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Imprisonment of executive in Ireland for non-payment of antitrust fine highlights the growing risk of jail time for price fixing

  • Jones Day
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  • Ireland, USA
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  • December 4 2009

On 30 November, Ireland’s Central Criminal Court imposed its first custodial sentence on an individual for involvement in a cartel

New Circuit Court Rules encourage use of mediation to settle disputes

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • Ireland, USA
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  • January 19 2010

New Circuit Court Rules (the Rules) have been introduced which provide that a Circuit Court Judge or County Registrar at a case progression hearing may, on the application of any of the parties on notice or of his own motion, adjourn the proceedings or any issue therein, for a period not exceeding 28 days, to allow the parties to use mediation, conciliation or arbitration or any other dispute resolution process to settle or determine the proceedings or issue in question

EU-US financial data transfer agreement due to enter into force in August

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union, Ireland, USA
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  • July 13 2010

On Thursday 8 July, 2010 the European Parliament approved the revised draft Agreement between the EU and the US on the transfer of financial data, known as the SWIFT Agreement

SEC adopts mandatory proxy access rule for shareholder director nominations -- applicable for 2011 proxy season

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • Ireland, USA
  • -
  • August 27 2010

On August 25, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-to-2 along party lines to adopt a controversial proxy access regime to facilitate shareholders' ability to nominate a limited number of candidates for election as directors

User fees for generic drugs - what are the issues?

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • Ireland, USA
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  • August 30 2010

On August 9, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") published a notice announcing a public meeting to be held September 17, 2010, "to gather stakeholder input on the development of a generic drug user fee program."

Ninth Circuit rejects private right of action to enforce Section 13(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • Ireland, USA
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  • August 27 2010

In Northstar Financial Advisors, Inc v Schwab Investments, No 09-16347, 2010 WL 3169400 (9th Cir. Aug. 12, 2010), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that nothing in Section 13(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“ICA”), as originally enacted or as subsequently amended, either created a private right of action or implied that such a right exists with the clarity and specificity required under United States Supreme Court precedent

Penalisation under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 - recent case law (8th October 2010)

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland, USA
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  • October 4 2010

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 (the "2005 Act") prohibits employers from penalising employees for making complaints in respect of health and safety matters in the workplace

Money market funds moves underway in Europe and the US to clarify the product and enhance investor confidence

  • Matheson
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  • European Union, Ireland, USA
  • -
  • November 18 2009

The financial crisis, in addition to forcing regulators worldwide to address the perceived deficiencies of the market, has also prompted fund industry associations in Europe and the U.S. to reconsider the nature, attendant risks and investor perception of their various products

Recent developments for the Third Quarter 2010

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada, China, Estonia, European Union, France, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam
  • -
  • December 16 2010

This letter is from the Global Equity Services ("GES") group in San Francisco, Chicago and New York

Supreme Court issues guidance on the remedy of rectification

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, USA
  • -
  • January 18 2011

The Supreme Court recently ruled that 80 former miners with a disability are to be excluded from substantial pension benefits available to existing employees

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