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Reduction in trade mark fees soon to be implemented

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • March 12 2009

Fees for the application and registration of an EU wide trade mark are due to drop to around 1000 by mid 2009

Sex, death and money

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • July 4 2008

Just when you thought you could retire gracefully, a recent European Court case reaffirms the old adage that pensions are really about sex, death and money

Beware when you compare!

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • July 4 2008

Although your advertising and marketing staff might be tempted to knock your competitor’s product or service, there are rules about this kind of thing and they just got tougher

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

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

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

Privileged position

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • December 31 2010

Companies might think that advice from with their in-house lawyer is covered by lawyerclient privilege - but not according to a recent ruling from the European Court of Justice

Safe harbour

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • June 22 2010

The European Commission takes a dim view of cartels, price-fixing and anti-competitive practices, but it does make exceptions for certain types of agreements made between undertakings operating at different levels of the supply chain

Splitting the difference

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • June 22 2010

Following a protracted period of intense lobbying at European level, the European Parliament and the EU Council recently finalised their respective drafts of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

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