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CATHERINE JOIE P. VITUG v. ATTY. DIOSDADO M. RONGCAL

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	AC. No. 7353 2015-11-16	NELSON P. VALDEZ v. ATTY. ANTOLIN ALLYSON DABON PER CURIAM
In the case at bench, Atty. Dabon's intimate relationship with a woman other than his wife showed his moral indifference to the opinion of the good and respectable members of the community. It manifested his disrespect for the laws on the sanctity of marriage and for his own marital vow of fidelity. It showed his utmost moral depravity and low regard for the fundamental ethics of his profession. Indeed, he has fallen below the moral bar. Such detestable behavior warrants a disciplinary sanction. Even if not all forms of extramarital relations are punishable under penal law, sexual relations outside of marriage are considered disgraceful and immoral as they manifest deliberate disregard of the sanctity of marriage and the marital vows protected by the Constitution and affirmed by our laws.[27]
	GR No. 177493 2014-03-19	ERIC GODFREY STANLEY LIVESEY v. BINSWANGER PHILIPPINES BRION, J.
It has long been settled that the law vests a corporation with a personality distinct and separate from its stockholders or members. In the same vein, a corporation, by legal fiction and convenience, is an entity shielded by a protective mantle and imbued by law with a character alien to the persons comprising it.[43] Nonetheless, the shield is not at all times impenetrable and cannot be extended to a point beyond its reason and policy. Circumstances might deny a claim for corporate personality, under the "doctrine of piercing the veil of corporate fiction."
	GR No. 177493 2014-03-19	ERIC GODFREY STANLEY LIVESEY v. BINSWANGER PHILIPPINES BRION, J.
What happened to CBB, we believe, supports Livesey's assertion that De Guzman, CBB's former Associate Director, informed him that at one time Elliot told her of CBB's plan to close the corporation and organize another for the purpose of evading CBB's liabilities to Livesey and its other financial liabilities.[52] This wrongful intent we cannot and must not condone, for it will give a premium to an iniquitous business strategy where a corporation is formed or used for a non-legitimate purpose, such as to evade a just and due obligation.[53] We, therefore, find Elliot as liable as Binswanger for CBB's unfulfilled obligation to Livesey.