Legal Updates & Insights

Sep 2017

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank publishes the Minimum Competency Code 2017; Central Bank publishes Market Update - Issue 6 2017. On the EU Front: ESAs publish updated guidance on the Key Information...

Sep 2017

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CoJ) has handed down a decision which means that an exclusivity rebate by a dominant undertaking will not be regarded automatically as...

Sep 2017

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On the International Front we look at the ESMA guidelines on transaction reporting under MiFID II and MiFIR , PRIIPs and Anti Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terror/ Corruption.

Sep 2017

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What new product governance procedures are being imposed under MiFID II?

Sep 2017

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On the International Front we look at the ESMA guidelines on transaction reporting under MiFID II and MiFIR , PRIIPs and Anti Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terror/ Corruption.

Sep 2017

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In Wallace v Edgeworth & ors [2017] IEHC 475, the liquidator of Shemburn Limited (the Company), sought to restrict the respondents from acting as directors. As the first named respondent (ME) did not...

Sep 2017

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In Allied Irish Banks plc v Marino Motor Works Ltd [2017] IEHC 522, High Court, Ni Raifeartaigh J, 27 June 2017, Allied Irish Banks plc (the Bank) sought summary judgment against the defendant, Marino...

Aug 2017

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The Supreme Court's decision in Ruffley v The Board of Management of St Anne's School brings much needed clarity to the law of bullying in the workplace. The Supreme Court...

Aug 2017

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Dr Vincent Power, Partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group looks at State Aid law and policy in Ireland. This article was first published in State...

Aug 2017

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The European Union (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 375 of 2017) (MiFID II Regulations) were signed into law by the Minister for Finance on 10 August 2017 and published by the...