Looking Back: 2024 and Gazing Into: 2025
Looking Back: 2024
In 2024, the Philippines made notable progress in developing new standards and procedures across various legal domains to address contemporary challenges. In the areas of intellectual property (“IP”) law and competition law, relevant agencies issued guidelines outlining appropriate remedies to ensure the effective implementation of IP and competition laws. Additionally, measures were enacted to enhance the Philippines’ Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism framework.
Gazing Into: 2025
The Philippines is actively advancing legal innovations across various sectors. To enhance data privacy in cross-border data flows, the country is collaborating with other nations to establish cross-border privacy rules. In the area of intellectual property (“IP”) law, the Philippines is taking proactive measures to educate its citizens about IP rights. Additionally, the Philippine judiciary is revising rules of criminal procedure as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen and improve the judicial system. Lastly, the Philippines is utilising technology to encourage voter participation and active engagement in public affairs.
Full Report
Click on the link below for the full report which provides summaries of the key legal developments related to the above areas.
Please note that whilst the information in this Update is correct to the best of our knowledge and belief at the time of writing, it is only intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter and should not be treated as a substitute for specific professional advice
