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agosto 2022

Housebuilder Top Tip - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy: Impact on Building Regulations

Housebuilder Top Tip - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy: Impact on Building Regulations

As the Government continues to implement its Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy, an important step has been taken with significant implications ...

Data And Cyber Bulletin - August 2022

Data And Cyber Bulletin - August 2022

Welcome to the August edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.

2022 ENISA Report Finds Ransomware Attacks Continue to Dominate the Global Cybersecurity Landscape

2022 ENISA Report Finds Ransomware Attacks Continue to Dominate the Global Cybersecurity Landscape

Many organisations have had to confront the harsh reality that no matter how large or small their business, they are not safe from ransomware attacks ...

A new Task Force report on Confronting Reality in Cyber Space has been published by the Council for Foreign Relations

A new Task Force report on Confronting Reality in Cyber Space has been published by the Council for Foreign Relations

The Council for Foreign Relations is a US policy think tank founded in 1921. It has sponsored its latest Task force to produce a report on the state o ...

Former NHS employee prosecuted and fined after illegally accessing patient records without a valid legal reason

Former NHS employee prosecuted and fined after illegally accessing patient records without a valid legal reason

A former NHS healthcare worker, Mr Christopher O’Brien, has been successfully prosecuted at the Coventry Magistrates Court after accessing medical rec ...

Online Safety Bill at a standstill pending appointment of a new Prime Minister

Online Safety Bill at a standstill pending appointment of a new Prime Minister

July was expected to be the month where long-awaited developments for the UK’s Online Safety Bill (“OSB”) were due to take place. However, any materia ...

When European data regulators disagree: EDPB steps in to resolve a dispute between French and Polish Data Protection Authorities

When European data regulators disagree: EDPB steps in to resolve a dispute between French and Polish Data Protection Authorities

In a decision published on 17 August 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued a binding resolution, in relation to a dispute between the ...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Enhanced Consumer Protection – Advanced Trader Compliance

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Enhanced Consumer Protection – Advanced Trader Compliance

The Consumer Rights Bill 2022 (the “Bill”) was initiated in Dáil Éireann on the 22 April 2022, and is well on its way to entering the business-to-cons ...

Irish company law update: Think of the creditors

Irish company law update: Think of the creditors

It is well established under Irish case law that company directors who are aware of the company’s insolvency have a duty to have regard to the interes ...

Generational Diversity in the workplace

Generational Diversity in the workplace

Michelle Corrigan, a Senior Associate in the Employment team at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, addresses some frequently asked questions about ...