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Around four in 10 organisations in Ireland still lack a dedicated sustainability function, while only one in five have adopted climate transition plan, according to research by A&L Goodbody. A new report from the law firm suggests that many Irish companies remain unprepared for the legal re

Major businesses including Nokia and Ericsson will welcome the European Commission's decision to withdraw proposals for the regulation of standard essential patents (SEPs), William Fry has said. The proposed SEP Regulation was among 35 initiatives the European Commission said last week it will withd

A voluntary code of practice on disinformation is to be integrated into the framework of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and used as a benchmark for determining platforms' compliance. The code, first published in 2018 and significantly strengthened in 2022, is to become a voluntary code of conduct

The Northern Ireland Assembly has again voted in favour of a "progressive smoking ban" despite continued uncertainty over its compatibility with post-Brexit rules. MLAs yesterday passed a legislative consent motion backing Northern Ireland's inclusion in the UK government's Tobacco and Vapes Bill, w

The High Court has made orders against Virgin Media Ireland Limited in a novel application by ComReg concerning its "save" activities and its imposition of a 30-day notice period on customers cancelling outside of their minimum contract term. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Denis

The EU has launched a consultation on revision to state aid rules in order to bring them in line with the requirements of the Aarhus Convention. The European Commission has prepared draft amendments to the state aid Implementing Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 and to the state aid Best Practices Code (B

Ireland is facing infringement proceedings over its alleged failure to transpose two EU directives. The European Commission has sent a letter of formal notice to six member states, including Ireland, for allegedly having notified only the partial transposition of the Gender Balance on Corporate Boar

A senior Irish legal academic has secured victory over the EU in a battle over the disclosure of documents relating to the Polish rule of law crisis. Professor Laurent Pech, the dean of UCD Sutherland School of Law, launched legal proceedings in September 2024 after the European Commission "persiste

European consumer watchdogs have accused Meta of continuing to breach EU law with its "pay-or-consent" policy. Meta first introduced a pay-or-consent model in November 2023, offering EU users of Facebook and Instagram the option of either paying a monthly fee to use ad-free versions of the social ne

Donald Trump's return to the White House has put the legality of EU-US data transfers in doubt once again, privacy campaigners have warned. Three of the four sitting members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) have reportedly been sacked by the new president, leaving the wa

New EU rules aimed at strengthening the IT security of financial entities such as banks, insurance companies and investment firms are finally here, write William Fry lawyers John O'Connor, Claire O'Connor and Conor Forde. While it may seem that we have been talking about the Digital Operational Resi

A public consultation has been launched on the implementation of EU rules developed in response to the 2007 financial crash. The Department of Finance is seeking views on the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive VI which, together with the Capital Requirements Regulation III, finalis

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has been ordered to provide more information to the EU in its ongoing proceedings under the Digital Services Act. The European Commission today said it has addressed three additional technical investigatory measures to X relating to the platform's recommender system.

A group of former European leaders have called on the European Commission to pursue a "structural separation" of Google’s adtech business. A letter signed by 18 former European presidents and prime ministers who are members of Club de Madrid, the world's largest forum of former heads of state

Passengers should not have to provide their gender identity in order to buy a train ticket, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in a case concerning the French rail network. The case arose from a complaint made by a group called Mousse to the French data protection authority