William Fry

AI businesses in Northern Ireland are likely to face stricter regulation than those in the rest of the UK, a leading expert in AI law has warned. The European Commission yesterday formally proposed adding the EU AI Act to the list of legislation which continues to apply in Northern Ireland post-Brex

William Fry lawyers Adele Hall, Paul Convery and Niamh McCabe look at the recent High Court decision in Casey v McMenamin, in which significant damages, including aggravated damages, were awarded for defamation arising from a Facebook post. Momentum towards the proposed reform of defamation laws was

Irish businesses have been urged to take pro-active steps to ensuring compliance with the EU's new NIS2 Directive. Only 13 per cent of attendees at a William Fry seminar on NIS2 said they were very confident in their vendors' and suppliers' cybersecurity practices.

Paul Convery explores recent UK cases related to Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud and highlights key recommendations from an Oireachtas committee. Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud happens when victims are deceived into making immediate payments to bank accounts managed by fraudsters pretending

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

William Fry lawyers Rachel Hayes, Adele Hall and Aoife Keenan examine a Circuit Court decision awarding €7,500 in a personal data breach claim against a government agency. In M.H. v Child and Family Agency, a 2023 ex tempore judgment, the Circuit Court awarded the plaintiff €7,50

William Fry has struck an optimistic note on outlook for Ireland's M&A market after new figures showed deal value reached €27.5 billion in 2024, an increase of 115 per cent on the previous year. The firm yesterday published its M&A Review 2024, which records 499 transactions in the Iris

William Fry has been advising the US National Football League (NFL) on its historic plans to bring the first-ever regular season game to Ireland. The Pittsburgh Steelers — whose president, Art Rooney II, has family links to Newry, Co Down — are set to take the field at Croke Park in 2025

William Fry partners Barry Scannell and Leo Moore unpack Ireland's exemptions from the landmark EU AI Act. Ireland has a unique position in the European Union’s regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI), benefiting from an exemption from certain provisions related to AI used in law

William Fry has welcomed 22 associates following the completion of their traineeships with the firm.

The Irish arm of international law firm Eversheds Sutherland could merge into William Fry under plans being discussed by the two firms' leaderships. William Fry yesterday confirmed that it has "engaged in exploratory discussions with senior representatives of Eversheds Sutherland Ireland" about a po

William Fry partner Dr Barry Scannell examines a recent trademark case in which ChatGPT represented one of the parties. Good idea: Getting a well-trained lawyer to represent you in a trademark dispute. Bad idea: Having ChatGPT represent you in a trademark dispute.

AI literacy is "no longer optional", William Fry has stressed to in-house counsel from Ireland's leading companies at its annual end-of-year Counsel Connect seminar. The law firm's event addressed the significant challenges posed by the regulatory obligations under the EU AI Act, and in particular t

William Fry marked the International Day of People with Disabilities with a special event which heard from Sofiya Kalinova BL, the first deaf person to qualify as a barrister in Ireland. The "Breaking Down Barriers at the Irish Bar" event took place at the law firm's Dublin office on 21 November, ah

Venture capital funding into Irish technology SMEs stalled in the third quarter of the year, according to a survey published in association with William Fry. VC funding finished at €192.5 million in Q3 2024, just one per cent ahead of the same period last year, the Irish Venture Capital Associa