28th June 2005 | marketinglaw

Updated industry ad services contract
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
A new version of the ISBA/CIPS/IPA suggested form of advertising services contract between a client and an advertising agency has recently been published. Six years on from the very first…
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Osborne Clarke May 2005 Update
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
The latest update from our employment, pensions and incentives team reports on developments in Brussels relating to the Working Time Directive, provides a round-up of forthcoming new employment laws in…
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New OFCOM Broadcasting Code
Written by Nick Johnson on 28 Jun 2005
Behind the recent industry disappointment at the lack of relaxation of product placement restrictions, OFCOM’s new Broadcasting Code quietly introduced a number of changes on other branded content issues. …
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New England judge bans Gillette ‘stimulates bristles’ claim
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
In the latest verdict in long-running advertising litigation between market leaders Gillette and Schick Wilkinson Sword, Schick has come out the winner. Can a razor really make bristles stand up…
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New enforcement initiative
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
For years the UK’s data protection watchdog has been pressing for greater powers with which to fight data protection law infringers. Now the ICO has announced an apparent major step-change…
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New booze ad guidelines and code
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
Previously on marketinglaw we reported the introduction of new code provisions governing broadcast alcohol commercials. Now the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice has published guidance on the rules plus a…
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FSA finally goes nap on third party disclosure
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
Do outsourced telemarketers have to identify themselves or their clients when they call? Now, following a lengthy temporary waiver, the FSA has adopted a settled position. Will it still mean…
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DMA tightens screws on silent call epidemic
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
Anxious to do anything to try and stem the tide of TPS registrations over silent calls, the DMA has recently published significant revisions to its code affecting telemarketers. We focus…
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Broadband and small print don’t mix
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
When NTL was hauled up before the Advertising Standards Authority over alleged lack of clarity on limited broadband availability, they were reminded that they had gone over the same ground…
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Brace of ‘70% off’ offers bites the dust
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
In an extraordinary coincidence, within six days, before two different tribunals, two ‘70% off’ offers were held to break the rules. We report on the court and Advertising Standards Authority…
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Another faux pas by London 2012 Olympic bid?
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
US long-jump legend Bob Beaman was unimpressed to find his picture in a ‘London 2012′ promotional brochure. He complained to Lord Coe that it made him look as though he…
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‘No quibble’ refund offer vindicated
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Jun 2005
Insurer Admiral offered a full money back guarantee within 14 days if the same policy could be found for less elsewhere. But was this offer misleading given that distance sales…
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