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In the latest episode of 'Company Law: Back to Basics', Dr Tom Courtney, Partner and Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel, discuss the Supreme Court decision in McCool v Honeywell and its ramifications for company law. They explore the legal landscape of asset transactions by directors and shareholders. This marks Tom Courtney’s final episode in the series. After three years and nearly 12,000 plays his exp...

In the third episode of “Conversations in Competition”, Ronan Scanlan, Of Counsel at Arthur Cox has a wide-ranging discussion with Alba Ribera Martínez, University Lecturer and Editor of Journal of European Competition Law covering the Digital Markets Act, including the gatekeeper designation process, the compliance reports, workshops, current investigations and next steps; how the DMA will intera...

In this episode of Back to Basics, Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel and Tom Courtney, Partner discuss dividends, focusing on the requirements to be satisfied in order to pay a dividend, who dividends are paid to, and the consequences of paying an unlawful dividend. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice sh...

In this second episode of AC Audio’s "Conversations in Competition", Ronan Scanlan, Of Counsel at Arthur Cox speaks to Dr. Lara Stoimenova, Managing Director at Sigma Economics, about how recent developments in EU Telecoms Regulation, the Revised Market Definition notice, and the EC White Paper will impact the Tech Sector and the recent DMA Gatekeeper Designations. Episode Structure: Minutes 0 – 2...

In this episode of AC Audio "Conversations in Competition", Ronan Scanlan, Of Counsel at Arthur Cox and Dave Foster, Director of Frontier Economics, speak about developments in the world of competition law in 2023/2024, including the shifting role of competition regulators in a polycrisis, the developing approach to big tech and firms with market power, and new ways of assessing harm and benefit i...

In this panel discussion from our Digital Reform: Insights and Regulators’ Perspectives seminar which took place in May 2023, Aoife Mac Ardle, Senior Associate in our Technology and Innovation Group, moderates a discussion on “Online Content: New Areas of Regulation”, focusing on the GDPR and the Digital Services Act. The topics discussed include children’s data, harmful content, online advertisin...

In our latest episode, Suzanne Kearney and Dr Tom Courtney discuss corporate authority - who are authorised to bind companies as matter of Irish law? They also discuss the various forms of authority, delegation of authority and practical steps to establish whether not a person has authority. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or...

In this recording from our seminar on 18 May 2023 on Digital Reform, Insights and Regulators’ Perspectives, Olivia Mullooly, Partner in the Technology and Innovation Group and Head of Intellectual Property at Arthur Cox, opens the event with some scene setting, providing a brief overview of the legislative landscape for digital content and services. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to...

The inclusion of “optional provisions” was one of the key innovations introduced by the Companies Act 2014. In this episode, Suzanne Kearney and Tom Courtney focus on these statutory default provisions which apply and which govern a company’s internal administration, unless a company’s constitution provides otherwise. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and...

In this podcast, Ian Duffy, Partner and Ciara Anderson, Senior Associate from our Technology and Innovation Group look at the new regulation around data protection, outsourcing, operational resilience and information security. They look at the recent and emerging laws in the space including the Digital Operations Resilience Act (DORA), Revised Network and Information Directive (NIZ 2) and the...

In this podcast, Rob Corbet, Partner and Head of the Technology and Innovation Group moderates a panel discussion on content moderation as part of our recent Digital Reform: Insights and Regulators’ Perspectives event. The topics covered by the panel include key changes for content moderation programmes, considering AI in content moderation, new rules for content moderation, and content removal an...

One of the four key pillars of the new Individual Accountability Framework is stronger Central Bank enforcement capabilities. Amelia Walsh and Deirdre O'Mahony discuss what the Central Bank of Ireland will be able to investigate individuals for under the new regime, including breaches of new conduct rules and the new duty of responsibility. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist ac...

In our latest Company Law: Back to Basics episode, Suzanne Kearney and Dr Tom Courtney discuss 'Piercing the Corporate Veil'. They discuss the benefits of a company having separate legal personalities, while also identify the areas of risk reflecting on the rare case when the corporate veil is pierced and the court overrides the principle of separate legal personalities. Disclaimer: The contents o...

In this episode, Maedhbh Clancy, Of Counsel in our Finance Group and Sarah Thompson, Partner in our Financial Regulation Group, discuss the new Individual Accountability Framework, one of the most significant changes to financial services regulation in many years, and give an overview of the key pillars of the framework. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information...

In this episode, Ian Duffy, Partner, Technology and Innovation, is joined by Ciara Anderson, Senior Associate, to discuss the incoming Digital Operational Resilience Act or DORA and the Network and Information Systems Directive Number 2 or NIS 2. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought...

ESG or Environmental, Social and Governance factors have recently become a hot topic in the financial services and indeed in the pensions industry. But what are the legal obligations on trustees of occupational pension schemes in relation to considering ESG factors and implementing ESG decisions and is ESG here to stay? In this audio briefing, Sarah McCague, partner, and Katie Lawless, Associate,...

The Companies Act 2014 has recently been amended, requiring for the first time in statute that directors of companies, unable, or likely to be unable, to pay their debts must have regard to the interests of creditors. In this episode, Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel in the Corporate and M&A Department in Arthur Cox, and Tom Courtney, Partner, discuss Directors’ Duties, what these duties are and what t...

As many of our listeners will already be aware, the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 was signed into law last December and was recently commenced. This Act introduces significant structural reform to the corporate crime enforcement regime in Ireland by amending the Companies Act 2014 to establish an independent statutory authority, namely the Corporate Enforcement Authority rep...

The Gender Pay Gap Information Act, 2021 was signed into law in July 2021. Just last month, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth made regulations requiring certain employers to publish information in relation to the gender pay gap in their organisations. In addition, employers will be required to publish the measures taken by them to eliminate or reduce the gender...

In this ‘Back to Basics’ episode, Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel in the Corporate and M&A Department in Arthur Cox, is joined by Aisling Carey, Professional Support Lawyer in the Corporate and M&A Department in Arthur Cox and Tom Courtney, Partner in Arthur Cox, to discuss Section 239 and Transactions with Directors and Connected Persons. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access...

On 29 March 2022, the Department of Social Protection published the Final Design Principles for the introduction of a pensions auto-enrolment system in Ireland. The aim of auto-enrolment is to “change the Irish pensions system from one where employers may, or may not, make provision for a workplace pension scheme to one where every worker will have access to a workplace pension”. Even though propo...

The Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohue TD, published the long-awaited General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021 in July of last year. As expected, the individual accountability framework will include ​a new senior executive accountability regime (SEAR) under which regulated financial services providers (RFSPs) and senior managers within those RFSPs will c...

Once enacted, the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 will significantly reform the regulation of online content in Ireland. In this first episode of a new series by our Intellectual Property Group, Tech Trackers: Regulation in the Digital World, Gavin Woods and Isabel Cooke discuss the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill in addition to proposed reforms to defamation law and the Regul...

The financial services landscape in Ireland has changed a lot in the last 4-5 years, and the last 12 months have seen continued regulatory developments and a lot of activity from the CBI. As we emerge from the pandemic, with the lifting of restrictions and the return to the office for many, we thought we’d ask – what are the priorities and trends for 2022 going to be? In this podcast, Amelia Walsh...

In this 'Back to Basics' episode, Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel in the Corporate and M&A Department in Arthur Cox, is joined by Aisling Carey, Professional Support Lawyer in the Corporate and M&A Department in Arthur Cox and Tom Courtney, Partner in Arthur Cox, to discuss Substantial Property Transactions between companies, their directors and persons connected with them. They will continue this dis...