We have come across a number of cases in practice where social media and the law interact, most notably in employment law. The more that social media impacts on our everyday lives, so too the more that it impacts on…
Are you a “data controller”? If you or your business keep personal information about individuals and you control how it is kept and used then you are a data controller and the Data Protection Acts apply to you. Any data…
I am genuinely delighted to have been chosen to be a finalist in the Sole Practitioner of the Year AIB Law Awards 2015. This particular category is a hotly contested one because the majority of Solicitors in Ireland are Sole…
The “Right to be Forgotten” has come up a few times in this practice and it is worthwhile examining it so that people understand what exactly it is capable of achieving, and, importantly, what it is not capable of achieving.…
The office of the Data Protection Commissioner (“DPC”) has published new guidance on its powers to audit businesses data protection compliance. The purpose of such an audit is to track down how a business deals with personal data with the…
The [email protected] European Technology Summit will be held at City Hall on 13 May 2014 between 8am and 4.30pm - the Summit will show some of the best businesses in the Irish and European Tech sector and will be an…
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Reilly & Co, Solicitors has been shortlisted for the Irish Law Awards 2014 in the Innovation Category - this is a real honour as the lists of law firms being shortlisted…
One of the main issues that I see coming up time and time again in my Practice concerns the naming of a business, either in a start up business or in an already established business. In a start-up business, the…
In SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Limited [2013] EWCA the Court of Appeal decided the status of copyright in computer functionality. SAS is the developer and owner of software programs (“SAS Software”) and it sold software to WPL which…
The European Commission has now put in place its proposals on overhauling the law relating to trade secrets across the whole of the EU – not a small task by any means, but, the purpose of it (as with much…
