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February 2019 saw the Data Protection Commission publish its first annual report since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation on 25 May 2018.

Since the decision of the European Court of Justice (as it then was) in Google Spain v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (2014), there has been a proliferation of similar applications to search engines and related platforms from private individuals.

In a potentially significant change in Irish competition law enforcement policy, two car dealers have been prosecuted for effecting a business merger without first obtaining Competition and Consumer Protection Commission approval.

Why do lawyers ask for documents to be signed, scanned and emailed in such a prescriptive way?

In many countries, parties to a contract have an implied duty of good faith to one another. This can have wide-ranging consequences - it may require a duty of candour / disclosure and moral and ethical standards in the parties' behaviour.

The Benchmarks Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 ("the Regulation") introduced a number of significant changes around benchmark rates to ensure the accuracy of European financial benchmarks. The Regulation came into effect across the EU on 1 January 2018.