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Legal Updates & Insights

  • Article

    Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU & International Developments - May 2020

    Liquidity risks and tools, ESG, ESMA on half yearly reporting, conduct of business obligations and risk dashboard, FSB cyber consultation, DAC6, AML/CTF. ESMA consultation on guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • Article

    Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments - May 2020

    CBI Markets Update, Financial Crime Risk.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • Article

    Asset Management & Investment Funds Q&A - May 2020

    Q&A of the month. Over two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, what have we learned about the governance, contingency planning and risk issues for regulated investment funds and regulated financial service providers established in Ireland?

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • COVID-19: Use of competition law to tackle price gouging in an emergency environment
    article

    COVID-19: Use of competition law to tackle price gouging in an emergency environment

    In crises and emergencies such as COVID-19, storms, disasters and product shortages, there are often discussions about alleged "price gouging". The putting into effect of unjustifiable price increases during the COVID-19 pandemic is under active scrutiny by competition agencies in various jurisdictions

    COVID-19
  • Contact Tracing Apps – A Privacy Primer
    publication

    Contact Tracing Apps – A Privacy Primer

    As part of their lockdown exit strategy, governments around the world are launching Apps with contact tracing functions.

    Technology
  • COVID-19: Impact on Competition / Antitrust Law
    publication

    COVID-19: Impact on Competition / Antitrust Law

    The COVID-19 Crisis has had a very significant impact on competition/antitrust law. Already, it has influenced aspects of the practice of competition law in ways that no other crisis has ever done.

    COVID-19
  • COVID-19: Government support schemes for Irish businesses - Updated 28 May
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    COVID-19: Government support schemes for Irish businesses - Updated 28 May

    In response to the effect of COVID-19 on Irish businesses the Irish Government and, in particular the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (the DBEI) has provided certain supports to Irish businesses which primarily seek to assist businesses to stay operational and retain their staff

    Corporate & M&A
  • audio

    ESG and Investment Funds - ESA consultation on EU Disclosures Regulation

    The European Supervisory Authorities consultation on the EU Regulation on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector issued on 23 April 2020.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • COVID-19, Shipping and ports: EU shipping law aspects
    publication

    COVID-19, Shipping and ports: EU shipping law aspects

    A&L Goodbody's Dr Vincent Power writes why the COVID-19/Coronavirus crisis demonstrates why an international convention is needed to deal with various aspects of shipping (including the repatriation of crew and passengers) in the event of another pandemic or epidemic.

    COVID-19
  •  COVID-19: Practical guidance on the recent changes to the Wage Subsidy Scheme
    publication

    COVID-19: Practical guidance on the recent changes to the Wage Subsidy Scheme

    The Government has announced a number of significant changes to the COVID-19 Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) in an attempt to address certain anomalies and today Revenue issued guidance on some of these changes.

    COVID-19
  • Digital Finance in Europe – CBI views on technological innovation and digital finance
    Article

    Digital Finance in Europe – CBI views on technological innovation and digital finance

    In a recent address on Digital Finance in Europe, the Director of Financial Regulation, Policy and Risk at the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), Gerry Cross, shared some of the CBI's thinking on the current and timely topic of technological innovation and digital finance.  

    Client Tech
  • EDPB publishes guidelines on processing health data for COVID-19 research
    Article

    EDPB publishes guidelines on processing health data for COVID-19 research

    The threat to global health caused by COVID-19 has led to unprecedented collaboration from the global scientific research community to urgently develop a vaccine. Given the prevalence of data sharing and open science, combined with the sensitive nature of the data involved, data protection concerns have quickly emerged.

    Technology