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Protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks under EU law
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CoJ) handed down an important judgment last week on the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks
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Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Banking May 2018
Domestically, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation published its First Quarter Report on SME Credit Guarantee Scfheme. On the European front, the European Central Bank (ECB) has published a...
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Irish Legal Guide to Securitisations 2018
Peter Walker, Partner, and Sinéad O'Connor, Associate, in the Finance Department provide an Irish legal guide to securitisations.
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Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Funds May 2018
On the domestic front, the CBI published the Thirtieth Edition of its AIFMD Q & A and the Irish Funds GDPR Working Group published its fourth bulletin which outlines industry discussion...
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Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Insurance May 2018
On the Domestic front the Central Bank published a Policy Notice, Handbook and Guidance on third-country branches, the cost of the Insurance Working Group published its latest quarterly update and...
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Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms May 2018
Domestically the CBI issued its Second Consultation Paper on the Corporate Governance Requirements for investment firms and market operators. From a European perspective, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...
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Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Cross Sectoral May 2018
On the domestic front the CBI published a Consultation on Potential Amendments to the Fitness and Probity Regime for Credit Unions. The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment)...
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articleAirdrops: Are free tokens free from regulation?
Airdrops has become one of the most talked about trends in cryptocurrency so far in 2018
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Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments - May 2018
Deadlines, CBI AIFMD Q&A, GDPR, FATCA/CRS, Central Bank strategy, performance and speeches and more.
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Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU & International Developments - May 2018
Cybersecurity, Revising UCITS and AIFMD depositary safekeeping duties, ESMA UCITS Q&A, ESMA Benchmarks Q&A and more
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Asset Management & Investment Funds Q&A: May 2018
What are the key provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018 and what is its likely impact on businesses operating from Ireland?
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Provisional political agreement reached by EU on empowering national competition authorities
A provisional political agreement was reached on 30 May 2018 by the European Parliament and the Council on a recent European Commission for a Directive to further empower Member States' competition authorities...
EU, Competition & Procurement