Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution

• The Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022

  • PostedMarch 30, 2023
  

  The Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Higgins on 10 December 2022. The aim of the Act is to regulate harmful...

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• The Data Protection Commission impose another sizeable fine on Meta for GDPR violations

  • PostedDecember 1, 2022
  

  The Data Protection Commissioner (‘DPC’) imposed a fine of €265 million on Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp this week for a data leak discovered last year....

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• The Belfry Funds

  • PostedOctober 25, 2022
  

  Between 2002 and 2006, AIB sold a series of investments in UK commercial properties, known as the Belfry Funds, which subsequently incurred losses for about 2,500 individual investors. Following a...

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• Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interest

  • PostedMay 17, 2022
  

  Last month, the Government published the General Scheme of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interest of Consumers Bill 2022 (the Bill). The Bill will bring significant...

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• New EU crowdfunding rules will protect investors and regulate crowdfunding service providers

  • PostedApril 21, 2022
  

  Over the past decade, crowdfunding has evolved from a novelty source of finance to a legitimate, effective, and widely deployed way for firms to raise finance. Crowdfunded investments more than...

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• Report of the Review of the Defamation Act 2009

  • PostedMarch 15, 2022
  

  The Department of Justice, under Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, recently completed its Report of the Review of the Defamation Act 2009 and brought a lengthy review of the defamation...

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