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Sick of holidays: recent rulings by the European Court of Justice and House of Lords on the Working Time Directive have implications for Ireland

  • Matheson
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 13 2010

In Ireland, the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 links an employee’s entitlement to paid annual leave with hours worked

A warning to disciplinary panels of regulatory bodies: the impact of “Bloodgate” goes beyond sport

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 15 2011

Many people will remember the infamous fake blood incident that tarnished the sport of rugby union which became known as “Bloodgate”

Will Ireland outstrip UK’s reputation as a patent “graveyard”?

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • September 1 2011

In November 2010, Mr Justice Arnold, one of the three specialist judges in the Patents Court in London, held three Medinol patents not to be infringed by Abbott Laboratories’ coronary stents

Doctors’ use of social media

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 21 2013

There has been a significant increase in the use of social media platforms in medicine and healthcare in recent years. In a recent survey conducted

A warning to disciplinary panels of regulatory bodies: the impact of "Bloodgate" goes beyond sport

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 28 2011

Many people will remember the infamous fake blood incident that tarnished the sport of rugby union which became known as "Bloodgate"

Liability at common law of a parent company to an employee of its subsidiary

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 20 2011

In a recent UK High Court case a parent company was held to owe a duty of care to an employee of a subsidiary company, where the employee had been exposed to asbestos and subsequently suffered asbestosis, in circumstances where the subsidiary company was no longer in existence

Guidelines on assisted suicide

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • November 10 2009

Although committing or attempting to commit suicide is not a criminal offence in Ireland or Britain, it must be achieved without assistance from anyone

English Patents Court revisits the clearing the way principle in preliminary injunction applications

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 15 2011

In the recent English case of Cephalon Inc. and others v Orchid Europe Ltd and others (2010), Mr Justice Floyd of the Patents Court revisited the “clearing the way” principle in cases where there is a threatened launch of a generic product onto the marketplace