Legal Updates & Insights

Mar 2019

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It's fair to say that the progress of mandatory gender pay gap (GPG) reporting in Ireland has been sporadic to date. So where are we now when it comes to...

Mar 2019

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The date of the UK's departure from the EU is now less clear after this week's European Council meeting which took place on 21 March 2019

Mar 2019

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In our latest update we outline the latest developments in Irish Gambling Law.

Mar 2019

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Take a look at the March issue of the Law Society Gazette which features an article looking at how law firms are resourcing innovation and technology.

Mar 2019

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The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has completed its review of China Bond Connect and on 21 March 2019 sent a letter to Irish Funds confirming it has no objection to Irish...

Mar 2019

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On 4 March 2019, Minister Richard Bruton TD announced that he will introduce an Online Safety Act to regulate harmful content online and ensure children are safe online.  The Act will also...

Mar 2019

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The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published the results of the annual Global Privacy Sweep for 2018, which examined how well organisations are implementing the concept of accountability.  The Global Privacy...

Mar 2019

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The Council of the European Union recently voted unanimously to object to the Commission's delegated act identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies for the purposes of the money laundering...

Mar 2019

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2018 saw 98 notifications of mergers and acquisitions to Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). This was an increase of 36% in terms of the number of notifications over the number notified...

Mar 2019

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President Michael D Higgins had signed the "Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019" into law.