | @ConsINQ https://t.co/BJGmAMR9Qs

[Arsenio Balisacan @ambalisacan]

Supreme Court decision re PCAB v. MWC: In effect, foreign firms may now undertake construction activities in the Philippines under the same regular license as Filipinos. https://t.co/uP0TJD5OUV

[Philippine Supreme Court Public Information Office @SCPh_PIO]

The 2020 Interim Rules on Remote Notarization of Paper Documents took effect on August 16, 2020. It was published on August 1, 2020 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star.
READ A.M. No. 20-07-04-SC https://t.co/njJ9HU2QMg

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

Interesting. Let's see if something similar gets filed in PH.

[CNN Business @CNNBusiness]

A California court has ordered Uber and Lyft to reclassify their drivers in the state as employees, marking the latest escalation in an ongoing legal battle over a new law impacting much of the on-demand economy https://t.co/XmNd5D2ANW

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

JUST IN: House Committee on Ways and Means approves bill imposing value added tax on digital transactions in the Philippines. | @NAMercadoINQ

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

Interesting.

[Reuters Business @ReutersBiz]

LinkedIn sued over allegation it secretly reads Apple users' clipboard content https://t.co/WP3N4n3RoM

[Philippine Supreme Court Public Information Office @SCPh_PIO]

ADVISORY: The Judiciary Email, Judiciary Websites, and Judiciary O365 services will be temporarily unavailable starting 12NN tomorrow, Friday, July 10, until 3PM Saturday, July 11, as the New Network Security System of the SC will be installed. Thank you for bearing with us.

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

This should be interesting.

[WSJ Markets @WSJmarkets]

One of the biggest legal fights in the history of insurance is about to begin. Businesses want to claim for lost business during the lockdown. Insurers say no. https://t.co/q7kzf8ENgV

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

“This is the first binding international regulation on so-called ‘Level 3’ vehicle automation.” | @AFP https://t.co/asC5SM47Vy

[AttyAtWork @fredpamaos]

Johnson & Johnson.

[Reuters Business @ReutersBiz]

Damages verdict against Johnson & Johnson lowered to $2.1 billion in Missouri talc case https://t.co/KQV33COSx0