For years, the prescriptive period for cyberlibel has befuddled magistrates, legislators, lawyers, journalists, and the public. In Tolentino v. People (Aug. 6, 2018, per J later CJ Teresita ...

THE strategy by an expensive law firm to dismiss a prominent personality’s cyber libel conviction on the claim that the prescriptive period — the period up to when a legal action may be filed or ...

Delictual actions (torts) are subject to a liberative prescription of two years. This prescription commences to run from the day injury, or damage is sustained. It does not run against minors or ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision to dismiss claims under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act (LUTPA), finding that a dispute against a ...

THE Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed its 2023 which declared that the crime of cyber libel prescribes in one year from the time it is discovered by the offended party. In its 29-page resolution written ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has closed the door on the debate over the “expiration period” of cyber libel, affirming its 2023 ruling that it should be one year from the discovery of ...

Virginia Dodd, Jeffrey Knighton, Jr. The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled on March 6 that an unconditional payment on a first‑party property insurance claim interrupts prescription, Louisiana’s term for ...