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Sports and Entertainment Group examines some key legal considerations associated with the Enhance...

Here is a selection of our recent publications from November 2025.

The Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan, marks a watershed moment in Ireland’s app...

EU Council and the European Parliament reached political agreement on the Payment Services Regula...

We review BPFI’s report to regulators with recommendations for more effective, efficient financia...

This cross-border transaction highlights William Fry’s experience in advising on complex internat...

April 2025 updates include CBI clarification on QIAIFS providing third-party guarantees, alterati...

On 24 March 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland published the revised Consumer Protection Code foll...

This article helps parties determine whether they need to notify their transactions under the Iri...

William Fry was pleased to advise Mitsubishi Electric on its recently announced agreement to acqu...

William Fry is pleased to have acted as lead Irish counsel to Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and New...

The Scheme is designed to amend and enhance the Companies Act 2014 (the Act) in four key areas of...

Eu Technology Regulation Video Portal

A keynote address from the Attorney General of Ireland, Rossa Fanning SC, followed by a fireside ...

Listen to our Legal News Podcast where our knowledge lawyers discuss some interesting development...

Changes to the Competition Act 2002 have come into force after a long lead time. Here is a recap...

The CJEU has handed down a landmark ruling that clarifies what legal bases controllers can rely o...

Given the LRC's recent Consultation Paper on litigation funding, the UK Supreme Court decision in...

On 22 June, William Fry and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association co-hosted a panel dis...

William Fry is pleased to celebrate the Council of Europe's annual Data Protection Day. Join us i...

The Central Bank has commenced the first phase of a three-stage review of the Consumer Protection...

This long-awaited Bill, once enacted, will provide Ireland with a mechanism for protecting the St...

Here is a selection of our recent publications on subjects that may affect you or your business.

Long-awaited legislation to give effect to the implementation of EU Directive 2019/1 empowers the...

Both the EU and Irish merger control regimes need regular refreshing to make sure they are both ‘...

The Aviva Stadium was selected to host the 2024 Europa League Final. We examine how UEFA selects ...

William Fry today announced the appointment of two new Partners across its Banking & Finance and ...

Busy times for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Irish and other EU businesses continue to grapple with the many challenges resulting from Brexit.

In December 2020, the European Commission launched a much-heralded and far-reaching reform of the...

The government may introduce a screening mechanism for foreign direct investment into Ireland.

Late last year, the European Commission launched its long-awaited set of new rules concerning the...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has closed its ticketing investigation on the ...

The European Commission has recently published proposals for a new EU regulation for digital oper...

The world of soccer was set alight in recent weeks as Lionel Messi, widely recognised as one of t...

The Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published its Annual Report 2...

In this article we consider the new Programme for Government which contains significant Insurance...

Welcome to the May 2020 issue of Legal News. We aim to keep you up to date on legal developments ...

The European Commission has granted a temporary derogation from competition rules in certain food...

Despite the UK officially leaving the EU on 31 January 2020, a transition period is in place unti...

Manchester City F.C. have been banned from European competitions for two years and received a fin...

From 21 December 2020, a revised EU telecoms regulatory framework will bring more telecoms entiti...

Reigning Premiership champions Saracens have been fined £5,360,272.31 and deducted 35 points afte...

Following the Caster Semenya case, how might non-employee athletes bring discrimination claims in...

On the one-year anniversary of GDPR coming into force, the EU will implement a new regulation on ...

On International Data Protection Day our Technology team round-up some of the key data protection...

With the launch of an initiative in the UK designed to increase consumers awareness of various co...

Blockchain is being cited as the potential answer to everything from endangered species protectio...

The European Commission recently carried out dawn raids at the premises of a number of companies ...

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A reminder for companies to review their dawn raid/regulatory inspections response plans and to t...

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Bills currently before the Oireachtas and Bills expected to be published

Bills currently before the Oireachtas and Bills expected to be published

The European Data Protection Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, argues that authorities need to wor...

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A new payment services directive to broaden the scope of regulation.

Cormac Little, Partner and Head of the Competition & Regulation department, has won the ‘Competit...

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Key initiatives highlighted such as: delegate oversight; UCITS V remuneration guidelines; third-c...

Draft Regulations limited in application and do not apply to all parties in the supply and distri...

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Proposed changes to EU merger control regime to extend pre-notification to acquisitions of minori...

The Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 enters into force tomorrow, 31 October 201...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 makes important changes to Irish competition law...

European Commission Publishes Consultation on Insurance Block Exemption Regulation

Legislation Updates

The following are key Competition & Regulation documents. 

Updates since our e-bulletin on 29 July 2014 regarding the Competition and Consumer Protection Ac...

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New competition and consumer legislation has been enacted.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) has just been enacted and is expected to ...

The Central Bank Act 2014 has been published.

The European Commission has revised its competition regime for technology transfer agreements.

Buying or Selling an Intermediary Business – Where to begin?This briefing outlines the steps invo...

The proposals to revise the MiFID regime, which were originally introduced in October 2011 and re...

On 14 January 2014, representatives of the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament...

This briefing provides an overview of the EU State aid regime, how it functions at present and th...

On 15 January, Cormac Little, a partner in our Competition & Regulation department, participa...

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The Irish Government is set to publish legislation providing for a statutory code of conduct to r...

William Fry, one of Ireland’s leading corporate law firms, is opening an office in the City of Lo...

William Fry has appointed three new partners and eight associates to support the growth of the fi...

The starting point of European Union State aid policy is that aid given by individual EU Member S...

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While the US economic outlook has firmed slightly in recent months, growth expectations in Europe...

In December 2010, the CompetitionAuthority’s new Declaration and Notice in respect of vertical ag...

A series of Regulations are expected to be enacted in early June 2011 to strengthen the rights of...

In December 2010, the Competition Authority’s new Declaration and Notice in respect of vertical a...

Late last year, the European Commission published two new revised block exemption regulations, on...

Last February, the European General Court (formerly the European Court of First Instance) upheld ...

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The EU General Court has upheld the European Commission decision to prohibit Ryanair’s proposed a...

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Businesses considering engaging in research and development or other co-operative partnerships wi...

A recent European Court of Justice case has confirmed that internal communications with in-house ...

William Fry’s 2010 Autumn/Winter Briefi ng Series will cover key legal issuesof interest to the b...

The move by Anglo Irish Bank and Ulster Bank to take joint control of Arnotts is an unusual choic...

A new statutory licensing regime requires providers of certain premium rate phone services to obt...

Businesses involved in the motor industry should review their arrangements with suppliers to ensu...

On 1 June 2010, new rules governing the application of EU competition rules to vertical agreement...

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New rules in force from 1 June change the treatment of supply and distribution agreements under E...

The European Court of Justice recently found that Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations un...

Following a number of developments documented recently in the media, we are beginning to see how ...

The Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, recently introduced proposals to transform the national...

Parties to supply and distribution agreements should monitor the outcome of a consultation, recen...

An end to self regulation in the telecoms industry is one of the proposals recently put forth by ...

Irish businesses stand to benefit from new state aid schemes recently announced in Europe. Our Co...

The European Commission recently adopted a report on the functioning of the Insurance Block Exemp...