The Supreme Court Decides: Premarital sexual relations resulting in pregnancy out of wedlock cannot be considered disgraceful or immoral when viewed against the prevailing norms of conduct. Sexual intercourse between two consenting adults who have no legal impediment to marry, like respondent and her boyfriend, is not deemed as immoral. No law proscribes such, and said conduct does not contravene any fundamental state policy enshrined in the Constitution.

The Supreme Court held that to be convicted of the crime of usurpation of official functions, the following elements must concur:
1. The offender may be a private person or public officer.
2. The offender performs any act pertaining to any person in authority or public officer of the Philippine government, any of its agencies, or of a foreign government.
3. The offender performs the act under pretense of official function.
4. The offender performs the act without being legally entitled to do so.

In the case of Carnabuci v. Tagaña-Carnabuci, the Supreme Court held that Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may still exercise parental authority and even sole custody over their children despite being assigned abroad. The mere fact that a parent is an OFW does not deprive them of their right to exercise parental authority or sole custody.

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The Supreme Court ruled that the PhilHealth Board, not the PhilHealth President CEO and Vice President, is vested with the authority to withdraw or revoke an accreditation. Thus, PhilHealth acted arbitrarily and unlawfully when it revoked Dr. Galauran’s accreditation.

In Nozomi Fortune Services, Inc. v. Naredo, the Supreme Court held that a DOLE Certificate of Recognition, by itself, is not a conclusive proof of legitimacy for a manpower provider. It only prevents the presumption of labor-only contracting from arising.

In the recent case of XXX v. People (G.R. No. 268457) the Supreme Court held that when the infliction of physical injuries against a minor is done at the spur of the moment or intended to discipline or correct the wrongful behavior of the child, it is imperative that the specific intent to debase, degrade, or demean the intrinsic worth and dignity of the child as a human be established.

A champertous contract is contract between a stranger and a party to a lawsuit, whereby the stranger pursues the party’s claim in consideration of receiving part or any of the proceeds recovered under the judgment. It is a void contract for being contrary to public policy.

A radio reception creates a performance separate from the broadcast. This is otherwise known as the doctrine of multiple performances which provides that a radio (or television) transmission or broadcast can create multiple performances at once.
The Supreme Court held that the act of playing radio broadcasts containing sound recordings through the use of loudspeakers amounts to an unauthorized communication of such copyrighted music to the public, thus, violates the public performance rights of FILSCAP.

In 2018, Soliman was charged for online libel under Section 4(c)(4) of Republic Act No. (RA) 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act, for a Facebook post against Waldo R. Carpio, then Assistant Secretary (Asec.) of the Department of Agriculture.
A court may sentence an accused found guilty of online libel to payment of fine only, rather than imprisonment.