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Legal Updates & Insights

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    Employers: Are you GDPR ready?

    We look at the key areas where employers will need to implement change to manage the impact of GDPR.

    Employment
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    The UK Supreme Court decision in Burnden Holdings (UK) Limited v Fielding: potential implications for directors in some corporate reorganisations

    If a transaction by a company amounts to an "unlawful distribution", and the company subsequently goes into liquidation, will an action for recovery of the benefits of that distribution, brought against the directors who authorised the transaction, be statute-barred if it is commenced by the liquidator of the company more than 6 years after the distribution was made?

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    Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Cross Sectoral Feb 2018

    On a domestic level, the Data Protection Bill 2018 was published which incorporates Ireland's national implementing measures required under the GDPR. The Central Bank published its Q&A in relation to the Minimum Competency Code 2017 and Minimum Competency Regulations 2017.

    Financial Regulation
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    Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms Feb 2018

    From a domestic perspective, the Central Bank published a table of reporting requirements for MiFID investment firms. On a European level, ESMA has issued updates to a number of its Q&As, on topics including EMIR, the Benchmarks Regulation and MiFID II.

    Financial Regulation
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    Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Insurance Feb 2018

    On the domestic front, the Cost of Insurance Working Group published its fourth update on progress, while the Department of Finance consulted on the National Claims Information Database.

    Financial Regulation
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    Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Banking Feb 2018

    It has been a relatively quiet month on the domestic front, a research paper on the impact of repossession risk on mortgage default was published by the Central Bank.  From a European perspective, the ECB published consolidated banking data for end-September 2017.

    Finance
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    Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Funds Feb 2018

    In Ireland the Central Bank announced its intention to broaden the scope of what a Loan Originating Qualifying Investor AIF (LO-QIAIF) may invest in to include "investment in debt/credit instruments".In Europe ESMA published an updated version of its Q&As on Benchmarks Regulation with two new Q&As concerning commodity benchmark & what types of investment funds are considered to be using an index

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    “Bogus” contracts for service – new law proposed to tackle employment status

    A new private members bill, the Prohibition of Bogus Self-Employment Bill 2018 (the Bill), put forward by Solidarity – People Before Profit, was published on 12 March 2018.

    Employment
  • European Commission Publishes its 2018 Fintech Action Plan - An Overview of Key Proposals
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    European Commission Publishes its 2018 Fintech Action Plan - An Overview of Key Proposals

    Last week, the European Commission published a 2018 Fintech Action Plan

    Client Tech
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    Successfully Doing Business Overseas: Is Ireland the Perfect Match for the Online Dating Industry?

    With Valentine's Day upon us and love in the air this week, I thought I would pivot somewhat and delve into another sub-sector of the tech world - the online dating industry.

    Commercial & Technology
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    Irish Gambling Control Bill 2018

    On 21 February 2018 members of Fianna Fáil (the main opposition party to the Government) introduced the Gambling Control Bill 2018 as a Private Members' Bill.

    Betting, Gaming & Licensing
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    New non-financial and diversity disclosure obligations affecting directors of some large companies

    The European Union (Disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups) Regulations 2017 (the Non-Financial Disclosure Regulations, or the Regulations) were signed on 30 July 2017 by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, and will come into operation on 21 August 2017.

    Corporate & M&A