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The European Commission has published its general-purpose AI code of practice, aimed at helping businesses to comply with their obligations under the EU AI Act. The voluntary tool, prepared by independent experts in a multi-stakeholder process, consists of three chapters on transparency, copyright,

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Three new EU infringement proceedings have been opened against Ireland. Ireland has been accused of breaching EU rules governing the licensing of property services providers, customs data transmission and the protection of the EU budget from fraud.

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The General Court of the European Union has upheld a decision by the European Parliament to seek to recover more than €300,000 from the late Jean-Marie Le Pen. Mr Le Pen, a former MEP who founded and led France's far-right Front National until 2011, brought the legal proceedings in 2024, seekin

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The EU's decision not to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement will be remembered as "one of the most disgraceful moments in the EU's history", human rights campaigners have said. Ireland is among EU member states who pushed unsuccessfully for more concrete action to be taken at yesterday's me

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Mason Hayes & Curran has published an update on the regulation of digital healthcare in the EU. The business law firm's Digital Health Mid-Year Review 2025 covers legal and regulatory developments across the EU and UK and is available for download from its website.

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Plans to limit asylum seekers' access to legal advice and representation are likely to be challenged in the EU courts, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The rights body has today published its initial analysis of the general scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025, wh

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The EU has begun consulting on the most significant changes to its competition law enforcement framework in over two decades. The European Commission yesterday launched both a call for evidence and a public consultation inviting stakeholders to give feedback on the future of the EU procedures for th

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The European Commission has published its sixth annual rule of law report, examining rule of law developments in all member states. For a second year, the report does not just cover the EU's 27 member states but also includes chapters dedicated to developments in Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia

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Government plans to tackle so-called SLAPPs are likely to be "impotent in practice" and could see Ireland hauled before the EU courts, legal experts and more than two dozen civil society organisations have warned. The Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024, which includes anti-SLAPP provisions alongside i

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The general scheme of legislation allowing Ireland to ratify the EU's trade deal with Canada has been published. The Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025 will amend the Arbitration Act 2010 to enable effect to be given in the State to investment protection agreements to which the State becomes a party.

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Legislative plans to implement new EU media freedom rules in Ireland have been set out by the government. The Media Regulation Bill will implement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which puts in place new rules to protect media pluralism and independence and seeks to ensure that media can opera

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An oil and gas company which secured a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace in the US courts is now being sued in the Netherlands in what the environmental NGO says is the first major test of the EU's anti-SLAPP laws. Texas-based company Energy Transfer accused Greenpeace of defamation and orche

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One in four Irish businesses remain unclear about their obligations under the EU AI Act just weeks before it comes into force, according to a new report from Arthur Cox. The law firm's Governing AI report found that 97 per cent of organisations it surveyed are already using some form of AI, though o

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