Following on from the sudden lifting of many public health restrictions and amongst a flurry of media attention arising from reports of employees being overwhelmingly in favour of continuing to...
Employment, Pensions & IncentivesThe General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill which was unveiled on 21 October 2021 has been included in the list of 'priority legislation' scheduled for drafting and publication during the first...
Betting, Gaming & LicensingWhile it is safe to say that 2021 saw some important developments in employment law, there is no doubt that in 2022 we are set to see some real changes.
Employment, Pensions & IncentivesIreland's Department of An Taoiseach (the Irish Prime Minister) has prepared its Spring 2022 Legislative Programme.
Mergers, acquisitions and certain joint ventures are notified to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) which determines whether the proposed transaction would “substantially lessen competition" in Ireland.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 20 January 2022, the Irish Deputy Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, told Dáil Éireann – the more powerful of Ireland's two houses of parliament – that Ireland will publish new competition legislation during...
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe government has published the long anticipated Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 which it has hailed as a “watershed moment as we move from self-regulation to an era of...
Commercial & TechnologyThe Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is Ireland's primary competition and consumer protection agency.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIn public procurement competitions, there is potential for a legal challenge from an unsuccessful bidder to trigger an automatic injunction on awarding the contract.
Public Procurement BelfastDomestically, the CBI has published the 36th Edition of its UCITS Q&A Document and the 44th Edition of AIFMD Q&A Document; At a European level, ESMA responded to...
Asset Management & Investment FundsDomestically, the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021 was published and the CBI published the opening statement at Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform; At a European level EIOPA...
Insurance & ReinsuranceDomestically, the CBI published its cross industry guidance on operational resilience and feedback statement, published its cross industry guidance on outsourcing and feedback statement; At a European level, the EBA...
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