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Feb 19, 2025 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Karen Symms Gallagher |Maureen Daly |Aleesha Way |Andrew Fordyce
Maureen Daly and Karen Gallagher of Pinsent Masons were commenting after local divisions of the UPC exercised the so-called ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ of the UPC in two recent cases. The term is used to describe the question of whether UPC decisions have the potential to extend to non-UPC countries – a matter that has attracted significant uncertainty and debate both before and since the UPC became operational.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
thenorthshoreleader.com | Maureen Daly
By Maureen Daly and Niall FitzgeraldDocuments from Melville land fraudster Gregory DeRosa detail a secret, structured $240,000.00 six-month "consulting" payoff scheme in 2023 and 2024 between DeRosa and Huntington Town Councilman Sal Ferro and his wife Molly Ferro. The "Consultant Agreement" was entered into on August 1, 2023, and provided for six monthly payments of $40,000.00 each to be paid to Ferro's shell company RSF Group - by ACH wire transfer - totaling $240,000.00.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Maureen Daly |Adam Cain
Early uses of AI in financial services were reserved for back-office operations but there is now a marked push towards the development of applications to assist with customer-facing tasks.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Maureen Daly |Alison Rankine
Given Ireland’s very considerable, and growing, renewables and tech sectors, Ireland has a unique perspective in this new and critically important intersection between AI and ESG. As AI and ESG continue to impact businesses in Ireland, it is essential that board members and executives understand the implications and business potential of both.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
thenorthshoreleader.com | Maureen Daly
By Maureen DalyThe recently founded "Women Supporting Women" group held their second annual awards reception to honor Locust Valley's own Margaret Marchand. Margaret serves on the School Board of the Locust Valley School District, and after serving as Chair of the School Board, recently passed the baton as Chair to her colleague Lauren Themis.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Maureen Daly
The legislative proposal for the PPWR was published by the European Commission in November 2022 as part of the European Green Deal and the new Circular Economy Action Plan. The PPWR proposes to revise the current legislative framework for packaging and packaging waste, contained in Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Directive (EU) 2019/904, and Directive 94/62/EC, with the aim of reducing packaging waste in the EU and promoting a circular economy for packaging.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Jane Bourke |Maureen Daly |Aleesha Way |Andrew Mitchell
This especially applies when dealing with marks that have acquired a substantial international reputation before adopting a trade mark. The decision also serves as a stark reminder for Irish businesses to conduct thorough searches before using a trade mark, and to ensure that their mark is sufficiently unique to avoid potential conflicts with other brand owners.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thenorthshoreleader.com | Maureen Daly
By Maureen DalyHuntington Councilwoman Brooke Lupinacci (R-Lloyd Harbor) has called on law enforcement to investigate the conflicts of interest and insider deals of the Town Board, after reports of two Huntington Officials enmeshed with a Melville real-estate fraudster accused of perpetuating a $50 million plus Ponzi land scheme.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Karen Symms Gallagher |Maureen Daly
IntroductionIreland has a highly developed and vibrant life sciences sector. It is home to many leading multinational pharmaceutical and boasts a thriving medical device and MedTech start-up community. Key life sciences hubs have developed around Dublin, Cork and Galway. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a transformative impact on the Irish life sciences sector, enhancing various aspects from drug discovery to manufacturing processes.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Maureen Daly
The case, which was considered by the EU’s General Court, involved supermarket chain Lidl and concerned champagne branding. The court’s ruling in the case, handed down earlier this year, provides helpful clarification on both the type and quality of evidence trade mark owners will need to adduce where they find themselves needing to demonstrate that their marks have ‘acquired distinctiveness’ in use.
