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Practice question: Attorney’s Fees

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

For a special legal-fee assessment governed by Article 250(n), whose majority must authorize the written resolution?
  1. A majority of all the members at a general membership meeting duly called for the purpose
  2. Only a majority of directors
  3. Only the lawyer’s staff
  4. Only those who answered an informal survey
  5. Only the employer’s managers

Legal references

  • Labor Code, Article 250 (formerly 241), paragraphs (g)-(p), as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
  • Mariño v. Gamilla, GR 149763, July 7, 2009, main decision, special-assessment safeguards: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/49401

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