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Household products giant Procter & Gamble is facing an uphill battle to trademark popular textspeak acronyms including "OMG", "LOL" and "WTF". The multinational said it wants to use the phrases on household and personal care products targeted at younger consumers.

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LK Shields has advised the Reihill family on their signing of an agreement to sell Top Oil to Irving Oil, a Canadian company. Top Oil is an Irish-owned family company with a 200-year trading history. It has a fuel retail network of 180 service stations and fuel terminal in Dublin and sells over 1 bi

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Eversheds Sutherland advised H2 Equity Partners on the acquisition of Aquilant from Dublin-based UDG Healthcare for a potential consideration of up to €23 million. Aquilant is a distributor of specialist medical, pharmaceutical and scientific products and services, including outsourced sales, m

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Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan will address members of the Limerick Solicitors Bar Association on key employment law issues in October. Mr Grogan, who writes a regular feature for Irish Legal News, will speak on the topics of "Presenting and Defending Claims in the WRC and Labour Court" and

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An American lawyer has admitted his role in uploading porn to file-sharing websites in order to sue people who downloaded it in a $3 million scam. Minnesota lawyer Paul Hansmeier has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering in exchange for a sentence of no more than 150 months.

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Police have discovered a tunnel in a former KFC restaurant being used to smuggle illegal drugs. The operation was uncovered after a routine traffic stop resulted in the seizure of over 168 kilograms of drugs brought into Arizona from Mexico through the narrow tunnel.

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Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of Karol Fox from senior associate to partner in the firm's banking team.Mr Fox works with international and domestic clients on a range of banking transactions including leveraged finance, acquisition finance, trade finance, commercial real estat

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The Bar Council of Ireland has expressed its "growing frustration" with the slow pace at which parts of the Legal Services Regulation Act are being brought into force, the Irish Independent reports. In a written submission to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA), the barristers' regulatory

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Figures showing an increase in reporting of hate crime and domestic violence in Ireland have been welcomed by European Network Against Racism (ENAR) and Women's Aid, the Irish Examiner reports. An Garda Síochána's annual report for 2017 reveals an 11 per cent increase in recorded hate

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