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New tender review process

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • June 22 2010

Public sector contracts invariably involve high value contracts

European Communities (Public Authorities’ Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • June 2 2010

These regulations were signed into law on 25 March 2010 and are expressed to apply to decisions taken after that date

Collective redundancies - when does the obligation to consult arise? Award of almost 3 million in Fujitsu case

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, Finland, Ireland
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  • April 7 2010

The decision of the Finnish Supreme Court in the Fujitsu case delivered on 9 March 2010, pursuant to which Fujitsu was ordered to pay almost 3 million to dismissed employees, has relevance for Irish employers, particularly those within an international group

Google AdWords and online advertising: trade mark infringement? ECJ decision

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • March 25 2010

Earlier this week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") ruled that the operation of the AdWords system by Google in itself was not a breach of EU trade mark law, but that the content of some advertisements that are linked by Google keywords may well be in breach depending upon the particular facts of the case

Trading with consumers: the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and guidance from the European Commission

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • January 11 2010

If you have a business that sells goods or services to consumers then you should know about the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

Grey times for lookalike products

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, France, United Kingdom
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  • September 5 2009

Shoppers and retailers are familiar with lookalike products in shops and with branded products being sold at reduced prices at discount retail outlets or market stalls

Payment Services Directive: are you ready?

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • August 28 2009

The Payment Services Directive 200764EC (the PSD) will become effective in Ireland on 1 November 2009 and will introduce a new EU-wide licensing regime for many firms and business that have up until now operated in an unregulated environment

Caps off to emissions trading

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • July 15 2009

Emissions trading is a market-based scheme to control emissions by providing economic incentives for companies to reduce their levels of greenhouse gas emissions

Knee-jerk reaction or reasoned response?

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • July 15 2009

Fund managers working with alternative investment funds believe that they have been unfairly targeted by a draft EU Directive for a financial crisis that was not of their making

Emissions trading

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • May 8 2009

Emissions trading is a market-based scheme used to control emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in these emissions