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Meta has been fined nearly €800 million by the European Commission for competition law breaches related to Facebook Marketplace. According to the Commission, Meta abused its dominant position in the market for personal social networks by tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook.

Apple has been ordered to bring its geo-blocking practices in line with EU consumer law. The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of national consumer authorities and the European Commission have notified Apple of several potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices that the CPC Network ha

Chinese e-commerce giant Temu is facing enforcement action under EU consumer law, a week after separate proceedings were opened under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of national consumer authorities and the European Commission today notified Temu of

The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against Chinese e-commerce giant Temu under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The probe will assess whether Temu may have breached the DSA in areas linked to the sale of illegal products, the potentially addictive design of the service, the systems

Nine national public authorities have been given responsibility for protecting fundamental rights under the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. The public authorities are An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Coimisiún na Meán, the Data Protection Commission, the Environmental Protect

Technical discussions have concluded on an agreement which will allow for closer co-operation between the UK and EU's competition authorities. The proposed agreement will be a 'supplementing agreement' to the post-Brexit EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which explicitly foresaw the possi

The Irish government has said it now backs proposed legislation banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank — but that there may not be enough time to pass it before the next election. The government has long frustrated the progress of the Occupied Territories Bill, first t

The Supreme Court has made a second reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a case where the UK seeks the extradition of a man accused of committing IRA-related terrorism offences in Northern Ireland. Delivering its judgment, the seven-judge Supreme Court stated: “The

A third-party car rental website used by Ryanair Car Hire and Booking.com has removed misleading information at the request of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Consumer authorities in 10 EU member states and Norway, co-ordinated by the European Commission, checked 78 third

The Supreme Court has determined that the ministerial creation of the indictable offence of refusing to permit access by authorised officers to inspect private boglands was not an abdication of the Oireachtas’ legislative power. Delivering the lead judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Pe

Six out of 10 Irish businesses are not prepared for compliance with the European Accessibility Act (EAA), according to a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran. The EAA is an EU directive aimed at improving the accessibility of products and services, ensuring that people with disabilit

Four in ten Irish businesses will not be prepared for NIS2 compliance by next week's deadline, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran suggests. The business law firm surveyed 160 professionals ahead of 17 October, the date by which the government must transpose NIS2 into Irish law.

The Supreme Court has referred four questions on the transposition and interpretation of Directive 2013/33/EU, the Reception Conditions Directive, to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne opined that it “seems t

The European Law Institute's annual conference is currently under way in Dublin — the first time it has been held in the Irish capital. Over 400 delegates from across Europe are taking part in the event, which is being held across the King's Inns and the Law Society today and tomorrow.

An Irish MEP has taken on a leading role in negotiating a new EU law to strengthen passenger rights. Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, a Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South, has been appointed by the Renew Europe political grouping in the European Parliament as its chief negotiator on the propo