DRBF, PIArb, and PDRC sign MOU
PDRC meets with IPOPhl to renew MOA
PDRC met with IPOPhl officials last May 14, 2019 to renew their Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for another three years. Targeted to be signed in early June 2019, the new MOA embodies the desire of PDRC and IPOPhl to continue to cooperate and further strengthen their capacities for an effective resolution of intellectual property disputes. [...]
Supreme Court rules that there is no arbitration agreement absent evidence of parties’ clear intention
In Hygienic Packaging Corporation v. Nutri-Asia, Inc., Doing Business under the Name and Style of UFC Philippines, G.R. No. 219708, January 23, 2019, the Supreme Court, Third Division, ruled that there is no arbitration agreement when the evidence fails to show that the parties entered into a contract to submit future disputes to arbitration. On [...]
U.S. Supreme Court rejects “wholly groundless” exception on arbitrability of disputes
In a unanimous decision published on January 8, 2019, the United States Supreme Court ruled on the validity of the “wholly groundless” exception and the delegation of arbitrability questions to an arbitrator. In Henry Schein, Inc. et al. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. (586 U.S. (2019), Justice Kavanaugh’s first opinion, the U.S. Supreme [...]
Philippine Olympic Committee is new PDRC partner
PDRC-POC MOU SIGNING. Seated from left: Atty. Roberto Dio, Atty. Edmundo Tan, Mr. Ricky Vargas, and Mr. Joey Romasanta. Standing, from left: Atty. Salvador Panga, Jr., Atty. Charlie Ho, Atty. Alberto Agra, and Mr. Ed Picson Philippine Olympic Committee is new PDRC partner After a year of discussions, PDRC signed on January 14, 2018 a [...]
UMAK awards Certificate of Recognition to PDRCI
PDRCI Deputy Sec. Gen. Francisco Pabilla, Jr. (second from left) receives the Certificate of Recognition from Atty. Jewel Bulos (leftmost), University Secretary and Associate Dean, UMAK School of Law; Makati City Mayor Abigail Binay (center), Makati City Vice Mayor Monique Lagdameo, and Ms. Aurora Serrano, UMAK Vice President for Administration and Finance. UMAK awards Certificate [...]
Supreme Court rules that arbitration is deemed incorporated in contracts under RA 9184
In its Decision dated October 3, 2018 in Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority v. Global-V Builders Co. (G.R. No. 219708), the Third Division of the Supreme Court affirmed that since the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission’s (“CIAC”) jurisdiction over construction disputes is conferred by law, it cannot be subjected to any condition nor can it [...]
Supreme Court refers tort claims to arbitration and applies arbitration clause to a non-party
In its Decision dated August 1, 2018 in Strickland v. Ernst & Young LLP (G.R. Nos. 193782 and 210695), the Second Division of the Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals’ reversal of the Regional Trial Court (“RTC”) judgment in (a) referring the dispute between the global company Ernst & Young LLP (“EYLLP”) and its [...]
PDRCI to present paper at the 5th AMA Conference in Jakarta
PDRCI Assistant Secretary General Francisco D. Pabilla, Jr. will present a paper on “Learning from Experience: Travails of a Court-annexed Mediator” at the 5th Asian Mediation Association (AMA) Conference on October 24 to 25, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mr. Pabilla’s paper is one of twenty papers chosen by the AMA conference committee to be presented [...]