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040			_cUM Bansalan College LIC
082			_aBPer. 340 _bP538
100			_aBries, Avril R. _914563
245			_aCommercializing Justice: _bThe Legality of Lawyer's Professional Fee Schedules under the Philippine Cometition Act/ _cby Avril R. Bries
260			_aDiliman, Quezon City, Philippines: _bUniversity of the Philippines College of Law
300			_a30 pages
310			_aQuarterly
362			_aAugust 2018
440			_aPhilippine Law Journal _vVol.91, No.3 (August 2018) _x0031-7721 _914528
490			_vVol.91, No.3 (August 2018) _x0031-7721
520			_aBecause of its origin and nature as a safeguard against restraints of trade, antitrust legislation is largely focused on the regulation of business enterprises. To limit the application of competition law to the traditional sphere of commerce, however, is to disregard the reality that anti-competitive practices exist in areas outside the economic conditions that necessitated its creation. This Article examines the implications of the Philippine Competition Act ("PCA") on the rules and regulations concerning lawyers' fees, and explores the legality of prescribed fee schedules vis-a-vis the state of law and jurisprudence in the US and EU on price-fixing within professions, legal or otherwise. In conclusion, the authors posit that the PCA is sufficiently broad as to apply to the practice of law, but that a distinction be made as to the nature of the entity prescribing fee schedules: price-fixing done by a private entity stands to run afoul of the PCA, but should be taken outside the ambit of regulation by the Executive if sanctioned by a public entity (such as the Integrated Bar of the Philippines) in recognition of the separation of powers and the exclusive authority of the Supreme Court to regulate the practice of law.
650		0	_914570 _aCompetition - Law - Philippines
650		0	_aLawyers - Salaries, wages, etc _914589
700			_aMarcelo, Pamela Marie T. _914564
942			_2ddc _cBPER.
999			_c9478 _d9478