A. Corporation 1. Definition Sec. 2, Corp. Code Arts. 44 (3), 45, 46, 1775 Civil Code Sec. 16, Art.

XII, 1987 Constitution Tayag v. Benguet Consolidated, 26 SCRA 242 (1968) NDC v. Philippine Veterans Bank, 192 SCRA 257 (1990) Shipside Inc. v. CA, G.R. No. 143377. 20 February 2001 United Paragon Mining Corp. v. CA, 497 SCRA 638 (2006) Veterans Federation of the Phils. V. Reyes, 483 SCRA 526 (2006)

2. Nature and Attributes of a Corporation a. Liability for Torts and Crimes Naguiat v. NLRC, 269 SCRA 564 (1997) Consolidated Bank v. CA, 356 SCRA 672 (2001) Ching v. Secretary of Justice, 481 SCRA 602 (2006) Professional Services, Inc. v. CA, 611 SCRA 282 (2010) Ty v. Jemil, G.R. No. 182147, 15 December 2010 b. Recovery of Moral Damages NPC v. Philipp Brothers Oceanic, Inc., 369 SCRA 629 (2001) ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. v. CA, 301 SCRA 589 (1999) Filipinas Broadcasting Network v. Ago Medical and Educational Center, 448 SCRA 413 (2005) UP v. Dizon, G.R. No. 171182, 23 August 2012

3. Advantages of the Corporate Form a. Separate Legal Personality Stockholders of F. Guanzon & Sons, Inc. v. Register of Deeds, 6 SCRA 373 (1962) PNB v. Ritratto Group, Inc., 362 SCRA 216 (2001) b. Limited Liability of Stockholders

Malayang Samahan ng mga Manggagawa sa M. Greenfield v. Ramos, 357 SCRA 77 (2000) Remo, Jr. v. IAC, 172 SCRA 405 (1989) c. Centralized Management Sec. 23, Corp. Code Firme v. Ukal Enterprises and Dev. Corp., 414 SCRA 190 (2003) B. Corporate Juridical Personality 1. Doctrine of Separate Juridical Personality Jardine Davies, Inc. v. JRB Realty Inc., 463 SCRA 555 (2005) LBP v. CA, 364 SCRA 375 (2001) Prudential Bank v. Alviar, 464 SCRA 353 (2005) Uy v. Villanueva, 526 SCRA 73 (2007) PNB v. Aznar, G.R. No. 171805, 30 May 2011 2. Doctrine of Piercing the Corporate Veil PNB v. Andrada Electric & Engineering Co., 381 SCRA 244 (2002) Concept Builders, Inc. v. NLRC, 257 SCRA 149 (1996) a. Nature and Effect of the Doctrine Indophil Textile Mill Workers Union-PTGWO v. Calica, 205 SCRA 697 (1992) Francisco Motors Corp. v. CA, 309 SCRA 72 (1999) Traders Royal Bank v. CA, 269 SCRA 15 (1997) Boyer-Roxas v. CA, 211 SCRA 470 (1992) Siain Enterprises, Inc. v. Cupertino Realty Corp., 590 SCRA 435 (2009)

b. Classification of Piercing Cases Lipat v. Pacific Banking Corp., 402 SCRA 339 (2003) General Credit Corp. v. Alsons Dev. & Investment Corp., 513 SCRA 225 (2007) Sarona v. NLRC, 663 SCRA 394 (2012) i. Equity Piercing Palacio v. Fely Transportation Co., 5 SCRA 1011 (1962) Villa Rey Transit, Inc. v. Ferrer, 25 SCRA 845 (1968)

Gabionza v. CA, 565 SCRA 38 (2008) ii. Fraud Piercing Francisco v. Mejia, 362 SCRA 738 (2001) Namarco v. Associated Finance Co., 19 SCRA 962 (1967) McConnel v. CA, 1 SCRA 722 (1961) iii. Alter-Ego Piercing Yutivo Sons Hardware v. CTA, 1 SCRA 160 (1961) La Campana Coffee Factory v. Kaisahan ng Manggagawa, 93 Phil. 160 (1953) Shoemart v. NLRC, 225 SCRA 311 (1993)