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2024 OECD MAP statistics: Key trends in MAP and APAS as Ireland recognised as most improved jurisdiction for APAS Introduction  Ireland is committed to implementing OECD BEPS Action 14 for effective dispute prevention and resolution. As part of this commitment, Ireland recently changed domestic legislation to ensure that the outcome of a mutual agreement procedure (M... You've been warned! Learnings from non-cyber regulatory action and litigation Despite cyber-attacks dominating the media headlines this year, including against Marks and Spencer, the Co-op and Jaguar Land Rover, the majority of data breaches that occur actually stem from non-cyber incidents, particularly from human error and flawed... BREAKING: UK High Court hands down decision in Getty Images v Stability AI Yesterday, the UK High Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in Getty Images v Stability AI. The headline is that Getty’s claim for secondary copyright infringement failed, but Stability AI was found liable (in part) for trade mark infringemen... Commission makes preliminary finding that TikTok and Meta may have breached DSA The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that both TikTok and Meta have breached transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) by failing to grant researchers adequate access to public data (i.e. data that is available on ... Australian Court proceedings stayed in Oracle case to allow for Irish MAP In its dispute concerning whether distribution payments were “royalties” for Australian withholding tax purposes, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia allowed Oracle’s appeal and have the domestic proceedings stayed pending the Australia–Irela... Same Warnings. Same Threats. Bigger Consequences… Increase in highly and nationally significant cyber-attacks in 2025, NCSC announces. It feels like we cannot go more than a couple of weeks without news of a cyber attack hitting the headlines. With household names such as Marks and Spencer’s, the Co-op Group and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) all falling victim to incidents this year, you could... Can Brussels change? One year after Draghi – the EU's Digital Simplification Package On 16 September 2025, almost a year after the European Commission published the landmark Draghi Report on lagging European competitiveness, the Commission opened a call for views on its upcoming “Digital Package on Simplification". In poignant timing, on ... The fair necessities: Part 2 - UK price transparency rules revamped On 22 September, the UK government published guidance on its latest round of amendments to the Price Marking Order 2004 (“PMO”), which are due to take effect from 6 April 2026. The proposed updates to the PMO represent yet another set of regulatory reform... London calling: Lessons on the GDPR’s global reach from the Upper Tribunal (ICO v Clearview) Earlier this month, the Upper Tribunal (UT) delivered its decision, in the latest instalment of the long-running attempt by the ICO to sanction facial-recognition database provider Clearview AI Incorporated (Clearview) for data protection failings. This d... UK and EU ramp up online safety enforcement: Ofcom issues first OSA fine as Commission probes child protection under DSA Online safety matters continue to make headlines in the UK and EU, with Ofcom this week providing an update on its recent enforcement activity under the Online Safety Act (the OSA), and the European Commission (the Commission) launching investigative acti...