James Fitzgerald

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Trump says he 'could' return mistakenly deported man if he wanted toWatch: Trump’s first 100 days… in just 2 minutesUS President Donald Trump has acknowledged he does have the ability to bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, but that he will not do so. Kilmar Ábrego García was removed from the US in March. Judges all the way up to the US Supreme Court have ruled that this was done in error, and that Trump's team should help "facilitate" his return.

2 months ago | lexology.com | Josh Hogan |Darragh Peter Murphy |Clare Gillett |James FitzGerald |James Fitzgerald |Martin O'Neill | +2 more

IntroductionThe Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) recently released its regulatory and supervisory priorities for 2025, amid what it has described as “global transformational change, heightened volatility and increasing complexity”. The report outlines the regulator’s goals and strategic priorities for the year, while highlighting the CBI’s key concerns in the macro environment.

2 months ago | lexology.com | Josh Hogan |Darragh Peter Murphy |Clare Gillett |James FitzGerald |James Fitzgerald |Holly Draper-Spillane | +1 more

Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (“MiCA”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union in June 2023. It became applicable to issuers of asset referenced tokens and electronic money tokens in June 2024 and came fully into force for providers of crypto asset services on 30 December 2024. MiCA brings crypto assets under a pan-EU regulatory framework that seeks to ensure increased transparency, investor protection and financial stability.

2 months ago | lexology.com | Josh Hogan |Darragh Peter Murphy |Clare Gillett |James FitzGerald |James Fitzgerald |Holly Draper-Spillane | +1 more

Ireland is home to a substantial number of e-money institutions (sometimes called EMIs), some home grown, and others drawn to Ireland by its active and thriving FinTech sector.