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Shareholders rights regulations

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Ireland
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September 2 2009

The Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment has published the Shareholders Rights (Directive 200736EC) Regulations 2009

Manchester United must concede home-leg advantage

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United Kingdom
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May 7 2009

Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) has amended the terms under which it sells one-year season tickets to the club’s home games at Old Trafford for the 2009-2010 season following an action taken by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the United Kingdom

Payment of local government charges

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Ireland
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September 2 2009

The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 provides for a charge or levy to be imposed on certain "second homes"

Ireland: a New Country

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Ireland
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September 2 2009

Tax havens have long been within the cross-hairs of the OECD but events have conspired to ensure rapid change in the perception of tax havens as favourable places to locate a multinational business

Asset backed securities and ECB eligibility criteria an update

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Ireland
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September 1 2009

Due to current market conditions we have been receiving an increasing number of enquiries from banks seeking to structure asset-backed securities (ABS) transactions in such a way that the notes issued thereunder qualify as Eligible Collateral for repo transactions with the European Central Bank (ECB) and indeed national central banks throughout Europe

Extracting new value from the database right ECJ decision in Directmedia Case

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European Union
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December 19 2008

The William Hill case in 2004 placed serious doubt on the value or usefulness of the sui generis database right (“the database right”) introduced by EC Directive 996

Financial Regulator confirms Irish regulatory flexibility to address fund liquidity challenges

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Ireland
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December 9 2008

Further to recent discussions with industry representatives through the Irish Funds Industry Association (“IFIA”) to consider the current liquidity challenges facing investment funds (and in particular fund of funds where underlying funds may have suspended dealing or imposed other limitations on redemptions), the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (the “Financial Regulator”) has confirmed changes to its existing regulatory provisions in a move to alleviate liquidity difficulties for Irish funds in current market conditions

Review of sale of goods legislation

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Ireland
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December 10 2008

The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has established an expert group to review legislation governing the sale of goods and supply of services