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Jan 9, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Richard Smith
There were few significant developments in either federal orstate tax law during 2024. But it was likely a calm before thestorm; we can be sure that 2025 will be a busy year for those whomake tax policy and for those who follow it. On the federal level, perhaps the most important development in2024 was a U.S. Supreme Court case with uncertain tax effects– the Loper Bright case that overruled theChevron case regarding the level of deference to be givento administrative agencies.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Richard Smith |Patrick Ashby |Max Blinder-Acenal |Lillian Childress
In the battle to capture the streaming sports market, fuboTV
Inc. and fuboTV Media Inc. ("Fubo") have secured an early
win, obtaining a preliminary injunction against several prominent
US media companies with significant live sport profiles.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Alicia Compton |Richard Smith |Joseph Hewitt
Nationals of countries outside the European Economic
Area (EEA) (the EU plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), UK and
Switzerland (Third Country Nationals) must, unless their particular
circumstances otherwise allow, obtain prior permission to work if
they will work in Ireland for more than 14 days.
For periods of employment up to three months in Ireland, a Third
Country National must generally first obtain permission via the
Atypical Working Scheme (AWS).
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
pensions-expert.com | Richard Smith
You made it to Episode 4 – you must love dashboards too!For any newcomers to the Dashboards Nine-Nine ‘club’, this is a series of nine monthly case study articles exploring how each of my own pension schemes and providers are getting ready for dashboards. These nine providers are a rough proxy for the industry as a whole. Each pension also illustrates a different consumer understanding challenge. Episode 1, which focused on Nest, explored estimated retirement incomes and actual pot sizes.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
pensions-expert.com | Richard Smith
You made it to Episode 4 – you must love dashboards too! For any newcomers to the Dashboards Nine-Nine ‘club’, this is a series of nine monthly case study articles exploring each of my own pension schemes and providers are getting ready for dashboards. These nine providers are a rough proxy for industry as a whole. Each pension also illustrates a different consumer understanding challenge. Episode 1, which focused on Nest, explored estimated retirement incomes and actual pot sizes.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Richard Smith
In the UK, it’s estimated that more than £26billion is sitting in ‘lost’ pensions. Despite decades of digital progress to give consumers transparency on their financial health, that figure is still growing. So, whose problem is it to solve – and how? October in the UK is Lost Pensions Month, when consumers are encouraged to rummage down the back of the financial services industry sofa for a missing £26billion in retirement savings. How could we have been so careless?
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
pensions-expert.com | Richard Smith
Each month, I’m exploring how one of my own pension schemes or providers is getting ready for dashboards, as a way to illustrate how the industry as a whole is preparing. In each article, I’m uncovering a new topic, issue or complexity consumers will need help with. Episode 1 (on my active Nest pension) covered the clash between dashboards leading with ‘estimated retirement incomes’, whereas apps today typically lead with pot value. Will consumers understand this difference?
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
pensions-expert.com | Richard Smith
Over the nine-month period from August 2024 to April 2025, pension providers and schemes are getting ready to connect their millions of pension records to the pension dashboards ecosystem. To bring this topic to life, I’m writing a series of nine monthly case study articles on each of my own nine providers’ and schemes’ preparations for dashboards: Dashboards Nine-Nine. Catch up on Episode 1 here, all about my active defined contribution (DC) pension with Nest.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
pensions-expert.com | Richard Smith
How many pensions have you got? I’ve got nine. Quite a lot, but not unheard of for a ‘Gen X’ like me in my late 50s. It’s a mix: two active defined contribution (DC) pensions, two deferred DC, three deferred defined benefit, some Pension Protection Fund compensation, and my state pension, of course. In just nine months’ time, these pensions will start being connected to the dashboard ecosystem. But how is that happening? What are these different organisations doing to prepare?
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Jamie Mac Uiginn |Alicia Compton |Richard Smith
On 26 June 2024, President Higgins signed the Employment Permits Act 2024 (the Act) into law. The Act requires a commencement order before it comes into force. At the moment, there is no indication when the commencement order will be made. The purpose of the Act is to consolidate and update employment permits legislation. Once the Act is in force, it will repeal existing employment permit legislation. The Act will introduce important changes to the employment permits system.
