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Food&Wine for business: how to legally protect your food brand, by a trade marks expert

Hazel Tunney is a leading trade marks lawyer who has helped food brand founders like Gráinne Mullins of Grá Chocolates legally safeguard her intellectual property. Here Tunney shares what’s worth protecting, and how, plus why the shape of Viennetta matters more than you might realise

Meta begins to cut off news access in Canada

Facebook and Instagram owner is protesting legislation requiring platforms to pay local news outlets for their content

James McDermott: The buck should stop with government in funding of civil lawsuits

It’s allowed in other jurisdictions but a third-party funding model inevitably short-changes both the system and the injured party

An Garda Síochána

Rank and file gardaí to vote on no confidence ballot in Garda Commissioner

The decision to hold a vote was made at a meeting of the Garda Representative Association's (GRA) central committee on Wednesday

Irish law firms examine opportunities and risks of generative AI

Legal services companies are considering how the technology could change business for clients, as well as its potential impact on their own profession

Design For Life

Advice column: My workaholic boss won’t accept that I am not available out of hours

This week a reader queries his legal position with regard to the right to disconnect outside of work hours

Barry Ward: Legal aid fees were savagely cut 10 years ago – it’s high time we restored them

Criminal lawyers practice in every court, in every county in the country, writes Fine Gael senator Barry Ward. Surely the time has now come to treat them with the respect and equality they deserve?

Podcast: Why the HSE’s narrative around medical negligence risks ‘vilifying’ patients

Hosts Catherine Sanz and barrister James McDermott also discuss legal news stories, including the latest developments connected to the Wagatha Christie case in our latest episode

Irish entrepreneur pulled up in Florida bankruptcy case over undisclosed trust fund

Illann Power, who is also being sued in the US by the Irish Revenue, had mentioned an ‘eight-figure sum’ in a previous interview in this newspaper

Three large law firms lead way in signing up to Bar Council gender work policy

Big Six yet to adopt the measure which aims to encourage a fairer distribution of briefings to female barristers

Irish entrepreneur claims US law allows him to keep bulk of assets from creditors

Businessman who pleaded guilty to false information charge is in legal battle with Revenue over voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in the US

Firms taking SLAPP lawsuits should be ‘named and shamed’ - Mary Lawlor

UN’s special rapporteur on human rights defenders says strategic litigation against public participation increasingly favoured by businesses and politicians looking to “censor, intimidate, and silence critics”

‘I feel good about myself. Why should a woman slip into middle age?’ – Constance Cassidy

Senior counsel, mother of seven and owner of historic Lissadell House with her husband Eddie Walsh, Constance Cassidy loves working hard and is proud of her accomplishments and has no intention of giving in to ageing

Chinese firm gets another chance to take claim against Ganley despite ‘bare-bones allegations’

The businessman’s company Rivada Networks is being sued by Kleo AG for alleged defamation

Off balance: How women are still being silenced by the law

A new book by barrister Jennifer Robinson, who represented Amber Heard in Johnny Depp’s British lawsuit against the Sun, and Dr Keina Yoshida, an Irish-Japanese human rights lawyer, examines discrimination against women in law and how to stop it

Law on Trial: Building Dentons’ Dublin office from scratch with a powerhouse team

The law firm’s country head for Ireland, Eavan Saunders, sat down with Business Post legal correspondent Catherine Sanz to discuss gender balance, Britain’s ‘macho’ industry, and a gap in the litigation market

Law on Trial: Noeline Blackwell on new human trafficking legislation and assisting Ukrainian refugees

The Chief Executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre also talks about her views on arming the gardaí, pro-bono work, and winning a recent lifetime achievement award

‘We will miss his energy and humour’ - Prominent solicitor Richard Grogan dies

Mr Grogan was a regular contributor on radio and, in late 2021, became well-known for offering employment advice to people on TikTok and Instagram

Law on Trial: Caoilfhionn Gallagher, KC, on defending pro-democracy campaigners and journalists

Kicking off our new season is Caoilfhionn Gallagher, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, who discusses the case of Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong pro democracy campaigner, and Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist

Ganley firm wins victory in defamation case taken against it by rival

Rivada Networks is being sued by Chinese-backed Kleo AG in dispute over planned communications satellites that will host a global broadbank network