May 2015

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In O'Leary v Volkswagen Group Ireland Limited [2015] IESC 35, the Supreme Court considered the risks involved with the use of keyword searches in the discovery process, and the test for ordering further and better discovery.

May 2015

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At the end of April we reported on the Woolworths and Ethel Austin cases, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) seeking to clarify the term 'establishment' in connection with collective redundancies.

May 2015

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A&L Goodbody is pleased to have advised on one of the first Central Bank of Ireland approved conversions of an existing investment company, to Ireland's newest corporate investment structure, the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV).

May 2015

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Maire Conneely, Senior Associate in A&L Goodbody's Gaming & Betting Group, discusses how non-gaming jurisdictions develop to become respected gaming jurisdictions. She also addresses how industry contributes to ensure new markets fit in with industry expectations.

May 2015

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The Government recently published the long awaited Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015.

May 2015

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Overview: The Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 ("GB Regulations") came into force in Great Britain on 8 January 2015 with the aim being to stop backdated holiday pay claims being made through the back door as breach of contract claims.

May 2015

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The Information Commissioner, and Commissioner for Environmental Information, Peter Tyndall, has published his Annual Report for 2014.

May 2015

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The ECJ has held in the case of Nemzeti Fogyasztóvédelmi Hatóság v UPC Magyarország Kft (Case C-388/13) that an incorrect communication to a single consumer was a "misleading commercial practice", prohibited under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (Directive 2005/29/EC).

May 2015

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Peter Walker, Partner and Jack Sheehy, Partner, in the Banking and Financial Services Department discuss the Irish legal guide to securitisation giving a practical Irish insight into securitisation work.

May 2015

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The Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published quarterly results and forecasts for the Irish economy as at Q2 2015. The Central Bank considers that there has been strong growth in the Irish economy and predicts this to continue, with an improving labour market and rising real disposable incomes lending greater support to consumer spending in 2015 and 2016.