Ireland
December 10, 2023
MHC is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Kelleher as their new Head of Corporate.
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
We review the three most significant legal developments during the past year in the area of Intellectual Property. These include the emergence of trade mark protection for well-known literary characters coming out of copyright, and a new wave of trade marks with a reputation in the area of copycat a
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
Ireland’s first piece of investment screening legislation has been signed into law by the President. It is anticipated that the Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 will be implemented in early Q2 2024. Our Competition & Antitrust team considers the types of transactions which will be ca
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
We examine some of the main legal developments from the last 12 months affecting the governance of companies in Ireland, including ESG and the requirement for Irish company directors to provide their PPS numbers when making filings to the CRO. In addition, we review the Register of Beneficial Owners
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
We highlight a number of the main legal developments during this year which may impact corporate transactions in Ireland in 2024.
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
We reflect on three key legal developments which will continue to be relevant in 2024 to those in the Technology sector.
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
In international contract cases, an agent’s authority can sometimes be disputed. When that happens, one needs to understand which law will decide whether the agent acted with authority. Dispute Resolution partners, Gearoid Carey and Gerard Kelly review a recent Court of Appeal decision which confirm
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
The last 12 months have seen notable changes to the civil litigation and insolvency landscape in Ireland. We take a look at some of the developments and how they are likely to influence dispute resolution in 2024 and beyond.
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
In a landmark decision overturning the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court has determined that the delivery drivers of Domino’s Pizza were employees and not independent contractors. Our Employment Law & Benefits team reviews the implications of this decision for employers and those in the gig economy
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Ireland
December 10, 2023
The last 12 months have seen notable changes to the civil litigation and insolvency landscape in Ireland. We take a look at some of the developments and how they are likely to influence dispute resolution in 2024 and beyond.
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Ireland
May 18, 2023
There is increased scrutiny on environmental issues across the economy, in both the private and public sectors. We consider Irish initiatives in green public procurement and how contracting authorities can incorporate environmental criteria into their public procurement processes.
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Ireland
May 18, 2023
We are pleased to have acted for Workvivo Limited on its sale to Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZM).
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Ireland
May 18, 2023
We are pleased to announce the promotion of 11 new partners across key sectors in the firm. The appointments are part of our ongoing growth strategy, particularly in new and emerging areas of law such as ESG, Artificial Intelligence and Fintech.
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Ireland
May 18, 2023
This week the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee and the Civil Liberties Committee proposed substantial amendments to the European Commission’s proposal for an EU AI Act. The committees proposed amending the list of prohibited practices and have also sought to provide more prescriptive measures.
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Ireland
May 18, 2023
The enactment of the Screening of Third Countries Transactions Bill is widely anticipated by key Irish companies. As it continues to work its way through the Irish legislative approval process, we consider the likely impact of a number of amendments to the Bill from earlier this year.
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Ireland
May 11, 2023
Around the same time as Ed Sheeran successfully defended a copyright infringement case in the US, in a different case involving “two women, two teenage dreams and one name,” Katy Perry has lost a trade mark infringement case in Australia. In light of this, we consider the practical lessons for brand owners to consider.
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Ireland
May 10, 2023
The Final Terms and Conditions for the RESS 3 auction – the latest onshore auction run by the Irish Government – were published on 4 May 2023. This new update also comes with the Final Auction Timetable for RESS 3, which confirms the provisional dates that were originally published in March 2023.
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Ireland
May 10, 2023
The recently announced provisional results for Ireland’s ORESS 1 auction have been widely anticipated since the launch of the qualification process earlier this year. For the Phase 1 offshore wind farm projects, these results represent the most significant milestone to date in what has been, for most of them, an extremely long development...
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Ireland
May 10, 2023
The Data Protection Commission conducted a sweep late last year examining the ‘records of processing activities’ that organisations are obliged to maintain under Article 30 GDPR. Many of those examined were found by the DPC to be non-compliant.
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Ireland
May 8, 2023
Following the publication of Who's Who Legal's latest round of research, we are pleased to announce that we continue to be the only Irish law firm with a 'recommended' lawyer ranked within every specialist area for Life Sciences: Patent Litigation ( Gerard Kelly ), Transactional ( Martin Kelleher ), Product Liability and Regulatory (both...
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Ireland
April 27, 2023
Our award-winning sustainability initiative, Green Month, returns this May with a targeted programme of events and initiatives to increase engagement in environmentally sustainable practices in the firm and in our community.
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