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The European Union (Posting of Workers) regulations were officially signed into law on 27 July 2016. We discuss how these new regulations transpose the EU Directive on Better Enforcement of the Posting of Workers Framework Directive into Irish law.

The lowering of the merger notification thresholds and a strengthening economy have resulted in a rise in the number of notifications being made to the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has recently issued a guidance note on the collection and use of location data. Any information which can link an individual with a particular place is considered to be location data.

The European Commission’s draft Privacy Shield aims to address the legal uncertainty around the commercial transfer of personal data between the EU and the US. Laura Fannin outlines the key data protection and compliance issues.

In recent years the backlog of High Court litigation has increased significantly. Two new statutory instruments, effective from 1 October 2016, aim to tackle the backlog by introducing major changes to the rules for trial conduct and case management.