EU Targets Greenwashing Practices in New Directive
A new Directive passed by the European Parliament will bring increased scrutiny to businesses promoting their products' environmental impacts.
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A new Directive passed by the European Parliament will bring increased scrutiny to businesses promoting their products' environmental impacts.
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In advance of the imminent application deadline of 25 June 2023, the Irish government has initiated the Representative Actions for the Protection o...
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William Fry recently participated in two webinars hosted by Franklin Paris which discussed the EU Whistleblowing Directive.
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Video: What is the Gender Pay Gap (GPG), why does it exist, when will mandatory GPG reporting come into law in Ireland, who will be affected and wh...
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This article considers what may be coming down the tracks for Ireland as the EU Parliament recently gave the green light to the first EU-wide rules...
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Legislation designed to facilitate the cross-border distribution of funds is to be signed into law on 20 June 2019 with key measures expected to be...
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Collective redress actions will soon be available to Irish consumers under the Representative Actions Directive. Earlier this year, the Department ...
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The Investment Firms Regulation and Investment Firms Directive will become applicable for firms from 26 June 2021. In this briefing, we examine the...
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A recent decision of the Tax Appeals Commission will peak the interests of Pharma, Healthcare and MedTech companies considering M&A transactions in...
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We examine the new transparency obligations for pension schemes under Directive (EU) 2017/828.
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The European Commission has published a proposed regulatory framework for Markets in Crypto-Assets as part of its Digital Finance Strategy 2020. Th...
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The General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022 has been published and proposes ...
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The Investment Firms Directive and Investment Firms Regulation (IFD/IFR) will become applicable for MiFID authorised investment firms from 26 June ...
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Matters for pension trustees to consider ahead of the transposition of the IORP II Directive in the coming months.
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Gabriel Bernardino Chairman of EIOPA reflecting on the past decade of insurance and pensions supervision in Europe.
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Illegal streaming of Premier League matches blocked by High Court
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New sustainability reporting rules for all large EU companies and all EU-listed companies applicable from next January.
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The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a new Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU. The proposed Direct...
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In today's 12 Days of Christmas bulletin, we look at some decisions from earlier this year about the duty to make reasonable accommodation for empl...
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In our second bulletin on flexible working, we consider the importance of complying with working-time legislation when embracing innovative ways of...
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In today's edition, we remind ourselves of the Supreme Court's decision in McKelvey v Iarnrod Eireann/Irish Rail IESC 79 on the circumstances in w...
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Over the next two days we will look at flexible working arrangements from two different angles. Today we are focusing on employee requests to work ...
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In today's article we look at an employment law wolf in a sheep's clothing that will change employers' contractual relations with certain types of ...
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In the final instalment of our 12 Days of Christmas series, we look at some developments that we can expect in 2020.
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EIOPA launches a new online tool, the IDD Single Rulebook.
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Long-awaited legislation to give effect to the implementation of EU Directive 2019/1 empowers the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission an...
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The European Commission proposes a progressive roll-out of the In Vitro Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR).
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Here is a selection of our recent publications on subjects that may affect you or your business.
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On 3 June 2020 EU member states agreed an optional six-month deferral for DAC 6 tax reporting deadlines
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Welcome to the January 2020 edition of Legal News. We at William Fry aim to keep you up to date on legal developments that may affect you or your b...
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In our Spring Pensions Briefing, our team consider the likely implications of the McCloud and Bauer cases on the Irish pensions regime, and provide...
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Welcome to the May 2020 issue of Legal News. We aim to keep you up to date on legal developments that may affect you or your business. Here are som...
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This article discusses a recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union confirming that a commercial agent does not need to be able ...
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Continuing our series of publications, in this briefing we explore which EU Notified Bodies have been designated under the new Medical Devices and ...
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The Department of Finance has published the Irish statutory instrument implementing the Insurance Distribution Directive to take effect from 1 Octo...