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Philcomsat etc. vs. Atty. Lokin Jr., etc.

PHILCOMSAT* HOLDINGS CORPORATION, DULY REPRESENTED BY ERLINDA I. BILDNER, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. LUIS K. LOKIN, JR. AND ATTY. SIKINI C. LABASTILLA, RESPONDENTS.

A.C. No. 11139 | 2016-04-19

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
For the Court's resolution is a Complaint[1] dated August 20, 2009 filed by complainant PHILCOMSAT Holdings Corporation, represented by Erlinda I. Bildner[2] (complainant), against respondents Atty. Luis K. Lokin, Jr. (Atty. Lokin, Jr.) and Atty. Sikini C. Labastilla (Atty. Labastilla; collectively, respondents) before the Commission on Bar Discipline of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), praying for the disbarment of respondents for insinuating that the Sandiganbayan received the amount of P2,000,000.00 in exchange for the issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO).
 
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