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Jul 25, 2023
An Overview of the Digital Reform Landscape
In this recording from our seminar on 18 May 2023 on Digital Reform, Insights and Regulators’ Perspectives, Olivia Mullooly, Partner in the Technology and Innovation Group and Head of Intellectual Property at Arthur Cox, opens the event with some scene setting, providing a brief overview of the legislative landscape for digital content and services.
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Jun 27, 2023
Company Law: Back To Basics - Optional Provisions Under The Companies Act 2014
The inclusion of “optional provisions” was one of the key innovations introduced by the Companies Act 2014.
In this episode, Suzanne Kearney and Tom Courtney focus on these statutory default provisions which apply and which govern a company’s internal administration, unless a company’s constitution provides otherwise.
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Jun 13, 2023
Fintech and New Technology Regulation
In this podcast, Ian Duffy, Partner and Ciara Anderson, Senior Associate from our Technology and Innovation Group look at the new regulation around data protection, outsourcing, operational resilience and information security.
They look at the recent and emerging laws in the space including the Digital Operations Resilience Act (DORA), Revised Network and Information Directive (NIZ 2) and the soon-to-be finalised Artificial Intelligence Act and how they are relevant to technology services providers. They also look at the current regulatory obligations that apply to fintech providers and how they can ensure they are complying with these.
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Jun 1, 2023
Content moderation - Adopting a content moderation programme for the digital age
In this podcast, Rob Corbet, Partner and Head of the Technology and Innovation Group moderates a panel discussion on content moderation as part of our recent Digital Reform: Insights and Regulators’ Perspectives event. The topics covered by the panel include key changes for content moderation programmes, considering AI in content moderation, new rules for content moderation, and content removal and governance obligations under the Digital Services Act. The other speakers on this podcast include Olivia Mullooly, Partner and Head of our Intellectual Property team, Ciara Anderson and Rosemarie Blake, Senior Associates, Technology and Innovation.
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Apr 11, 2023
Individual Accountability Framework: Central Bank Enforcement Capabilities
One of the four key pillars of the new Individual Accountability Framework is stronger Central Bank enforcement capabilities.
Amelia Walsh and Deirdre O'Mahony discuss what the Central Bank of Ireland will be able to investigate individuals for under the new regime, including breaches of new conduct rules and the new duty of responsibility.
#ACLaw #financialregulation #IAF #SEAR
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Mar 28, 2023
Company Law: Back To Basics - Piercing the Corporate Veil
In our latest Company Law: Back to Basics episode, Suzanne Kearney and Dr Tom Courtney discuss 'Piercing the Corporate Veil'. They discuss the benefits of a company having separate legal personalities, while also identify the areas of risk reflecting on the rare case when the corporate veil is pierced and the court overrides the principle of separate legal personalities.
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Mar 10, 2023
IAF and SEAR - An Overview with Maedhbh Clancy and Sarah Thompson
In this episode, Maedhbh Clancy, Of Counsel in our Finance Group and Sarah Thompson, Partner in our Financial Regulation Group, discuss the new Individual Accountability Framework, one of the most significant changes to financial services regulation in many years, and give an overview of the key pillars of the framework.
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Dec 12, 2022
Digital Operational Resilience Act
In this episode, Ian Duffy, Partner, Technology and Innovation, is joined by Ciara Anderson, Senior Associate, to discuss the incoming Digital Operational Resilience Act or DORA and the Network and Information Systems Directive Number 2 or NIS 2.
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Oct 18, 2022
Pensions and ESG
ESG or Environmental, Social and Governance factors have recently become a hot topic in the financial services and indeed in the pensions industry. But what are the legal obligations on trustees of occupational pension schemes in relation to considering ESG factors and implementing ESG decisions and is ESG here to stay?
In this audio briefing, Sarah McCague, partner, and Katie Lawless, Associate, talk about pensions and Environmental, Social and Governance factors known as ESG, whether pension schemes trustees have to consider ESG when investing, the interaction between ESG and IORP II legislation, Trustees’ fiduciary duties and ESG investment.
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Sep 7, 2022
Company Law: Back to Basics - Directors' Duties
The Companies Act 2014 has recently been amended, requiring for the first time in statute that directors of companies, unable, or likely to be unable, to pay their debts must have regard to the interests of creditors.
In this episode, Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel in the Corporate and M&A Department in Arthur Cox, and Tom Courtney, Partner, discuss Directors’ Duties, what these duties are and what they mean for companies and their directors. They will also discuss the most recent development in this area - the new statutory duty to have regard to the interests of the company’s creditors.
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Jul 7, 2022
Company Law: Back to Basics - The Corporate Enforcement Authority
As many of our listeners will already be aware, the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 was signed into law last December and was recently commenced. This Act introduces significant structural reform to the corporate crime enforcement regime in Ireland by amending the Companies Act 2014 to establish an independent statutory authority, namely the Corporate Enforcement Authority replacing the current Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, or ODCE, within the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
Today, Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel in the Corporate and M&A Department in Arthur Cox and Tom Courtney, Partner at Arthur Cox are joined by Joanelle O’Cleirigh, Partner in the Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations Department at Arthur Cox to discuss some observations on how the new Authority is likely to impact the enforcement of company law for companies and in particular for company directors.
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