The Law Society has been notified of an unsuccessful attempted cyberattack, using a sophisticated approach and mirroring a bank's valid fraud number. The attack followed the same approach as previous ...

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International law firm Bird & Bird has expanded its team in Ireland by appointing Susan Battye as head of the country’s employment practice. Battye has more than two decades of experience advising ...

Law firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) says that Ireland is at risk of becoming “an outlier” among European countries on the issue of mandatory retirement ages. It cites a recent survey that it carried ...

The PPC Connect Committee is hosting a careers talk on Tuesday 28 January at the Law Society’s green theatre. PPC trainees who are curious about where a career in law can take them outside of ...

Ireland’s data-protection watchdog was responsible for more than half of the €1.2 billion fines handed out across Europe last year for breaches of the GDPR rules on data privacy, according to figures ...

A law that updates and amends existing charities legislation has partially come into effect after the signing of a commencement order. The Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 was enacted in July, making ...

This course is suitable for solicitors, barristers, and trainees with an interest in in-house practice, and those employed in an in-house position in the public or private sector who wish to develop ...

The updated ADR Guide supports the Law Society’s policy to promote the greater use and acceptance of mediation as an alternative to the more protracted and costly court-based litigation. The ADR ...

Article 5 of the Act prohibits certain types of AI systems. These are AI systems that pose an unacceptable level of risk to the health, safety and fundamental rights of individuals. This ban is a ...

A draft programme for Government published yesterday (15 January) includes a commitment to set up an expanded Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. This department will have ...

Lawyers at A&L Goodbody (ALG) has said that businesses are “starting to feel the bite” of a tougher regulatory approach to consumer issues from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC ...