| Welcome |
New
Partners |
From Hugh
Garvey, Managing Partner.
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We'd like to introduce you to our
new Partners. |
| Banking
on Better Regulation |
Tricks
of the Trade |
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In light of the recent banking crisis,
the Government has moved to amend the Companies Acts, particularly
those provisions relating to transactions between banks and
their directors, and to strengthen the powers of the Director
of Corporate Enforcement. Zelda
Deasy reports.
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How can you protect against 'ideas
walking out the door' when staff are let go? And what rights
does the company have in relation to confidential information
and trade secrets? Áine
Matthews discusses two case studies.
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| An
Inspector Calls |
Back
in Black |
| The National Employment Rights Authority
(NERA) has the power to make unannounced visits to your workplace
to ensure that your company is complying with employment legislation.
Jennifer
Clarke tells you what to expect if an inspector calls. |
Ireland's small open economy is working
out how to cope with the rapid economic downturn. Pension schemes
have been similarly affected. Fiona
Thornton reports on new proposals designed to help defined
benefit schemes that are struggling to meet their liabilities. |
| Caps
Off to Emissions Trading |
Battling
the Backlash of the Financial Crisis |
Emissions trading is a market-based
scheme to control emissions by providing economic incentives
for companies to reduce their levels of green house gas emissions.
Jennifer
McGuire and Philip
Daly explain what it's all about.
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The global financial crisis continues
to put financial institutions and their clients under the spotlight
and there has been a dramatic increase in disputes as businesses
struggle to protect and defend their rights and ensure continued
viability. It has been keeping LK Shields Solicitors busy too
- Sarah
Lyons explains what the Financial Litigation Unit
at LK Shields Solicitors does and the kind of services it provides.
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Knee-jerk
Reaction
or Reasoned Response? |
Waste
Management:
Legal Position in Ireland |
Fund managers working with alternative
investment funds believe that they have been unfairly targeted
by a draft EU Directive for a financial crisis that was not
of their making. Damien
Barnaville discusses.
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It's a tough time to be in the waste
management business, particularly if you operate a landfill
site or are sitting on contaminated land, as a raft of new legislation
gives the authorities extensive powers to test for compliance
and imposes new obligations on owner occupiers of such sites.
Zelda
Deasy
explains. |
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