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First ever jury conviction in Ireland or Europe for price-fixing DPP v. Hegarty

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • July 2 2012

In our October 2011 Competition Newsletter we reported on the Irish Supreme Court’s ruling in DPP v Hegarty that an individual employee can be tried for a breach of Irish competition law even if his employer has not been convicted of an offence

Airline saga takes off again

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • July 2 2012

On 15 June 2012, the UK Office of Fair Trading (the “OFT”) announced its decision to refer Ryanair’s acquisition of a minority shareholding in Aer Lingus to the UK Competition Commission (the “CC”

Horse trading with the Irish Competition Authority at the competitionsport interface

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • July 2 2012

On the 30 May 2012, the Irish Competition Authority announced that Show Jumping Ireland had agreed to amend an alleged anticompetitive rule which prevented its members from competing at unaffiliated show-jumping events with a prize fund in excess of 50£50, and with potential penalties for non-observance

ESMA consultation on ETF’s and other UCITS issues: IFIA response

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • April 24 2012

The Irish Funds Industry Association has issued a response to the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) consultation paper on “ESMA’s guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues”

ESMA consultation on AIFMD: IFIA response

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • April 24 2012

The Irish Funds Industry Association has issued a response to the European Securities and Markets Authority discussion paper “Key concepts of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and types of AIFM" (ESMA2012117

International Organisation of Securities Commission publishes updated systematic risk data requirements for hedge funds

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Global, Ireland
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  • April 24 2012

The Technical Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commission has published a list of data categories for the collection of hedge fund information

US and UK investment managers increasingly using Irish funds

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • April 24 2012

Recent statistics from the international funds industry show a significant increase in the use of Irish fund structures by both US and London based investment managers

Refund of Dutch dividend withholding tax for Irish funds?

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland, Netherlands
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  • April 24 2012

The Court of Appeal of Den Bosch, the Netherlands, awarded a Finnish investment fund a full refund of Dutch dividend tax withheld from dividends it received from investments in Dutch resident entities, in a decision issued on 9 March 2012

Television drama over advertising deals

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • February 22 2012

In March 2009, TV3, a private television broadcaster in Ireland, complained to the Irish Competition Authority that RTÉ, the State-owned television and radio broadcaster in Ireland, was engaging in anticompetitive behaviour

New protocol to IrelandSwitzerland Double Tax Agreement

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland, Switzerland
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  • February 17 2012

On 26 January 2012, the Irish government signed a protocol amending its existing Double Taxation Agreement (“DTA”) with Switzerland