Legal Updates & Insights

Jul 2018

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Deadlines, UCITS investments in non-UCITS, importance of organisational effectiveness, Central Bank Markets Updates and Irish Funds GDPR bulletin.

Jul 2018

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EU & International: ESMA UCITS and AIFMD Q&As, MMFR, ESMA list of AIFMD MoUs and AML/CTF.

Jul 2018

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What is the current position on Money Market Fund (MMF) Reform?

Jul 2018

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The European Commission announced that it was bringing Ireland to the CJEU for allegedly failing to implement correctly the EU directive on the investigation of maritime casualties

Jul 2018

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The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 was recently passed by Dáil Éireann, and depending on progress made before Seanad Éireann in the autumn, it could be enacted by the end...

Jul 2018

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In a white paper issued last week by the UK Government the post-Brexit status of the UK's employment legislation derived from European Union law appears to be no longer in...

Jul 2018

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Another significant damages award for workplace bullying has been handed down by the High Court.

Jul 2018

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In DPP v Aston Carpets and Flooring Limited and Brendan Smith [2018] IECA 194, Court of Appeal, 20 June 2018 (Mahon J, Birmingham J, Edwards J) the DPP applied to the Court of Appeal...

Jul 2018

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The Court of Appeal held that discovery should not be ordered unless all other available options had been properly explored. It refused a request for discovery of certain categories of...

Jul 2018

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On 25 June 2018, the US Supreme Court held that American Express’s anti-steering provisions do not breach US antitrust law (Ohio et al. v. American Express Co. et al (No. 16–1454).