Legal Updates & Insights

Aug 2018

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As schools prepare to re-open across Europe, both EU and UK politicians have a lot of homework to do to pass the Brexit exams scheduled for next year….

Aug 2018

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John Whelan, Head of A&L Goodbody's Commercial & Technology Department and Alison Quinn, Associate, Commercial & Technology, review patent laws and regulations in Ireland.

Aug 2018

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New Regulations require organisations to obtain an individual’s explicit consent in advance of processing personal data for health research purposes. 

Aug 2018

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A sign of confidence in the market is the recent trend of departures of key people to competitor businesses, sometimes taking an entire team, sometimes taking trade secrets - sometimes...

Aug 2018

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A review of State Aid law and policy in Ireland 2018

Aug 2018

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Some practical steps that can be taken to meet and address some of the challenges it presents

Aug 2018

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In today's society the traditional concept of structured 9 to 5 working hours is giving way to the more fluid models of remote working and more flexible working arrangements. With this in...

Aug 2018

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It was a relatively busy month for cross sectoral issues, both domestic and European. The Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 commenced on 30 July 2018, bringing Irish law in line with the...

Aug 2018

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Domestically, the CBI published an article analysing the Government's plans for increased investment. European developments included ESMA updates to Q&As, ESMA also published final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS)...

Aug 2018

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Irish insurance developments were centred on legislation this month, with a new Claims Database Bill published and the Insurance (Amendment) Act 2018 enacted. Over in Europe, the European Insurance and Occupational...