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Legal Updates & Insights

  • article

    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

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • article

    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?

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • article

    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 in relation to the enforcement of EU competition law rules.

    EU, Competition & Procurement
  • article

    Gazprom and commitments to the European Commission

    The recent Gazprom commitments given to the European Commission (Commission) under the EU competition law rules illustrate a number of important issues in relation to the competition law commitments.

    EU, Competition & Procurement
  • article

    Merger commitments have a shelf-life - The General Court partially annuls Commission decision on commitments

    Under EU and Irish merger control, a merger can be approved subject to the merging parties agreeing to carry-out certain commitments (e.g. such as the sale of part of a business or to act in a certain way on a market).

    EU, Competition & Procurement
  • article

    State aid - 13th prolongation of the Irish Credit Union Resolution Scheme 2018

    On 25 May 2018, the European Commission (Commission) concluded that the prolongation of an Irish scheme for the orderly winding-up of credit unions is in compliance with EU state aid rules, and in particular with the Commission's 2013 Banking Communication. 

    EU, Competition & Procurement
  • article

    Abuse of dominance, discriminatory pricing and the further application of an effects-based analysis

    On 19 April 2018, the Court of Justice (COJ) issued a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of Article 102(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

    EU, Competition & Procurement
  • article

    Ireland passes Data Protection Act 2018

    The Irish Government signed the Data Protection Act into law on 24 May 2018.

    Technology
  • article

    Corporate Governance Review 2018 - Ireland

    An overview on the corporate governance regime in Ireland and an outlook for the year ahead.

    Corporate Governance & Compliance
  • FinTech in Ireland 2018
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    FinTech in Ireland 2018

    An overview of the fintech landscape in Ireland

    Capital Markets - Debt
  • article

    The rise of age discrimination claims – New guidance for employers to be aware of

    The issue of age discrimination is front and centre in employers' minds, not least because of a number of high profile cases recently reported in the media.

  • article

    Update on Irish Gambling Control Bill 2018

    In March 2018 we reported that Fianna Fáil (the main opposition party to the Government) had introduced the Gambling Control Bill 2018 as a Private Members' Bill. That Bill was debated in the Irish Parliament on 9 May.

    Betting, Gaming & Licensing