24/05/2022 - In February 2020 the European Commission published its strategies for the use of data and artificial intelligence. The objectives of its data strategy are to make the EU a “role model and leader for a society empowered by data”.
17/05/2022 - The Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently published its 2021 Annual Report (the “Report”), marking the end of the third full calendar year of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
28/04/2022 - Annual General Meetings (AGMs) can be challenging as the shareholders of a company get to voice their concerns on how the business is being run.
26/04/2022 - Regulations giving effect to the Gender Pay Gap (Information) Act 2021 ("Act") will be published in the coming weeks.
26/04/2022 - The General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022 (General Scheme) has been published and proposes to give effect to the Representative Action Directive (EU 2020/1828) (Directive).
29/03/2022 - Government moves closer to amending The Defamation Act 2009
25/03/2022 - The Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021 (Bill) is currently progressing through the Houses of the Oireachtas.
24/02/2022 - Significant and wide-ranging new powers of intervention will be given to the Irish merger control authority i.e. the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), under the recently-published Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Bill).
24/02/2022 - Our world is increasingly technology centric, offering unlimited opportunities with just the click of a button.
11/02/2022 - The data protection developments of 2021 were unparalleled to any other year and paved the way for lively discussion amongst the media, businesses and consumers.
11/02/2022 - On 20 October 2021, the General Scheme of the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 (General Scheme) was published. The General Scheme will address several insurance-related issues highlighted in the Action Plan for Insurance Reform.
11/02/2022 - On 8 February 2022, the Government announced a new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme (the “Scheme”) which will provide increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical deep retrofit to a B2 BER standard.
01/02/2022 - On 24 November 2021, the Office of Government Procurement (“OGP”) issued general guidance for Contracting Authorities....
01/02/2022 - The Pensions Authority (Authority) has now published its finalised Code of Practice (Code) detailing expectations for pension trustees' compliance with applicable obligations under the European Union (Occupational Pension Schemes) Regulations 2021 (Regulations).
01/12/2021 - A new division of Ireland's Commercial Court dedicated to intellectual property cases and disputes about complex technology has been established under a revised Order 63A of the Rules of the Superior Courts (revised Rules).
30/11/2021 - The Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021 (Act) came into operation on 28 July 2021.
01/11/2021 - It took almost three years, but the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021 (the Bill) was finally published in September. There are no real surprises in the Bill, which broadly mirrors the General Scheme published in December 2018.
01/11/2021 - In its review of differential pricing (Review), the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has proposed that the practice of "price walking", whereby customers are in effect penalised for not walking away from their insurer after a year of coverage, is abolished.
04/10/2021 - Changes to CBI's list of PCFs will impact RFSPs, INEDs, Head of AML/ CTF roles
30/09/2021 - The Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill, 2021 has now been published.