31st May 2007 | marketinglaw

Workplace smoking ban looms
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
From 1 July 2007 smoking in workplaces will be banned in England. What new burdens will this place on employers and what can they do about it now? Naomi Flynn…
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Utah Uturn on keyword ad ban
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
Almost as soon as the virtual ink had dried on its groundbreaking Trademark Protection Act, which appeared to outlaw the sale of competitors’ brands as keywords for search engine marketing,…
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UK’s first ever cold call compensation pay out
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
In a UK first, a victim of misdirected and non compliant marketing calls has won compensation under the Data Protection Act 1998. It was unlucky section 13 of that statute…
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Telegraph “No.1 website” claim challenged
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
The Guardian has long claimed top dog status in the online “quality” newspapers stakes, so it came as no surprise that a “Britain’s No.1 quality newspaper website” headline in a…
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Saatchi’s “Bad Hair gel” day
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
“Style, attract, play” by “Shocka featuring Honeyshot” was getting good airplay from DJs until it turned out that the band and track were created by Saatchi & Saatchi for Procter…
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Private equity march impacts marketing services
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
PE Bain Capital and Thomas H Lee’s recent bid for ClearChannel underlined that the advertising and marketing services sector is not immune from the onward private equity march. Justine Jones…
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Gambling Act in depth on 13 June
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
With the 1 September 2007 “in force” date for the Gambling Act 2005 approaching fast, in house lawyers’ conference specialists C & I will be presenting a one day legal…
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Final round in Hello!/OK! bout
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
Nearly seven years on from the “secret” nuptials that started it all, the Douglas/Zeta Jones/ Hello!/OK! lawyers’ gravy train finally hit the buffers in the Lords. But did their verdict…
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EU data tsar reports
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
The European Union Data Protection Supervisor has published its 2006 report. When set up under a 2001 EU regulation, this body was intended to play a key role in harmonising…
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EU Audio visual media services directive passes another milestone
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
Euro jargon watchers rejoiced when the European Commission held a “trilogue” with the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers and took another step closer to updating EU audio visual…
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Brussels “Responsible advertising” push
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 May 2007
The EU is looking to reduce alcohol-related harm in the Union. Its newly-formed “European Alcohol & Health Forum” has industry and marketing stakeholder members and it will be expected to…
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Borrie swansong at ASA
Written by Anna Williams on 31 May 2007
Sir Gordon Borrie, doyen of public authority chairs, signs off on his last Advertising Standards Authority annual report. But what else of note lurks in the 2006 Report of the…
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