Feb 2021

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EU Member States have reached an agreement on the negotiating mandate for the draft ePrivacy Regulation (ePR). The ePR will repeal and replace the ePrivacy Directive (ePD) and all member state laws that implement it.

Feb 2021

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A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group has published its report on merger control by Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in 2020. 

Feb 2021

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Businesses have had to adapt to a broad spectrum of challenges since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and so too have the Revenue Commissioners, who have been proactively engaging with taxpayers to address the extraordinary operating environment for businesses.

Feb 2021

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The Court of Appeal has issued a landmark decision on dismissals during probation, overturning the High Court's decision in O'Donovan v Over-C Technology Limited and Over-C Limited.

Feb 2021

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ALG co-hosted 'Ireland's investment limited partnership' (ILP) webinar with DMS Governance on Tuesday 9 February.

Feb 2021

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A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement team has submitted a response to the public consultation on certain aspects of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021.

Feb 2021

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The Commercial Court delivered its judgment on Friday 5 February 2021 on insurance claims by various publicans against FBD Insurance for business interruption losses due to COVID-19 and resulting business closures. It ruled against FBD on the four core issues.

Feb 2021

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Pillar 1 of BEPS 2.0 is made up of two parts.  One part, Amount A allocates a portion of deemed residual profits of certain in-scope multinational enterprises (MNE) to market jurisdictions.

Feb 2021

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Domestically, the Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021 was published, and the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2020 commenced; At European level, EIOPA's Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group advised EIOPA on the draft opinion on the supervision of the use of climate changes risk scenarios in ORSAs.

Feb 2021

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Domestically, the majority of the provisions of the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020 have entered into force; At European level, the ESAs wrote a letter to the European Commission on priority areas of uncertainty in the SFDR.