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- ASA shines a light on ‘dark patterns’
- Gambling ads starring footballers and reality TV stars to be shown the red card
- Is a shake-up due for public service broadcast advertising?
- Kellogg’s challenge to HFSS rules fails
- Molly-Mae’s Insta story not so “Pretty” says ASA
- Paddy Power-ed on or off
- Samsung’s 2am “Night Owls” ad did not breach advertising codes
- Substantiate your RRPs
- ‘2 for 1 Special Price’ conundrum
- ‘5.49% for the remainder of your mortgage’?
- ‘A pint a day keeps the doctor away…’?
- ‘Ads not essential to preserve registered trademark’ shock
- ‘Always lowering prices’ let-off?
- ‘Bad faith’ threat to registered trademarks
- ‘Banned’/’not banned’ farce over Yahoo! ‘Quentin Crisp’ ad
- ‘C minus’ EC data export appraisal
- ‘Cheese’ or ‘Not Cheese’ – that is the question
- ‘Chocolate World Cup’ challenge fails
- ‘Choosing Health’ white paper pronounces on food ads
- ‘Code will not conflict with new privacy regulations’ says CAP
- ‘Come clean on insurance provider’ says ASA
- ‘Committed to natural methods doesn’t mean we are using them’ says retailer
- ‘Copyright registration’ myth exploded
- ‘Crack-down on Olympic profiteering’ raises fears
- ‘Credit ad contains no incentive to borrow’ shock
- ‘Darts championship not a world event’ shocker
- ‘Don’t Monkey with us’ says Mother
- ‘Don’t use the ASA to fight your competitors’ says Borrie
- ‘Drive safely’ warnings for Belgian car ads
- ‘Drop privacy notice jargon’ demand
- ‘Elle’ trademarks fail 5 year test
- ‘EU organic’ label plans
- ‘Europe’s leading’ claim doesn’t stack up
- ‘Free hotel stay’ promotion backfires
- ‘Free weekend’ but no free lunch for Abcaz
- ‘From £X’ price claim questioned
- ‘Gambling can damage your health’ warnings?
- ‘Generic’ claims don’t stick to Teflon
- ‘Heat’ turned down on ‘Hot Stars’ for now
- ‘Helps resist infections’ = medicinal claim says Trading Standards
- ‘Highest quality’, ‘mildest’ and ‘gentlest’ claims challenged
- ‘Ideal Home’ v ‘Home’ mag spat
- ‘If you like this, try this’ lists condemned
- ‘Illustration purposes only’ fix doesn’t work for Nissan
- ‘Indirect promotion’ threat to TV ads for web based services
- ‘Internet services’ VAT bombshell
- ‘Just no more mini-cornettos’ says Unilever
- ‘Knowingly concerned’ Sydney ad agency not saved by disclaimer
- ‘La Mer’ verdict underlines advertising’s role in maintaining trade mark registrations
- ‘Life plus 70 rules’ says US Supreme Court
- ‘Mangoes fight cancer’ ruling
- ‘Market Abuse’ Threat For PR Consultancies
- ‘Metrix’ tug of war
- ‘Misleading’ movie start-times spark Chicago lawsuit
- ‘Modified opt-in’ for commercial e-mail
- ‘Naked bodies at right angles OK’ says ASA
- ‘New Vauxhall range excludes two current Vauxhalls’ says ASA
- ‘New’ laws on prize draws and competitions loom
- ‘Nichols’ foods’ – never a registered trade mark?
- ‘No 1’ claims floor big names
- ‘No 1’, ‘Brightest’ and other ad claims scrutinised
- ‘No arguable defence’ verdict in Sun/What’s On TV fight
- ‘No quibble’ refund offer vindicated
- ‘No sauce please, we’re too lumpy’ say Eurocrats
- ‘Not softer/softer’ U turn
- ‘Offer financial ad clearance advice!’ demand advertisers
- ‘Past performance, schmast performance’ says FSA
- ‘Past performance’ figures escape ban
- ‘Permission-based’ lists questioned
- ‘Personal data’ judgment: huge potential impact for marketers
- ‘Pink Street’ rights spat continues
- ‘Pod’ the new ‘Easy’?
- ‘Poetry and advertising don’t mix’ Says Cologne court
- ‘Prove ‘best value’ claim’, says ASA
- ‘Public notice’ ploy misfires
- ‘Re-think prize promo law reform’ say Lords/MPs
- ‘Real people, real solutions’ – a registrable trade mark?
- ‘Reassuring’ fax has legal consequences
- ‘Safeway didn’t paralyse dog’ judgement
- ‘Sex please, we’re French’ takes knock in new guidelines
- ‘Stop now’ injunctions threat now real
- ‘Stop now’ order threat grows
- ‘Super complaint’ threat to advertisers hardens
- ‘Super Sunday’ beckons for UK marketers
- ‘That’s another fine record’, says FSA
- ‘Tough luck Tosh’ says ECJ
- ‘Unfair terms’ risks for promotion marketers and distance sellers
- ‘Unintentional porn lookalike is not libel’ verdict
- ‘Use it or lose it’ message from recent cases
- ‘Use the telephone preference service’ plea from ICSTIS
- ‘Using your competitor’s brochure is O.K.’ say Kiwi appeal judges
- ‘Vilnius Ten’ impact trade mark search procedures
- ‘Vive la e-difference’ says Quebec Court
- ‘Weasel’ words warning from ASA research study
- ‘Websphere and Web-Sphere identical’ shock
- ‘Wedding souvenir special’ cover flash costs OK!
- ‘Win a House’ competitions may be unlawful lotteries
- ‘Winging’ environmental claims
- ‘World’s Favourite’ cosmetic titans clash
- ‘Oak wrap’ says furniture store
- “£5 off shopping at Tesco” challenged
- “0” commission” travel cash ads probe
- “100% of marketing lawyers prefer marketinglaw.co.uk”
- “7 out of 10 coffee lovers prefer…”
- “Are you guys serious?” – the BDPA sanctions nonchalant data controller
- “As Carthage was to Cato the Elder, so the FSA is to George Osborne”
- “As low as” price claims under ASA scrutiny
- “Betterthanredbull.com” challenge
- “Bid” and “Price drop” channel operator referred to Ofcom
- “Big data and data protection” paper from ICO
- “Cheggers” Tweet banned by ASA
- “Clinically approved” Department of Health ad misleading
- “Coat tails” dangers of L’Oreal/Bellure
- “Deep packet inspection” class action threat
- “Descriptive” brands in registration battles
- “Disgracefully treated” Pakistan Vimto distributor wins over £8m damages
- “Do not call” landmark reached
- “Do not call” list nears landmark
- “Do not track” in the USA
- “Don’t miss” digital business law update on 19 May
- “Don’t think you won’t have to register,” says Information Commissioner
- “Entry open to UK residents” risks
- “Extended passing off” case extends to Court of Appeal
- “Fill your boots at Tesco” campaign faces ASA challenge
- “Final” unfair practices regulations published
- “First choice” claim challenged
- “Flash Eurobarometer” reveals patchy spam law enforcement
- “Founded 1919” classic car business challenges ASA
- “Free” claims in apps and games: more regulator action
- “Free” claims under ASA scrutiny
- “Greek yoghurt” from America? The High Court’s verdict
- “Hands off our pyramids” says Egypt
- “Happy Hours” vs “Happy Times”
- “Here” registration fails to stop “Here’s great.com”
- “Hot Sox” trade mark for hosiery challenged
- “How consistent do you think we are?” asks CAP while OC launches its own CAP/ASA consistency survey*
- “I can’t believe it’s not vodka!”
- “I’m a celebrity, stop infringing my trade marks”
- “jackdanielsgifts.com” repels attack
- “Journey to the Financial Conduct Authority” sheds more light on future financial promotions regime
- “Joy” shortlived after ASA double whammy for BMW
- “Kenalog-off”: ASA and MHRA crackdown on the advertising of the prescription-only drug Kenalog as a treatment for hay fever.
- “Ladies drink for free” faces axe
- “Law and the City” of New York
- “LUMOS” brand tussle reaches Court of Appeal
- “Made in Sweden” is OK for a car made in Belgium
- “Magazine title is trade mark use” verdict
- “METRO not a newspaper” shock
- “Midata” initiative update
- “Misleading kiss” shock in Ankara
- “Mobile goes beyond” 27 February InterNetworks event
- “Mythbuster” verdict underlines “passing off” limits
- “No Added Sugars” claim not misleading
- “No credit? No problem!” IS a problem says Ofcom
- “No Moroccans” Dutch employer spells danger for job ads
- “No product placement, we’re British” Minister fails to learn from history
- “No second night sleeping rough” – ASA rules on ad claim
- “Not made in China” not registrable?
- “Olay Regenerist” – ironing out the wrinkles?
- “One click away” rule for banner ad disclosures
- “Outstanding” claim challenged
- “Parmesan” grated
- “Parody, caricature and pastiche” copyright carve-outs get green light
- “PMA” 19-21 November 2008
- “Promotion copyright” bid fails
- “Purpose limitation” meets “big data”
- “Sale ends soon” claim challenged
- “Savings on all flights for 2011” challenged
- “Scalextric compatible” claim condemned in Spain
- “Smart mirrors” and marketing: privacy concerns
- “Spicy” keyword verdict elicits swift Google response
- “Style” TV channel wars
- “Tap’s top” claim sinks Thames Water
- “The best solar system on the planet”
- “To tweet or not to tweet”, 4 October 2011 from 9am-12pm
- “UK’s favourite online beauty store” challenged
- “Unbeatable” gravy claims tested
- “Use it and lose it” says Nominet
- “Was Winning Moments” winner properly selected?
- “Water aids hydration” claim misleading?
- “We don’t start without you” challenged
- “Win a house” competition gets green light
- “Win a house” competition sets off legality debate
- “Win a seat at the Rio Poker Fest” promotions criticised
- “Wine and wine glasses not similar” says CFI
- “World’s most experienced airline” claim tested
- “Your jumper is watching you…”
- “Computer screen icons can be registered designs” shock
- “Free” guidance from CAP/BCAP
- “Legal Guidance” sheds welcome light
- “No refund for 710,000 viewers” court tells OK!
- “Retouched photographs” guidelines
- “Stop now” order threat for “0% interest” retailers
- $4.67m paid out by US “do-not-call” law violators
- £100,000 fine for sending “marketing” text messages when consent has been withdrawn
- £150,000 fine for scamming the elderly
- £48,000 bill for ‘Free flights for life’ promotion
- £50,000 ICO cold calling penalty on Amber UPVC Fabrications upheld
- £500,000 data fines come Easter
- £75,000 payout to ex employee over emails
- €130 million bonus for European trade mark registry
- €2.75 million penalty for ‘Fifth Element’ character lookalike
- 1 February arrival of new credit ad rules
- 10,000 views required before YouTubers can start to make ad money
- 118 118/Bedford postscript
- 118 bid to audit data licensee IDS stalls
- 12 month non compete covenant under appeal
- 14 August forum: eye witness report
- 1998 too early for text marketing consent/opt out?
- 20% off still verboten in Germany
- 2006 in house lawyer update
- 21 June Workshop at Osborne Clarke
- 28th January free 4-6pm employment law update
- 2DTV ad irks regulators
- 3 bursts O2’s bubble
- 404
- 52% ignorant of new distance selling rules
- 5th March red letter day for media biz owner managers, ceos, fds and senior executives
- 6 April 2015 sign-off likely for end to substantial damage or distress nuisance marketing threshold
- 65cents offer for “independent” product reviews
- 8 March conference last call
- 8% over base on unpaid bills : it’s official
- 94 years on, new bribery laws arrive
- A Bad Influence – when influencer promotions go wrong
- A ban on celebs in Gambling Ads? CAP considers tighter rules to protect Under 18s
- A bloodthirsty tale of online competition voting
- A bottle of alcohol a day does not keep the ASA away: the ASA rules against irresponsible alcohol advertising
- A Code too far?
- A comparison of recent ASA Adjudications on comparisons
- A continuing focus for the FSA
- A DrunkH game better remembered
- A fortune out of fame?
- A guilty treat
- A legal overview of sponsorship
- A new model for models?
- A round-up of data privacy related news
- A rundown of the ASA and CAP’s Annual Report 2022
- A spicy sponsored links ruling!
- A too rebellious whopper gives an impression of being vegan too far
- A topical topic for all concerned
- AA loses way in map dispute
- ABI and BIBA publish vulnerable consumer code
- Absolute-ly environmentally friendly claims? BCAP and CAP publish updated guidance on green claims
- Act fast: The CMA increases its focus on urgency and price reduction claims
- Action points for employers on raft of new laws
- Ad bodies take action on “Letting children be children” Report
- Ad code writers consult on key changes
- Ad Codes consultation: British Gas responds
- Ad insertion in gay mag causes mayhem
- Ad music downloads royalty bonanza
- Ad offers bonuses and free spins to people looking to unsubscribe from gambling
- Ad regulators’ 2009 report reveals less cash, but less work
- Ad sweep woe
- Ad-vantage AHH
- Adidas challenges Nike (implied) shoe claim in the Hamburg Higher Regional Court
- Adidas on court with Tennis Federation
- Admark on-line ad scheme launched by the CAP
- Ads in computer games pitfalls
- Ads suggesting Mexican soda was made from apples cause furore
- Advertisements offering consumer credit deals
- Advertiser fined for misleading promotion on website
- Advertisers are sophisticated shock finding.
- Advertisers face multiple Enterprise Act whammy
- Advertisers forget Ulster at their peril
- Advertising and Covid-19: the reminders of the French advertising regulator
- Advertising and ecological transition: what impact for the media sector?
- Advertising and marketing law Book soon for seventh annual marcoms law conference for in-house counsel
- Advertising and naming medicinal products in the EU
- Advertising and the law of contract
- Advertising control systems in the UK today
- Advertising cookies and collection of prior consent in France: the CNIL clarifies the applicable liability regime and compliance timeframes
- Advertising e-cigarettes: how to describe and present products on the internet?
- Advertising of Dutch State Lottery turns out to be misleading
- Advertising responsibly: ASA upholds complaints against Boohoo.com and BoomBod
- Advertising tax-the next EU ad harmonisation measure?
- Advertising through computer games-the new killer app?
- Advertising, marketing and sponsorship law 2011
- Advertising, marketing and sponsorship law conference
- Advocate General opines on retailer comparative advertising
- Advocate General opinion in Planet49 indicates that cookie consent must be active and separate in an online lottery
- Adwords evidence by Boohoo means tears for Miss Boo
- Adworld welcomes proposed new parody laws, but is this justified?
- Affiliate links make for bad news
- Affiliate network held liable for deceptive ad content
- AFP – the next big thing in TV marketing?
- After incompatible with human rights threat, is it the domino theory for the Consumer Credit Act?
- Agassi ace for non-resident performers
- Agassi loses tax tie-break
- Agassi loses tennis penalty shoot out
- Age discrimination exceptions in marketing/sales
- Agency failure sparks media cash dilemma
- AI’s clever ‘dose’ of prescription ad compliance
- Air ‘fair’
- Alcohol ads on the wagon
- All the questions you were afraid to ask about using music in advertising and staying legal
- All the way to the ECJ for Rudolf’s ‘prize’ claim
- Alliance & Leicester plc fined £7m for mis-selling
- Almost a clean sheet for Sir Alex
- Alternative therapy provider prosecuted for “misleading advertising claims”
- Amazon fined €4 million for breach of unfair contract terms rules
- Amazon Prime free trial offer probed by ASA
- Amazon under fire for UK/US data transfer
- Amazon wins trade mark infringement case in landmark ruling
- Ambush marketing policy paper
- Ambushing the podium: US Olympic Committee releases rule guidance on individual sponsorship
- America On-Line goes off-piste in France
- Americans flock to say ‘do not call’
- Amex seeks ‘war’ media-buying get-out
- An immigration law perspective
- ANA releases its media transparency report
- Analogue law dishes digital used car lot
- And they’re off in The Bookies vs the race courses media rights stitch-up Handicap
- Andrew Oldham prolongs Verve’s Bittersweet pain
- Ann Summers and FCUK have more in common
- Annual trade mark report insights
- Another “lowest prices” claim bites the dust
- Another blow for comparative advertisers in court
- Another Brussels ‘U’ turn on spam regulations
- Another container shape refused trade mark registration
- Another day another 7 figure mis-selling fine
- Another faux pas by London 2012 Olympic bid?
- Another Rio and Twitter-based promotion up before the ASA
- Answers to frequently asked employment law questions
- Anti Olympic reference law floors Duracell promo
- Anti trust watchdog launches outdoor advertising investigation
- Anti-obesity drive targets BOGOF food promos…
- Anti-spam drive steps up
- Any break from ‘Have a break’ gloom for Nestlé?
- AOL calls for email marketing law enforcement
- AOL case sparks consumer injunction fears
- App developers watch out! German DPAs publish guidance
- Appeal by PLT Anti-Marketing provides guidance on CPRs
- Appeal Court fines show distaste for estate agent’s flyboards
- Appeal court’s approval for automatic rights reverter clause
- Appeal decision underlines employer responsibilities
- Appeal Judges nix survey evidence in Interflora v Marks & Spencer case
- Appeal judges say the Data Protection Act is “incorrect” in historic Vidal Hall & Ors vs Google judgment
- Apple amends its App Review Guidelines
- Apple Corps fights registration of BEATLE brand for wheelchairs
- Apple settles iPad case in China
- Apple vs Samsung in Germany and beyond
- Applicable law opinion highlights iPad privacy risks
- Applications for .brand domain names to be considered from January 2012
- AppNexus pulls the plug on Breitbart News
- April 2005 to see new dawn for international data transfers
- April 2008 “in force” date named for new unfair practice laws
- April 2009 – a shower of new employment laws
- April 2010 in force date for proper data law penalties?
- Arbitration, litigation or mediation?
- Are ‘fibre’ broadband ads misleading?
- Are online advertising restrictions really keeping children safe?
- Are Pringles “crisps”?
- Are savings claims really that “mighty” if delivery costs are not taken into account?
- Are the new £45 ad codes worth the outrageous price?
- Are you ready for ambush marketing?
- Are you ready for important new laws affecting all UK marketers, coming into force on 8 April 2008?
- Argentina strengthens opt-out regime
- Argentine film production laws bite on global campaigns
- Argos “Save £100 on Toshiba 15.6″ laptop” promotion challenged
- Argos and Victoria Plum price reduction claims probed
- Arsenal ‘unofficial merchandise’ ruled offside
- Art29WP and EDPS respond to e-Privacy Directive consultation
- Art29WP publishes opinion on the draft e-Privacy Regulation
- Article 29 Working Party GDPR action plan falls short on guidance
- ASA ‘Graphics mislead’ verdict
- ASA “Native advertising” decision
- ASA #ad(vice) refresh for influencers and brands
- ASA 2001 Report
- ASA action on pay-per-bid auction websites
- ASA activates Prioritisation Principles
- ASA ad sound levels/new BCAP Code coming in July
- ASA adjudication update
- ASA aims for more impact in 2014 Annual Report
- ASA and CAP Mid-Year 2016 Progress Report
- ASA and CAP release Annual Report for 2018: More Impact Online!
- ASA and CAP release Annual Report for 2019: Using technology for good
- ASA and MHRA shoot down ‘vitamin shot’ ads
- ASA and the machine
- ASA Annual Report 2020: Protecting young and vulnerable people
- ASA Annual Report 2021: Rebalancing toward proactive ad regulation for the digital era
- ASA annual report: reading the financial runes
- ASA asks advertisers how they measure up
- ASA asserts jurisdiction over QLTS advertising
- ASA backs other regulators approach to CBD
- ASA banner/pop-up ad compliance report
- ASA bans Botox ads
- ASA bans Burger King “milkshaking” tweet
- ASA bans Instagram holiday give-away posts by Inside Lifestyle & Jack Fincham
- ASA battles “splurge” of web complaints
- ASA blogger ruling sheds light on “control” definition
- ASA brands “misleading” energy saving light bulb ad
- ASA breaks down Q River’s biodegradable claims
- ASA buries greenwashing claims in guidance focused on the funeral sector
- ASA challenges Sainsbury’s use of “Participating stores only”
- ASA clampdown on health and nutrition claims
- ASA clamps down on gambling affiliate advertising
- ASA commences new programmatic paid-for advertising pilot to improve online transparency
- ASA comparative ad verdicts put courts in the shade
- ASA considers ‘false’ British Gas ads
- ASA considers adverts depicting Santa
- ASA considers Travelzoo’s “3 night break” offer
- ASA considers whether Strongbow ad gets life priorities wrong
- ASA consults on new “Prioritisation Principles”
- ASA decides if Hexpress Healthcare’s use of green tick and “PharmCheck/Know your pharmacy” was misleading
- ASA decides that Leon’s description of it “Original Superfood Salad” isn’t so super
- ASA decision on “Win a dress” Magnum promotion in association with Asos
- ASA deems Cadbury advert misleading
- ASA demands ‘sponsored columns’ transparency
- ASA focuses on eye surgery promo
- ASA grapples with new EU food claim regulations
- ASA has last bark on ‘top dog’ claims
- ASA in harsh verdict on Argos delivery promise
- ASA investigates 17 glowing reviews
- ASA investigates Opodo flight prices
- ASA issues a warning to influencers
- ASA issues contrasting rulings on Tesco and Sainsbury’s plant-based environmental claims
- ASA issues guidance on free trials and changes to promotions
- ASA issues warning on the depiction of physical injury in in-game ads
- ASA issues warning on the use of violence in adverts
- ASA lashes use of bankrupt stock ‘opt-in’ email address list
- ASA launches a social media promotions guidance hub
- ASA lays out plans to tackle harmful racial stereotypes in ads
- ASA limits remit on cause and idea marketing
- ASA looks to ECJ case law in comparative ad adjudication
- ASA mauls Toyota once, then twice over green claims
- ASA mulls “Russian Brides” ad served on Radio Times website
- ASA mulls charging for competitor complaints
- ASA names and shames non-compliant influencers
- ASA nixes Shifty “stitch-up” viral campaign
- ASA overturns anti-fracking ad on Independent
- ASA overturns its controversial ‘Iron Man’ adjudication”
- ASA probes Australian “UGG Boots” website claims
- ASA probes DSG Retail/Currys “£159 save £90” claim
- ASA probes Generic Maths promotion
- ASA probes Harrods/Vogue promotion
- ASA probes Latvian “Pranamat Sales” site
- ASA probes scheduling of online scary movie trailer
- ASA probes Snickers Tweets
- Asa probes Tesco Hobgoblin beer promotion
- ASA probes Travel Republic promotion after closing date extended
- ASA process review sees big change for competitor complaint regime
- ASA process review update
- ASA provides guidance on how to ensure that your insurance claims are compliant
- ASA publishes 2003 Report
- ASA publishes anticipated research into consumer understanding of ‘carbon neutral’, ‘net zero’, and electric and hybrid vehicle claims
- ASA publishes results of child avatar monitoring of gambling and HFSS food advertising
- ASA pulls the plug on misleading adverts
- ASA rains on Walkers crisps Rainy Day promotion
- ASA rejects own tick-box complaint
- ASA releases guidance on avoiding Covid-19 scams
- ASA reports on gender stereotyping in ads
- ASA responds to growing privacy concerns
- ASA revises Calvin Klein ruling
- ASA rules ad claim a Leno-go
- ASA rules against Supreme CBD for ‘Supreme-ly’ misleading adverts
- ASA rules on “9 out of 10 agree” survey methodology in pizza claims
- ASA rules on Max Factor sponsored vlog by Ruth Crilly
- ASA rules on Three’s ‘inferred targeting’
- ASA rules PrettyLittleThing ad objectifies model
- ASA rules that Global’s ‘Top 40’ is not the ‘official’ chart
- ASA rules that Not Guilty Food Co is guilty of breaching advertising regulations
- ASA rules that untargeted Halloween-fest ads are irresponsible
- ASA ruling affirms prize draws need to have accessible and retainable terms and conditions and use a verifiable random selection mechanism
- ASA ruling examines influencer’s social media post at the Savoy for ad recognition issues
- ASA Ruling on Parcel2Go
- ASA ruling that Carpetright will not want to sweep under the carpet
- ASA says no to Coral’s “have another go” promotion.
- ASA scolds Red Bull prize promotion fulfilment
- ASA shows its hand: the targeting of in-app gambling ads
- ASA slams down on misleading and irresponsible COVID-19 claims
- ASA slams slew of IVA ads
- ASA survey reveals promotion back-end drop offs
- ASA takes dim view of champagne bath
- ASA takes tough line on Direct Line.
- ASA takes tougher line on informal case resolution
- ASA tests out new “legal backstop”
- ASA text ‘opt out’ verdict lessons
- ASA to decide on Ladbrokes: that’s a gamble!
- ASA to regulate brand website content-it’s official but don’t hold your breath
- ASA to review approach to body image and advertising
- ASA update on “Process Review”
- ASA update on children’s exposure to TV ads in 2019
- ASA updates procedures for complainants’ evidence
- ASA upholds B&Q challenge to Homebase discount promotion
- ASA upholds BT complaint over Talk Talk campaign
- ASA upholds complaint about pub marketing targeting children
- ASA upholds complaint against Lastminute.com for misleading striking out of prices
- ASA upholds complaints in slew of green claims cases
- ASA verdict has huge implications for search engine marketing
- ASA verdict shows distance selling ignorance
- ASA weighs into Oreo “Lick Race” vlogs
- ASA zeroing in on ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutral’ advertising claims
- ASA’s AI-telligent eye: catching rogue ads in the act!
- ASA’s Copy Advice Team closes telephone service
- ASA’s harsh ‘justify double meaning’ verdict
- ASA’s harsh verdict on Mercedes Benz “promotion from hell”
- ASA’s investigation into broadband providers’ use of “fibre” in advertising
- ASA/CAP slip through major e-advertising retreat
- ASDA ‘Bubbly and bear’ gift pack spurs Help Note
- Asda and B&Q price claims scrutinised
- Asda blasts Ofcom over whole milk TV ad “over 9s only” rule
- Asda defends ‘No hidden nasties’ in court
- Asset purchase deal irks Bavarian data regulator
- Asterisk – risky price claims by Mothercare
- AstraZeneca in side effects ad challenge
- At last it’s the Distance Marketing of Financial Services Directive!
- At last the .eu domain name
- At last the new BACC Notes of Guidance
- August 2009 High Noon for “champagne”
- Australia defines “free range egg”
- Austria and Germany re-enter Adwords casebook
- Autopaint case wake up call
- AW v VW: if it looks that good, it’s probably art
- AWOL voucher causes Debenhams ASA grief
- B&Q defends offer extension
- B2B Do not call regime arrives
- BACC and ASA clash over ‘from £7,999’ price quotation
- BACC in ad name-check gaffe
- BACC jumps on name change bandwagon
- BACC misses trick
- Back-to-back defeats for Arsenal
- Backburner for prize promotion law shake-up
- Bad end of term digital financial promotions report from FSA
- Balancing the Scales: The ASA Rules Against Misleading Weight Loss Supplement Adverts
- Barclays wakes from ‘marketing nightmare’
- Basic featured artist agreement
- Battle of the airways
- Battle of the Belgians
- Bavarian DPA takes tough line on email encryption
- Bavarian fairytale castle in trade mark battle
- BBC’s ‘Shopping trip to New York’ competition backfires
- BCAP consults on draft booze code Guidance
- BCAP consults on price comparison rule change
- BCAP offers guidance on new food ad codes
- BCAP softens its pester power code rule
- BCAP updates on-screen text guidance
- Beatle gets brand happy
- Beckhams threaten privacy right litigation over house picture
- Beef joint prosecution left-overs
- Beefeater rights rule OK?
- Behavioural advertising in new storm
- Behavioural re-targeting code re-think
- Behavioural targeting claims against Google to proceed in UK
- Behavioural targeting: unique 42 country poll
- Behavioural: regulation or self regulation?
- Belfast regulators finally getting the message on purchase to enter?
- Belgian bid to bottle Rioja ruled offside
- Bendtner’s Paddy Power under-pants stir up Euro 2012
- Benetton ‘Olympic’ kid’s clothes irk BOA
- Berlin Regional Court pronounces in email marketing consent case
- Best brands, worst protection
- Best rates/prices guarantees probed
- Bet365’s gamble on Chris Eubank Jr pays off
- BEUC shares consumers’ views towards influencer marketing in its survey on “the fairness of the online environment”
- BEUC tackles misleading crypto promotions
- Bicycle part “testimonial” leaves tracks
- Bid to register ‘Experience Gifts’ fails
- Bid to revive EU Sales Promotion Regulation
- Big boost for site search/pop-up ad key words
- Big brand owners still get UK prize promo basics wrong
- Big brands fall foul of nutrition, health claims rules
- Big brands move to calm RFiD data privacy fears
- Big Brother sponsor idents criticised
- Big bust-up over bovine brands
- Big Cats go to war in Tennessee
- Big changes for UK prize promotion laws move closer
- Big changes to Facebook Pages Terms for Sweepstakes & Contests Administration
- Big Mac Suffers Big Scam
- Big names blunder on prize/gift promos
- Big names fall into Priced to clear, free and up to traps
- Big VAT changes for B2C supplies of e-services in the EU
- Bill seeks safe harbor after £37000 data privacy (not) fine
- Bill’s feels the heat: ASA takes issue with bottomless prosecco brunch
- Billy foils dot conn(olly)-artist
- Biocoop France: how far can comparative advertising go?
- Bird’s Eye ad banned for exaggerating size of portions
- BIS report on copycat packaging – are brand owners moving closer to or further away from direct enforcement rights against lookalikes under the CPRs?
- BIS responds on ADR Directive and ODR Regulation consultation
- Bitter victory for Fullers
- Blasphemy in advertising
- Blizzard of new anti-smoking laws hits
- Blockbuster – the settlement
- Bluecasting compliance silver bullet?
- Bluetooth marketing rule mayhem
- BMW site blacklisting raises issues
- BMW sues BMW specialist Technosport London Ltd over use of BMW brands
- BMW takes action against “BMW Mini Gearbox Centre”
- BOGOF promotions under the cosh
- Book now for sixth annual marcoms law conference for inhouse lawyers
- Book now to be sure of your place at …
- Booker and Amazon in dock for lack of stock
- Boots defends “Cold & Flu Defence” ad
- Boots in hot water over “Philips BlueTouch Patch” claims
- Boots on back foot over data use.
- Boots rapped over “Little Me Organics” body wash
- Boots win “Ultra” skincare fight
- Booze ads and sponsors in MPs’ sights
- Booze pack watchdog spreads its wings
- Borrie swansong at ASA
- Botox Special: marketing complaints against clinics, beauty salons and Bella magazine
- BOTOX versus BOTOLIST and BOTOCYL
- Bottom line for Hello! in Douglas/Zeta-Jones litigation
- Bottom line in football sponsorship approaches
- Bounty (data) hunters
- Bouts of World Cup fever sickies ahead?
- Brace of ‘70% off’ offers bites the dust
- Brand owners suffer double “free speech” whammy
- Brands and Branding
- Brands and Linking and Framing Web-Sites
- Brands and Meta-Tags
- Brands at the crossroads breakfast briefing 9 July
- Brazil enacts new ambush marketing laws
- Breach of confidence and advertising
- Bread ad spreads fear across the Netherlands
- Breakaway conference company in Chancery
- BrewDog Punks the ASA
- BrewDog’s fruity claim not so grape: ASA issues further warnings on how to promote alcoholic products
- Brexit | What are the implications for tobacco advertising?
- Brexit certainty for advertisers
- Bribery and corruption
- Broadband and small print don’t mix
- Broadband not as fast as advertised? ASA is quick to call for a change…
- Broadband price claims in focus
- Broadband price claims regime to change
- Broadband speed claims in ads – revised guidance
- Broadcast ad controls at the crossroads?
- Broadcast credit ad relaxation finally arrives
- Broadcasters still fluffing advertising separation basics
- Brussels “Responsible advertising” push
- Brussels and Paris report
- Brussels blow for auto ads
- Brussels closes in on Toy Directive
- Brussels finally approves food health claims
- Brussels High Court bans Google News
- Brussels looks to shift more B2C dispute resolution out of court
- Brussels mulls new TV ad technique regulation
- Brussels produces “compromise draft” of data protection law reforms
- Brussels seals new food labelling regime
- Brussels unleashes “European Retail Action Plan”
- Brut beer takes on champagne
- BSI Guide helps de-mystify data privacy/marketing issues
- BT in court again over competitors’ ads
- BT Introduce a Free Service to Help Block Automated Marketing Calls
- Bubbles case hammer blow to brands
- Bubbles judgment dissected
- Budweiser v Budweiser Feud Continues
- Burford Rains on BT
- Burger King promo points up child data privacy dilemmas
- Busch v Budvar; the battle of the breweries
- Bush satire video ad bounces back
- Business (Names and Disclosures) Regulations 2015 allow more company names
- Bust-ed | cosmetic surgery ad breaches advertising rules
- But was it worth it? The significance of the L’Oréal v eBay trade mark ruling for brand owners and online marketplaces
- Buying your data interactive workshop
- Bye-Bye Panda
- Byron Review targets children and ads
- C More Entertainment AB hyper link judgment
- Cadbury named and shamed for failing to name judges
- Cadbury, Nestlé, Mattel and Zynga in heavyweight trade mark bouts
- Calendar of regulatory highlights 2011/2012
- California calorie crackdown
- California court nixes $15m coffee label award
- California court resurrects unauthorised tracking claims against Google
- California law governs contract clause nixed by EU judges
- Call boxes’ last fling?
- Calling all Dads-heads-up on new paternity leave rights
- Calling BA Bastards doesn’t denigrate brand judgement shock
- Calvin Klein advertising banned in Belgium
- Calvin Klein’s controversial ads: offensiveness and inappropriateness uncovered
- Camelot tilts at “Health Lottery”
- Camera price blunder poses e-contract problems
- Campbell/Mirror Lords judgement sheds no light for advertisers
- Can “free” offers charge for “postage and packing”?
- Can a painting infringe copyright in a photograph?
- Can Bavarian law firm name clients’ opponents on its website?
- Can Christ own copyright? poser
- Can claims for probiotic foods survive new health claims regime?
- Can Danish “purchase to enter” prize draw ban survive?
- Can Direct Line monopolise ‘things on wheels’?
- Can domain names and metatags be “advertising” under the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive?
- Can email appending be compliant?
- Can one employee be an “organised grouping of employees”?
- Can only Red Bull ‘give you wings’?
- Can you register your slogan as a trade mark?
- Can you rely on Facebook entries to dismiss an employee?
- Can’t pay? We’ll let you delay
- Canada shows the way?
- Cancelled East Midlands Railway promotion was not on the right track
- Canutes in action against rising spam tide
- CAP & BCAP launch consultation on the medicines sections of the advertising codes
- CAP & BCAP consulting on new rules for ‘cosmetic interventions’
- CAP acts on retail ad price comparisons
- CAP Affiliate Marketing guidance
- CAP and BCAP consult on obesity in weight loss ads
- CAP and BCAP search for better coverage on prise-rise and comparison claims
- CAP and BCAP updates to alcohol rules
- CAP bans harmful gender stereotyping in ads
- CAP changes rules on price comparisons
- CAP changes sales promotion rules
- CAP Code ‘Explicit consent bombshell’
- CAP Code amendments reflect Consumer Protection Regulations
- CAP Code changes announced
- CAP code fibs
- CAP Code gets a spring clean
- CAP Code Indigestion hits restaurant promotion
- CAP concludes gender stereotyping 12 month review
- CAP cracks down on HFSS food and drink ads
- CAP Guidance on Children and Age-Restricted Ads Online
- CAP helpnote on price comparisons
- CAP hits back at marketinglaw.co.uk
- CAP issues enforcement notice after recent faux (fur) pas by advertisers
- CAP issues helpful guidance on holiday promotions
- CAP issues new guidance on envelopes
- CAP issues new guidance on vlogging
- CAP issues new guidance regarding auction guide prices which focuses the spotlight on non-optional fees
- CAP issues new rule on gender stereotyping
- CAP issues new rule on the advertising of electronic cigarettes
- CAP lifts ban on TV ads for ecigarettes
- CAP looks to get tougher on code breakers
- CAP note on weight loss claims
- CAP provides guidance on advertising ‘free trials’ and promotional offer subscription services
- CAP publishes “Online remit update”
- CAP publishes blogging Q&A Guidance
- CAP publishes new ‘Help Note’ on mobile marketing
- CAP publishes new guidance on mid-contract price increases
- CAP publishes new guidance on racial and ethnic stereotypes
- CAP publishes organic food ad Help Note
- CAP reminder on cosmetic interventions ads
- CAP reviews children & peer to peer marketing
- CAP top tips for affiliate marketers and PhonepayPlus pipe up too
- CAP updates finance sections of the advertising codes
- CAP viral marketing Help Note disappoints twice
- CAP: new rules prohibiting sexualisation of under-18s in ads
- CAP’s “do’s and don’ts of weight loss and detox claims
- CAP’s online remit review commitment – what happened?
- CAP/BCAP release new guidance on gambling ads
- Capital One Bank in dock over “1 minute response” promise
- Car ads grind to a halt
- Car commercials crossing the line
- Car firm rapped over green claims
- Car manufacturers’ consumer code first
- Car rental brand grand prix ends in Enterprise victory against Europcar
- Car rental giants respond to EC discrimination complaint
- Carbon footprint confusion
- Carbon neutral claims on food packaging: the complex task of separating the wheat from the chaff
- Case sounds warning on redundancy selection procedures
- Cash EuroNet TV credit ads under ASA spotlight
- Casino Royale tie up under ASA scrutiny
- Caspian restaurant case has stew of issues
- Caught with its pants down?
- Celador in WWTBAM contract battle
- Challenges Ahead For Premium Rate Regulator
- Champneys crumbles in the face of criminal charges brought by Trading Standards
- Chancery “strips …nude” in rapid fire cases
- Chancery considers US “initial interest confusion” import
- Chancery douses incendiary knocking campaign
- Chances of winning, free-entry routes and charitable giving: ASA pulls ex-Love Islander for a chat
- Changes to advertising rules in proposed new AVMS Directive
- Changes to CAP and BCAP codes
- Changes to Paternity Leave and Pay – Is It Now “Man”ternity Leave?!
- Channel 5 and the BBC sent to Ofcom’s naughty corner
- Chaplin estate doesn’t get Israeli National Lottery ads joke
- Charity Shield Health Check Highlights Good Cause Marketing Laws
- Charles Tyrwhitt, Sports Direct and Victoria Plum savings claims probed
- Charlize Theron sued in New York for wearing the wrong watch
- Chase Manhattan data abuse? ‘No actual harm’
- Ché Guevara image and ads: Paris court mulls penalty
- Cheap boules promotion rebounds for Safeway
- Cheeky callbox cards face clampdown.
- Chelsea FC challenge to ‘Chelski’ trade mark
- Chemistry isn’t right for Interactive re-launch
- Chicago court ponders ‘copyright in a face’ conundrum
- Children as brand ambassadors-new guidance
- Children’s exposure to TV ads for alcohol and gambling ads: ASA releases its findings
- Chinese recipe to combat ambush marketing
- Choosing a Brand Name
- Christmas Issues!
- City billboard bans spread in Brazil
- CityFibre loses long battle against the ASA over ‘fibre’ claims
- CJEU delivers guidance on composite and black and white trade marks in latest instalment of Specsavers v Asda trade mark litigation
- CJEU nixes Belgian price promotion laws
- CJEU rules on trader information requirements for press ad
- CJEU rules on whether the “distribution right” includes advertising
- CJEU rules that Member States can extend the rightholder’s right of communication to the public to cover acts such as linking to live internet broadcasts
- CJEU verdict on Austrian “purchase to enter” promotion laws
- Claims Management Regulator fines “The Hearing Clinic” £220,000
- Clashes with cashback claims: ASA upholds complaints that cashback claims are misleading
- Class action rights loom in France
- Class action spectre appears
- Classified ad directory inquiry moves on
- Clear test methodology can lead to clearer noses (and claims)
- Clearcast re-issues Notes of Guidance and irks Sodastream with ad ban
- Clearsprings v Ankers EAT verdict on TUPE applicability where services fragmented
- Climate change, the environment and the ASA
- Clinton escapes withholding tax
- Clock ticking on new age discrimination laws
- Clock ticks for ASA Rights Convention Challenge
- Cloud storage service providers under the microscope
- CMA and FTC crack down on disclosures in paid celebrity posts
- CMA consults on green claims guidance
- CMA continues to tackle fake online reviews
- CMA investigates fake reviews
- CMA investigates misleading online reviews
- CMA probes cloud consumer services
- CMA probes online gambling promotions
- CMA promises a crack-down on online gambling operators who ignore consumer legislation
- CMA takes action against Total SEO & Marketing over fake reviews
- CMA takes action on short term car rentals
- CNIL casts doubt on IAB-style consent management platforms
- CNIL investigations and controls program for 2020
- CNIL issues a new guidance on advertising cookies
- CNIL provides guidance on data sharing with third parties for marketing purposes
- Co-op divvy stymies 0% interest offer
- Coalition moves to unclog Employment Tribunals
- Coalition takes axe to consumer protection
- Cobblers fight over fox and boot logo
- Coca Cola day takes fizz out of Belgium’s Club RTL
- Coca Cola doesn’t describe the product shock
- Coca Cola promo amongst the first victims of new distance selling regulations
- Coffee plunger wars in Oz
- Coffins deemed not environmentally friendly enough!
- Coins and bank notes in advertising
- Cold callers don’t escape new marketing rules
- Colgate “nurse” ad probed by ASA
- Colgate’s ‘80% of dentists recommend’ claim under fire
- Comet savings claims probed by ASA
- Comet’s high definition faux pas
- Commercial prospecting: public sanction of 7,500 euros against a small company
- Commercial spots must comply with ARPP’s “Gambling” Recommendation
- Commission chips away at single market barriers
- Commission moves in on Financial Services Distance Selling Directive
- Commission threatens ‘money’s worth’ mayhem
- Commission wording in affinity marketing agreement scrutinised
- Companies Act 2006 changes create new challenges
- Company directors must heed new gift/conflict laws
- Comparative Advertising
- Comparative advertising and denigration lead to unfair competition claim
- Comparatively the best beer in the world
- Compare with caution: the ASA reminds that comparative claims must be substantiated
- Competition and Markets Authority alleges online resale price maintenance
- Competitor awarded damages for misleading medicinal claim
- Complaints about Vape Nation’s e-cig adverts go up in smoke.
- Compulsory calling line i.d. on its way
- Compulsory number display for DM calls
- Concern grows over ad law enforcement changes
- Conference delegate lists: data protection law protected?
- Confused as to whether VOD advertising is broadcast or non-broadcast?
- Constructive dismissal for LinkedIn CV
- Consultation on new alcohol code
- Consultation on the sexual portrayal of under-18s in advertising
- Consumer Advocate proposals take shape
- Consumer Bill of Rights proposed
- Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Payments) Regulations 2013
- Consumer empowerment initiative fuels Default: legislate fears
- Consumer empowerment trend gathers momentum
- Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading (Amendment) Regulations 2013
- Consumer Protection Partnership reports on enforcement priorities for 2015
- Consumer Rights Act receives Royal Assent
- Consumer Rights Bill on the way
- Consumer Rights Bill remedy changes mooted
- Consumer Rights Bill surfaces
- Consumer Rights Directive finally signed off
- Consumer watchdog acts on scratchcards
- Consumers left ‘spitting feathers’ over offensive KFC ad
- Controversial high-speed trains campaign does not need to be derailed, says French court
- Converging Platforms and Diverging Laws
- Cookie ‘information in advance’ rule dropped
- Cookie Directive poses new threats for email marketers and cookie users
- Cookie law latest from Netherlands and Poland
- Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used
- Cookie monster this way comes
- Cookie opt-in threat looms
- Cookie Warning
- Cookies and other tracking technologies: the French High Administrative Court (“Conseil d’État”) quashes the prohibition of cookie walls in the CNIL’s guidelines
- Cookies saved (maybe) by UK response to revised ePrivacy Directive
- Copy advice FAQs from CAP
- Copyright in advertising material
- Copyright law – we’re all Europeans now
- Copyright verdict sounds warning for ad agency directors.
- Coral advert deemed too exciting
- Coral comes under fire from the ASA for misleading ads
- Corporate cold call opt-out gets the bum’s rush
- Corporate telephone preference service looms
- Corrective Advertising Order against Daewoo under new EU comparative advertising regulations
- Cosmaceutical product claims controversy
- Cost-neutral not free, says ASA
- Could Amazon repel complaints over mosquito repelling apps?
- Could animal rights body upload photos of “Amazing Animals” zoo?
- Could Blackrock Inc register SO WHAT DO I DO WITH MY MONEY? as a trade mark?
- Could BMW M235i tweet irresponsibly depict speed?
- Could German rights in furniture designs be used to stop deliveries of replicas legally made in Italy?
- Could Intel squash “Intelmark” field and telemarketing agency?
- Could new CAP behavioural rules apply to Connected TV?
- Could new comparative advertising regulations change the face of British advertising?
- Could Picasso airbrush ‘Picaro’ Community Trade Mark?
- Could Ryanair control use of its flight data by PR Aviation without database right?
- Could Snore Solution Spray monicker sidestep Code?
- Could US dating site Plentyoffish stop UK “Plenty More Fish” trade mark registration?
- Could Vivacity online store refuse refund on returned watch?
- Could your express top-parity claim be interpreted as a superlative claim?
- County cricket club’s latest craze
- Cour de Cassation gives judgment in supermarket slogan battle
- Court acts on printer servicing invoice scam
- Court awards damages in GLEE brand dispute
- Court backs Estee Lauder in AVEDA vs DABUR UVEDA tussle
- Court of Appeal confirms that it’s not FINE to live dangerously
- Court of Appeal judgment in Specsavers v Asda
- Court puts ban on parody in TV-commercials
- Court summit for Kilnworx climbing centre brand
- Court supports 3 year non compete
- Covid-19 and health claims: advertisers beware!
- CPR “Quick take”
- CPUT nixes slew of consumer laws
- CPUT Regulations pack a punch with rogue traders
- CPUT/BPMR woe for eBay phantom bidder
- Crackdown on those employing illegal workers
- Crate & Barrel verdict brings relief for brand owners.
- Crazy Frog and ASA mix it again
- Credit card cheques probe
- Credit card giant fails to injunct cyber squatter
- Credit card mailing irks OFT
- Credit card summary box finally lands
- Creeping clampdown by local authorities on traditional leafleting campaigns using the Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005
- Cricket sponsors sent to the pavilion by Ofcom
- Cristal and Cristalino in fizz brand fracas
- Crucial EU comparative food ad verdict
- Crucifix = advertisement say planners
- Crunch time for Walkers Snacks Deep Ridge crisp promotion
- Cruz eyelash furore
- CTM Board points way for retail service marks
- CTMs for TAME IT for hair care products and BUILT TO RESIST for travel goods?
- Culture, Media & Sport MPs report on nuisance calls
- Current issues in advertising agency-client contracts
- Currys ad misleads consumers on the use of e-scooters
- Currys downs Comet with malicious falsehood injunction
- Customer list “not confidential” shock
- Cutting down: ASA pulls the scalpel out on surgery ads from abroad
- Czech Republic in the dock over “Butter Spread” green light
- Daft EC decision on Israeli privacy law
- Daily Express/Goldshield face ASA over Rosehip Vegecaps article/ad
- Daily Star “Win a Campervan” competition leads to refunds
- Daily Telegraph fined £30,000 over election email
- Daley’s Olympic Breakfast-out of the frying pan?
- Dalsouple rubber floor tiles brand tussle resolved
- Damages for diverted business follow copying of competitor’s manuals and photo
- Dame Janet Paraskeva publishes report on ASA
- Data controller/data processor distinction – new Guidance
- Data export issues for promotion marketers
- Data fines fall mainly in Spain
- Data privacy and protection – highlights for marketers
- Data privacy watchdog publishes 2001/2 report
- Data privacy: UK/EU/US update
- Data privacy/marketing intensive
- Data Protection Commission acts on junk faxers
- Data Protection Intensive
- Data protection law change in the wind?
- Data protection law in the Netherlands. What to expect in 2015
- Data Protection Network publishes guidance on the use of legitimate interests
- Data protection time bomb for agencies and freelancers?
- Data protection watchdog bites cold callers
- Data protection watchdog’s annual report
- Data protection/data privacy FAQs
- Data security focus
- Data transfers get ‘EU approved contract’ lifeline
- Data watchdog consults on data anonymisation code
- Data watchdog lends helping hand on data exports.
- Dawn of a new era for paid-for brand placement in UK TV programmes
- DC Comics and Marvel back down in “Superhero” battle
- DCMS announcement on London 2012 vicinity advertising regulations expected next month
- DCMS consults on changes to lottery law
- DCMS review looks at gambling stakes, prizes and advertising
- Death knell for Northern Ireland prize promo anomaly?
- Death knell for the OFT?
- Debenhams “VAT free” claims scrutinised
- Debit/credit travel payment surcharge crackdown looms
- Debt management text manages multiple breaches
- Decision against Euromaster highlights approach to comparative advertising under French regulation
- Defamation Act 2013 in force
- Defra shines the spotlight on environmental claims in advertising
- Deliveroo obviously unable to deliver to spaceships
- Design rights in a cookie? The EC General Court pronounces judgment
- Design services loan-out co. scrutinised by Tax Tribunal
- Desperate Man montage irks Dandy publisher
- DfE acts against “discriminatory” job vacancy ads
- Diageo cocktails and e-cigs fall foul of children appeal rules
- Diamond Jubilee pitfalls for advertisers
- Did “generic” London image breach copyright?
- Did ASA verdict on Rio’s Snickers Tweets make sense?
- Did ASDA ‘offer lower prices than any other supermarket’?
- Did Asda ‘spec saver’ campaign infringe trade marks?
- Did assignment of rights “arising from the performance of the services” work?
- Did branded placement in US import breach UK rules?
- Did Cheryl keep her mojo after 40 complaints?
- Did Converse trainers prize make Bulmers promotion non-compliant?
- Did copyright stop German window display?
- Did David Beckham have “under 18 appeal” in Haig Club Whisky ad?
- Did disclaimer do it for out of date prices?
- Did disclaimer save Mr Spoon use on mugs?
- Did email exchange form a contract?
- Did Friends Provident mailing breach CAP Code?
- Did frozen veg contain 30% more vitamins than fresh?
- Did Great Western Railway ads suggest public ownership?
- Did Hamburg law firm opt into adult site’s digital newsletter?
- Did Hungarian or Slovak data protection law apply?
- Did Jeep radio ad encourage unsafe driving?
- Did Kellogg’s Facebook-based promo break Code?
- Did loan texts break SMS rules?
- Did mass-mailing to 6000 nurses breach database right?
- Did online news service breach news copyright?
- Did pharma giant fluff iPhone contest?
- Did qualifiers neutralise garden mis-claim?
- Did social platforms’ age gates save “Hitman Absolution” ads?
- Did sponsor credits on 5’s “Cowboy Builders” breach rules?
- Did talks with excluded competitor justify termination of exclusive marketing agency?
- Did Teekanne tea label with correct ingredients list still mislead on content?
- Did Tesco “Price Check” promotion breach the Code?
- Did US-style native ad disclosures work for Dylon ad on BuzzFeed?
- Did use of brand count if it broke financial services laws?
- Did use of YouTube targeting function ensure age gate kept shut?
- Did viewer Tweets in ad spot mislead?
- Did WageDayAdvance comply with credit ad rules?
- Diddy v Goliath
- Diet Chef ad banned for ‘irresponsible’ weight loss message
- Differential pricing concerns return
- Difficult personalities – to dismiss or not to dismiss
- Digital billboard battle
- Digital Britain – what are the prizes on offer?
- Digital Britain: what’s in it for advertisers?
- Digital business 16 October update now booking
- Digital Business-A Legal and Regulatory Update
- Digital distribution platforms introduce 14 day refund policies
- Digital Economy Act and the Direct Marketing Code
- Digital marketing-THE legal update
- Digital media – THE Legal Update on 14 June 2011
- Digital quango underlines dangers of “implied” cookie consent
- Digital Services Act consultation opens
- Digital Services Act published in Official Journal of the European Union
- Digital Services Act: How will this impact advertising?
- Direct marketers reel at electoral role reversal
- Direct marketers told what to do with new data laws
- Direct Marketing Association/Data Guidance cookie law survey
- Direct Marketing Commission gets tough
- Direct marketing faces postal services tax revolution
- Direct marketing opt-in threat in Digital Economy Bill
- Dirt bikes on eBay drive key IP verdict
- Disclaimer possibilities after German ruling
- Disguised/surreptitious advertising and online influencers under the Government’s magnifying glass
- Dismissal for Facebook indiscretions challenged
- Disneyland Paris in “Kids go free” ASA embarrassment
- Distance marketing Q&A
- Distance sales law reminders in Euro and ASA verdicts
- Distance sales rules update
- Distance sales: cancellation right changes and car dealer guidance mooted
- Distance selling regs still in the distance.
- Disturbing findings of international cookie study
- DM headlines grab wrong attention
- DMA clarifies ICO Direct Marketing Guidance
- DMA Data Conference
- DMA guidance on financial services telemarketing
- DMA launches best practice guidelines
- DMA launches updated Code
- DMA launching two new ‘do not deliver’ list services
- DMA publishes new Code
- DMA pushes back on ICO Direct Marketing Guidance
- DMA report for 2002/03
- DMA responds on new EU data protection law proposal
- DMA sheds light on new privacy regulations
- DMA tightens screws on silent call epidemic
- DMA/WMA Opt for Text Messaging Opt-out Service
- DMD ‘in good time’/’durable medium’ help from FSA
- Do all-inclusive breaks include lunch?
- Do intermediaries count as “sellers” for the purposes of consumer law when marketing products for private sellers?
- Do not call/fax/mail list update
- Doc Martens lace up logo claim
- Dodgy new dot com deals
- Does ‘Subject to contract’ do what it says on the tin?
- Does Advocate General’s opinion in ECJ “Deckmyn” parody case shed light?
- Does cancellation right postpone VAT tax point?
- Does distance contract canceller get delivery charge back?
- Does German direct marketing industry face meltdown?
- Does getting double opt in break German opt in rules?
- Does handshake make a contract?
- Does repro right cover image re-creation?
- Does the use of Google AdWords or AdSense raise the risk of trade mark infringement or passing off claims for brands?
- Dog’s dinner of pet food branding
- Doh! ITV overrules BACC but gets it wrong
- Domain Name Disputes – A Quick Reference Guide
- Don’t ‘fur-get’ that substantiation needs to be specific to your product
- Don’t ‘make-up’ your cosmetic claims
- Don’t miss data privacy/marketing intensive
- Don’t sing our song in Argentina
- Don’t be sleigh-ed this year by non-compliant promotions
- Door ajar for EU DTC prescription drug advertising?
- Door shuts on new parody laws
- Double Click wins Privacy Case
- Double new rules whammy
- DP regulators in call to action to protect child privacy
- DPA enforcement powers sneaking in through the back door?
- Draft age laws published
- Draft code helps advertisers avoid age discrimination
- Draft Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Payments) Regulations 2013
- Draft EU sales promotion regulation: flogging a dead horse?
- Draft London 2012 advertising regulations published
- Draft OFT guidance for letting professionals
- Draft online sale of goods and sale of digital content directives
- Dramatic increase proposed in maximum fines for breach of ad laws
- Dream it! Do it!? In your dreams, say Euro trade mark judges
- Drink ad watchdog warns of looming booze label deadline
- Drink labels/ads under threat
- Drink statistics drive health warning pressure
- DTI consults on EU Sales Promotion Regulation
- DTI cops out on e-commerce regs
- DTI Guide solves mobile phone goods/services dilemma
- Dublin Supreme Court bread pack bake-off
- Duesseldorf court finds “Einhorn” condom claims misleading
- Duracell/Eveready bunnies at it down under
- Durant case fall-out continues
- Dusseldorf awards damages for irritating pop-up ads
- Düsseldorf verdict holds ceo personally liable
- Dutch ban on boozy ringtones
- Dutch companies to prepare for data security breach notifications and higher fines
- Dutch cookie laws enforced again
- Dutch court baulks OFT sweepstake mailing attack
- Dutch database dust-up
- Dutch ginger cake withdrawal symptoms
- Dutch regulator enforces stricter cookie rules
- Dutch snack bars’ “100% Sustainable” claim Deemed unsustainable
- Dutch supermarket uses politicians in campaign
- Dutch Supreme Court rules mere disclosure of misleading statement an unlawful act
- DVD giveaway risks highlighted
- Dynamic pricing in travel ads
- Dyson -v- Hoover : the latest round
- Dyson challenges Shark’s “America’s most recommended vacuum brand” claim
- E link cases send differing global messages
- E-cigarette ad ban looms
- E-cigarette ads on TV and radio to be banned from 20 May 2016
- E-cigarettes focus
- e-commerce directive finally signed off
- E-commerce regs win plain English wooden spoon
- E-mail marketing opt-in/opt-out fix in sight?
- E-mail/SMS ‘harassment’ fears after Sun verdict
- e-mails face ‘instantly identifiable’ rule
- Early Turkish bath for Ken
- Easter to see scrapping of “substantial damage” threshold
- Easyjet complains to ASA about unconnected Easyjet “helplines”
- easyJet Funcard promo not up to scratch
- EasyJet not Becks’ favourite airline
- easyMobile and Orange head into court
- eBay condemned for trademark infringement
- EC drops action v UK over RIPA
- EC highlights discrimination risks
- EC launches major food claims initiative
- EC to investigate Google SEM practices
- ECB and KP Snacks reprimanded for advertising HFSS products to children
- ecigarette ad rule changes?
- ECJ “Parmesan not generic” finding
- ECJ Case 96/14 underlines importance of “plain, intelligible language”
- ECJ clampdown on distance sellers’ cancellation charges
- ECJ clarifies UCPD issues in Canal Digital case
- ECJ clears France’s Loi Evin
- ECJ limits Daimler AG’s trade mark rights against Budapest dealer
- ECJ Nixes Belgian alarm registration decree
- ECJ nixes old Austrian knocking copy laws
- ECJ pronounces on Italian gambling licence regime
- ECJ pronounces on Swedish data ‘abuse’
- ECJ pronounces on website disclosure rules
- ECJ ruling condemns UK VAT rules on free samples
- ECJ verdict strengthens database rights
- Ecommerce sites must make non UK location clear
- Eddie appeals £2000 award for image use
- EDGE brand dispute ends in High Court victory for Future Publishing
- Edited highlights from ASA Annual Report for 2011
- EDPB gives its views on European Commission’s advertising and cookie pledge initiative
- EDPB opines on the interplay between GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive
- EEA-US data export: gateways to compliance
- EESC seeks to ‘influence’ EU-wide approach on influencer marketing
- Eight tips we learned from the ASA’s rulings on crypto ads
- Eighth annual marketing law forum
- Eighth Annual Marketing Law Forum places going fast
- Eighth solicitor fined for data protection offence
- Eircom campaign angers competitors
- Electoral Commission verdict on political ad code
- Electoral registration forms break the law says DMA
- Electoral Roll – over? ‘Never say die’ says DM industry
- Electoral roll opt-out: more or less junk mail?
- Electric scooter claims challenged
- Electronic Arts “free petrol” launch promo “goes wrong”
- Eleventh Look Back, Face Forward marketing law forum now booking
- Email address acquirers lose plot
- Email opt in/opt out?
- Emergency briefing clears fog over new gambling ad regime
- EMI and Sky battle over NOW brand
- Eminem gets green light to stew Apple over ad soundtrack
- Eminem sues over Berlin internal car launch video
- Emma Harrington joins Osborne Clarke’s advertising law team
- Employee incentive arrangements for the independent agency [Q2 99]
- Employees beware!
- Employers claim rights in staff Twitter followers and LinkedIn contacts
- Employers’ liability for harassment is widened
- Employment agency clarification for field marketing companies
- Employment Appeal Tribunal verdict in Eddie Stobart TUPE case
- Encouraging parents to use credit on non-essential designer items deemed irresponsible
- End game approaches for Interflora/Marks & Spencer Adwords battle
- End of the line for phone box sex cards?
- Energy drink brands lock horns over “Bullet” and “No Bull”
- Energy price comparison transparency?
- English High Court sends flowers to the ECJ
- English Premier League seek to take on YouTube
- English rugby rose over dead ball line
- Ensure that your QR Code complies with the CAP Code
- EPC updates Mobile Payments White Paper
- eSports in season for regulator
- Estate agents in “Fine” brand mess
- Estate agents in bizarre passing off battle
- Etherington report proposes new Fundraising Regulator
- Ethical agency owner ends up in Brixton
- EU ‘Fair Trade’ Directive still a threat
- EU Audio visual media services directive passes another milestone
- EU bodies and EU states in conflict over new cookie laws
- EU Commission kicks off major data law review
- EU Commissioner drops cookie/ePrivacy Directive hint
- EU data privacy law reform deadlines slip as end game approaches
- EU data privacy law reform saga lurches on
- EU data privacy laws face big shake-up
- EU data privacy regulators opine on profiling
- EU data protection law reform latest
- EU data protection law reforms in twenty bullets
- EU data protection supervisor weighs in on “big data”
- EU data reform latest
- EU data supergroup’s guidance on electronic comms. regulations
- EU data tsar reports
- EU data watchdogs strike blow for deliverability
- EU E-mail directive snapshot
- EU looks to plug leaking safe harbor
- EU Media services directive takes shape
- EU moves to ease SMS marketing controls.
- EU pack revolution beckons
- EU prize promo harmony nixed
- EU promo law does excellent bus impression
- EU Promo Law Expert Group lives up to its name. Not.
- EU regulators close in on spammers
- EU sales promotion regulation pops up again
- EU signs off measures to boost Europe-wide sales and marketing
- EU trade mark law reforms on the horizon
- EU TV Directive review grapples with virtual imaging
- EU-US Privacy Shield latest
- Euro cookie law survey reveals confusing picture
- Euro MPs vote on product placement et al
- Euro MPs’ Fudge Gives Opt-out a Last Chance
- Euro sponsorship body calls for clampdown on cheats
- Euro trade mark fees slashed
- Europe | ePrivacy Regulation update
- Europe and the US finally reach accord on personal data.
- Europe lags on “Unfair Practice” laws
- Europe pulls back from the brink
- European ad lawyers comment on Purely Creative verdict
- European Commission announces first piece of cross-platform regulation to ensure online platforms and search engines deal fairly with other businesses
- European Commission goes nap on ‘unfair commercial practices’ directive
- European Commission left #unimpressed by results of influencer screening sweep
- European Commission marketing law review expected Q2 2017
- European Commission proposes new Package Travel Directive
- European Commission publishes updated Guidance on Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
- European Commission’s 2015 work programme published
- European Court drops holiday bombshell for short term staff users
- European Court rules website and app operators must treat dynamic IP addresses as personal data
- European Court verdict confirms twin-track VAT coupon treatment
- European data protection enforcement review
- European data protection revolution-action points for US businesses
- European Data Protection Supervisor’s big data report
- European regulatory snapshot
- European Sponsorship Association responds on Ofcom broadcasting code consultation
- European survey reveals digital marketing law shambles
- Everyone loves privacy – not just celebrities
- Evolution not revolution for new radio ad code
- Exaggerating will get you busted – or is this exaggerating?
- Excessive payment surcharges now banned
- Expected rise in branding disputes as gTLD floodgates opened by ICANN
- Extended ASA powers come with a price tag
- Extended credit?
- Extension of advertising obligations to providers of video sharing platforms
- Eye spy enhanced disclosures for children
- F1 sponsorship case shows perils of delay in claiming breach
- FA pays for ‘Three Lions’ pitch proposal
- Face Forward 2014
- Face Forward 2015
- Face Forward 2016: What will be the key marketing law milestones of the year to come?
- Facebook changes its Platform Policy in respect of in-game purchases and incentivising page ‘likes’.
- Facebook makes radical changes to Promotions Guidelines
- Failure to take basic Information Security measures results in £60,000 fine from the ICO for SME Gaming company
- Fake ‘Cancel’ Button Irks ASA
- Fallon and Observer settle pitch rights spat
- Famous French distributor sentenced for prohibited and misleading advertising linked to promotional offers
- Famous marks get extra US protection
- Fancy advertising an online flutter?
- Fashion giants clash over ‘Rebel’ hoodie
- Fast food giant in a pickle
- Fast food wars as In-N-Out Burger sues DoorDash in California
- Fatal flaws of registering brands for printed matter exposed
- Father Christmas trade mark shock
- Favourite claims must be substantiated, say ASA
- Fax marketers forced to toe the data privacy line
- FCA and ASA publish Memorandum of Understanding
- FCA finds credit ad rule compliance needs work
- FCA publishes social media guidance
- FCA to examine big data and insurance
- FCA warning: we will take action against consumer credit ad compliance failings
- Federal ‘do not email’ list has ‘$14b’ price tag
- Federal Court of Justice bans ads for purchase of virtual items in “free-to-play” online game
- Festive challenges for employers (and employees)
- FIFA gets no credit after New York judgment
- FIFA issues ‘World Cup’ warning to marketers
- FIFA lays down a marker for non sponsors of the Brazil World Cup
- FIFA red card for fruit promotion
- Fife-based cabling firm Brand-Rex Ltd pays £212,800 bribery settlement after the abuse of its “Brand Breaks” incentive programme for UK distributors and installers
- Fifth annual marcoms law conference now booking
- Fifth annual marcoms law intensive on 10 March-seats still available
- Final draw for Molly-Mae
- Final insult for prize winner
- Final round in Hello!/OK! bout
- Finance firms agree new PPI approach for internet sales
- Financial distance selling directive nears sign-off
- Financial ad complaints – FSA releases statistics
- Financial Conduct Authority consults on social media comms guidance
- Financial Conduct Authority proposes new consumer credit ad regime
- Financial promotion controls – reminders and insights
- Financial promotions – new laws and control systems loom
- Financial Services Authority consults on E-commerce Directive
- Financial Services Authority ups its act
- Financial Services Bill clarifies plans for financial and credit promotion rules
- First ASA ‘opt in’ digital marketing ruling
- First ASA rulings on gambling ads and the new ‘strong appeal’ to under18s rules: current Premier League footballers shown the red card but retired footballers are allowed to play on
- First ASA video on demand ad case
- First California spam prosecution
- First chance to preview brand new Euro law survey
- First distance selling injunction granted
- First Elvis, now Diana
- First ever Company Names Tribunal verdict
- First High Court verdict on meaning of “opted-in”
- First live now Proms not necessarily BBC property
- First Olympics, now Commonwealth Games association right
- First step to a fair dismissal
- First test for US behavioural tracking controls
- First TUPE case for marketing services
- First UK damages paid by email marketer
- Five stripe trainer motif refused registration
- Fix up, look sharp: fears of electoral foul play if laws aren’t reformed
- Fixed line telecom sales – Ofcom action
- Flight bags at dawn for Ryanair and the ASA
- Flogas Britain vs Calor Gas
- Flora spread it on too thick says Ofcom
- Florida judge rules in Facebook fanpage control dispute
- Flower pots must be recycled says Appeal Court
- Flowers NOT delivered on Sundays
- Fly on wall BBC 3 series call centre suffers swingeing cold calling fines
- Flybe: A lesson in not breaking one law whilst getting ready for another…
- FMCG titans clash over tooth paste claims
- Focus on Direct Marketing for the Belgian DPA
- Food brands still abusing ‘fresh’, ‘natural’, ‘farmhouse’, etc.
- Food health claims anger regulators.
- Football season kicks off: the latest (adlaw) highlights
- Foreign gambling “white list” published
- Foresters singed by FSA fine
- Former London mayoral candidate fined
- Foul play: Kwiff’s gambling ad scores own goal with Junior Blues
- Four complaints upheld against magazine insert scratchcard
- Four figure fine for excess wrappers
- Four telco advertisers test ‘new’ CAP ‘free’ rule
- Fourth annual Marcoms law conference now booking
- Fourth referee for FIFA ‘ambush marketing’ claims against Pepsi?
- Fox Business Network domain name dispute
- France allows class actions
- France goes its own way with new prize promotion laws
- France launches new “do not call” list
- France legislates to ensure that healthcare brands are required to disclose links with influencers
- France looks to relax alcohol ad law un peu
- France mulls Cookie Directive
- France prepares for brandless cigarettes
- France takes surprising line on EU “Cookie Directive”
- France’s National Assembly rules against the implementation of a “YouTube Tax”…for now
- Francesco Totti: protecting image rights
- Frank’s ‘McChina’ restaurant brand vaults US block
- Frank’s No IKEA furniture store rattles Swedes’ flatpack cage arrives
- Frankfurt Higher Court considers Deuter Sport’s controls over distributors
- Fraud Act’s new weapon against data abuse?
- Freddo the Frog leaps but falls foul of ASA ruling
- Free “Ask the panel” forum on 2 March 2011
- Free data protection compliance workshop 9 June 2009
- Free delivery offers need care after Dutch Kingdom change
- Free Employment law refresher
- Free employment law update 9-11 am on Tuesday 2 March 2010
- Free-for-all after the red button?
- Freelancers: Whose Problem?
- French “Loi Sapin II”: the French Financial Markets Authority clarifies the extent of the prohibition of advertising of high risks financial contracts
- French “no incitement of thin-ness” statute
- French Anti-Waste Law provides for new marketing rules
- French authorities block UK operated financial services sites
- French Broadcasting Authority alert to surreptitious advertising
- French Competition Authority leaves uncertain the antitrust scrutiny of major players in the Online Advertising sector
- French Connection wine irks fcuk
- French consumer body lambasts social media small print
- French courts explore official alcohol suppliers to the Cannes International Film Festival
- French courts explore reuse of footage for a different purpose in the context of foie gras
- French data watchdog targets targeted advertising
- French ICO backs off on analytics cookie consent
- French lose connection over unconnected FCUK
- French Parliament adopts law on the commercial use of child influencers’ image on video sharing platforms
- French prize promotion law changes
- French Yahoo! Judgment sinks Wild west web myth
- Frog ring tones spawn ASA complaint
- From likes to shares: ASA upholds complaints against WeShop for influencer marketing
- FSA ‘clarifies’ DMD compliance deadline
- FSA £100,000 ad fine
- FSA announces total fine haul for 2009 and slams Standard Life £2.5m
- FSA bares soul in financial promotions paper
- FSA blitz on misleading ads continues
- FSA case emphasises how pictures can mislead
- FSA caution on digital media
- FSA consults on permanent waiver
- FSA consults on use of “guaranteed” etc
- FSA ducks “name and shame” opportunity
- FSA extracts undertaking from Barclays over unfair B2C variation terms
- FSA finally goes nap on third party disclosure
- FSA foreshadows new financial product disclosure rules
- FSA guidance on new pre-contract disclosure rules
- FSA hands out another record fine
- FSA helps ICO with £980K data fine as Halifax could be next
- FSA looks to rationalise its approach to punishment
- FSA publishes its review of outdoor advertising and financial promotions
- FSA publishes real life case studies– are these intended to be a warning to others?
- FSA reports on insurance pricing claims
- FSA reports on spread betting review
- FSA starts hares running on future financial ad controls
- FSA Statement about “read and understood” declarations
- FSA targets aggregators
- FSA threatens huge burdens on mortgage and insurance providers
- FSA top ten tips
- FSA’s new approach to regulating financial promotions
- FTC acts on L’Oreal anti-ageing claims
- FTC clarifies rules on meaning of ‘primarily commercial’ email
- FTC in behavioural advertising move
- FTC influencing influencers: influencer disclosure 101
- FTC issues
- FTC mulls word of mouth and blog marketing guidelines
- FTC reviews kids’ apps for privacy progress
- FTC takes action against incentivised reviews
- FTC takes safe harbor enforcement action against 12 US corporations
- FTC updates the FAQs to its Endorsement Guides
- Full steam ahead for new broadcast ad complaint regime
- Fundraising during the Covid-19 emergency: The Italian Competition Authority adopts interim measures against GoFundMe.com
- Fundraising Preference Service launches
- Funk combo wins battle of Liberty bands
- Fur flies in cat food pack look-a-like spat
- Further changes proposed to UK consumer law
- Further EC threat to ‘opt out’
- Gambling Act 2005 Prize promo FAQs and Flowchart
- Gambling Act in depth on 13 June
- Gambling ad regulation set for big changes
- Gambling and lottery ads featuring football stars won’t score with the ASA
- Gambling Commission consults on new prize promo laws.
- Gambling Commission faces merger
- Gambling Commission reveals “all” on prize promotions?
- Gambling Commission shows hand on web entry
- Gambling Commission ups the ante
- Gambling Commission’s new quick guide to “skill with prize” machines
- Gambling reform proposals blast existing prize promotion law shambles
- Gambling regulator’s views on key prize promo issues
- Gambling social media activity: ensure it complies with the CAP Code
- Gambling sponsorship of sport: where are we now and what’s coming?
- Gambling/sports ties under threat
- GAP defends 40% off promotion
- Gator pop-up ads spiked in Virginia
- Gender pay gap claim threat
- General opt-ins to receive marketing emails from third parties won’t do, say ASA
- Generative AI and the ASA: no new rules
- Georgia Court to consider unwelcome UPS delivery
- German challenge to lastminute.com fails
- German court considers emails and customer satisfaction surveys
- German court decides which country’s data protection laws apply to Facebook
- German Court mulls “Free Funeral” promo complaint
- German court orders full media credit disclosure
- German courts ban Ryanair comparative ads
- German data regulator questions safe harbor
- German Federal Court lays down online review guidelines
- German Federal Court of Justice provides practical guidance on AdWords advertising
- German Federal Court of Justice rules auto-reply email illegal
- German Federal Court rules against “tell-a-friend”
- German Media Authorities issue updated FAQs on advertising in social media
- German Presidency of the Council of the EU takes on the draft ePrivacy Regulation
- German privacy regulator imposes €1,300,000 fine on insurance giant Debeka
- German regulators’ cabal questions safe harbor
- German sports betting paralysis impacts advertising
- German Supreme Court: Electronic Marketing Requires Opt-In
- Germany challenges EU Tobacco Advertisement Directive
- Germany considers data law enforcement by consumer bodies
- Germany decides: do junk faxes cause criminal damage?
- Germany distances itself from EU harmony
- Germany finally moves on cookie laws
- Germany finally scraps 1930s law
- Germany looks to ban Facebook use by recruiters
- Germany moves on web analytics
- Germany ups penalties for unclear emails
- Germany’s highest civil court gives reasons for Runes of Magic judgment
- Germany’s pharma ad rules challenged
- Germany’s strict “consent for marketing” laws now fully in force
- Get rich or lie trying
- Giuseppe Cipriani in latest battle over “Cipriani” name
- Glasgow is one step ahead of the Games
- Glittering Ryanair and Texas Homecare offers lose lustre
- Global brands Asos and Scrabble in court
- Global pincer movement on spam
- Glossy “Fine Wines” brochure leads to 3 year sentence
- GM food labelling prosecution
- Goalposts moved on Facebook-based promotions
- Goldengate – The ASA is watching you
- Golf company battles for ‘Golf USA’ CTM
- Goliath beats David in web access shoot-out
- Goliath wins myspace.co.uk battle
- Good riddance to small print?
- Goodbye KFD and hello Quick Guide
- Google acts against site link abuse
- Google changes tack on cookie consent
- Google fights AdSense abuse in California
- Google ogles location-based advertising monopoly
- Google Spain decision continues to make waves
- Google’s new AdWords policy increases costs to brand owners
- Gorilla Glue: Complaint on use of gender stereotypes fails to stick
- Got your number | Phone-paid Services Authority to call time on misleading 118 marketing practices
- Government “Midata” project response from energy
- Government clamps down on nuisance call directors
- Government consults on further HFSS restrictions
- Government consults on prize promotion laws
- Government consults on TUPE changes
- Government gives up on CPUT 6 April in force date
- Government launches consultation on plans to bring the promotion of certain cryptoassets within the scope of financial promotions regulation
- Government makes it easier to bring action against nuisance callers
- Government nuisance call taskforce makes recommendations
- Government offers phone booth ad solutions
- Government publishes the new ADR Regulations
- Government report proposes significant overhaul of unfair dismissal law
- Government TUPE consultation result
- Govt climb-down on new product placement regime
- GPEN international children’s website/app sweep reveals significant data privacy issues
- Great British Bake Off’s Sound of Music parody pulled following copyright accusation
- Great result, shame about the ad
- Greece proposes new state agency for TV advertising sales
- Greeks Bare Flaws in “UK Jurisdiction” Clause
- Green claim turns sour – ASA rules on low emission airline claim
- Green lawn battle turns on data protection defence
- Green light for blue spam?
- Grenade energy drink litigation raises two key points
- Groceries Code gets teeth
- Grocers asked to engage with Trading Standards on “Was/now” offers
- Groundhog day for Eddie Jordan?
- Group M challenges Cabinet Office
- Groupon reaches terms with the OFT
- GSK fights its corner on Sensodyne ads
- GTLDs – Internet continues to expand with opportunities and risks for brand owners
- Guardian sues Rubicon for undisclosed fees from programmatic advertising
- Guess what? Commission deems restrictive online search advertising policies to be anticompetitive
- Guidance for estate agents on ad compliance
- Guidance for influencer advertising published
- Guidance for the misguided: objectification of women
- Guidance from French data regulator on new cookie laws
- Guide to good practices in influencer marketing in France
- Habitat rejects ‘Snowball’s chance in Chancery’
- Hackney Council wins £300,000 Nike settlement
- Hackney kicks up over Nike ‘World Cup’ range
- Had trade mark KORNSPITZ become a common name?
- Half Armistice Day marcoms law focus
- Halloween 2003 location data freedom
- Hamburg Court throws out publishers’ challenge to ad blocking software
- Happy Beds not so happy after ASA ruling
- Happy Birthday Human Rights Act!
- Harrods fights Dixons.co.uk over “Last place you want to go” campaign
- Harsh promotion decision underlines voting mechanic pitfalls
- Has a recent appeal case put the skids under the recent rising trend of stress-related claims against employers?
- Has ICO swung behind opt-outs in OBA debate?
- Hasbro has no appetite for YUMMY DOUGH
- Have a break, don’t have a Kit Kat
- Have flyposters met their Waterloo?
- Hazards of sharing e-sleaze in the office
- Headline price claims under the cosh
- Health &beauty brand tussle pits Giovanni against Giovanni Galli
- Health claims: new Code
- Health, medicinal and cosmetic claims in ads
- Healthy ad, healthy mind
- Hello! 1 OK! 0 in circulation claim wars
- Help Direct warned by ICO over spam texts
- Henry the vacuum keeps smiling
- Here’s looking at you, kid: CAP reflects on children’s recognition of online advertising
- Hexed bar menu sparks IP claims
- Heydays and holidays
- HFSS – TV and online restrictions delayed
- HFSS Rules and Guidance
- Hidden boost for adland in EU music rights vote
- High Court declares standard term limitations of liability unreasonable under UCTA
- High Court rules that subject access requests must be reasonable and proportionate
- High Court: Clearcast decision on Prevasore Lip Therapy ad not subject to judicial review
- High-end fashion brands model unhealthy expectline SA’s risqué models
- Highbury Stallholder spikes Arsenal guns
- Highlights from ICO cookie law guidance
- Hiring overseas talent – an immigration law perspective
- Hirst case underlines importance of registering 3D designs
- His Master’s dog top
- Historic Advertising Standards Authority decision
- Historic copyright versus free speech verdict
- Hitting back: ASA investigates violence in advertising
- HM Government launches data sharing consultation
- HM Govt in “more consumer law” shock
- Hold your wee contest tragedy in Sacramento
- Holiday pay decision impacts performer/temporary staff contracts
- Home Office consults on restrictions on alcohol promotions
- Home, travel, car cover ads irk FSA
- Homebase price comparison probed by ASA
- Hope for EU-US intra-group data transfer?
- Hotpoint “save up to 50% energy” claim hits “don’t recycle” bin
- House of Lords conducting enquiry into the UK advertising industry
- Household financial services provider defaults?
- Household names challenged on stock availability
- How “right to be forgotten” judgment may impact marketers
- How are advertising and marketing regulated in the UK?
- How clear is your influence?
- How the Online Safety Bill tackles fraudulent advertising?
- How to have an off the record conversation
- How will the draft ePrivacy Regulation impact on advertising?
- Human rights challenge to political ads ban
- I-day approaches
- I-Day Q&A
- I’m not with the band: ASA reminds festival not to offer prizes it cannot guarantee
- IAB upgrades the Transparency & Consent Framework
- IAB White Paper: Privacy and Tracking in a Post-Cookie World
- IAB’s new OBA self regulatory “Framework”
- IAB’s Proposed E-mail Standards Anticipate EU Opt-In
- ICC launches new environmental marketing “Framework”
- Ice cream manufacturer freezes out trade mark infringer
- Ice cream van specialists Whitby Morrison and Yorkshire Specialist Vehicles in court
- ICO £300000 penalty thrown out on appeal
- ICO acts after charity marketing furore
- ICO acts against Better Together 2012
- ICO acts on cookie consent laws
- ICO and CAP each publish new “social engagement” guidance
- ICO Annual Report: highlights for marketers
- ICO bares all on enforcement strategy
- ICO clamps down on marketing masquerading as market research
- ICO comes clean on spam law enforcement
- ICO consults on draft online privacy Code of Practice
- ICO consults on proposed revised statutory guidance on the imposition of monetary penalties
- ICO crackdown on list brokers
- ICO fines “Better for the country” Brexit body £50,000
- ICO fines insurance company £150,000 for failure to keep customers’ information safe
- ICO fines the Money Shop for data breach involving thousands of customers’ data
- ICO flexes new fining muscles
- ICO fuels nuisance call debate
- ICO hand brake turn on “implied consent” for cookies
- ICO imposes £180,000 and £250,000 fines on telemarketers
- ICO imposes £440,000 fines on mobile spammers
- ICO imposes groundbreaking £130,000 fine for alleged data protection breach by NHS-approved Pharmacy2U
- ICO insights revealed
- ICO Issues Fine to Pension Cold Caller
- ICO issues online data collection “Good Practice Note”
- ICO issues privacy notices code but gets soft opt-in example wrong
- ICO misses opportunity to fully update electronic marketing guidance
- ICO offers help on complying with the new cookie laws
- ICO on the spamming warpath again
- ICO promotes virtues of transparency in building customer trust
- ICO publishes “Framework code of practice for sharing personal information”
- ICO publishes Anonymisation Code of Practice
- ICO publishes draft Privacy Notice Code
- ICO publishes draft privacy seal scheme
- ICO publishes its Annual Report
- ICO publishes its annual review
- ICO publishes revised data protection guide
- ICO publishes updated Data Protection Regulatory Action Policy
- ICO quietly updates electronic comms guide
- ICO raids call centre
- ICO reports cookie law action and changes its cookie policy
- ICO reports on feedback it received to its “Big Data” discussion paper
- ICO reports on its enforcement action
- ICO responds to EU draft Data Protection Regulation
- ICO revises guidance on new cookie laws
- ICO Security Report
- ICO slaps £175,000 penalty on “payday” lender First Financial
- ICO slaps £50,000 and £200,000 fines on nuisance callers
- ICO trails its GDPR guidance programme
- ICO updates its PECR guidance
- ICO uses new powers for the first time and imposes £200,000 fine on nuisance text marketer Help Direct UK Ltd in a case “with no mitigating factors”
- ICO vows to continue cold calls enforcement
- ICO’s first enforcement action under the GDPR
- Iconic Obama image to end in tears?
- ICSTIS clamps down on 0871 line abuse
- ICSTIS gets to grips with reverse-billed premium rate SMS
- ICSTIS harpoons Moby Marketing
- ICSTIS limbers up to issue updated Code
- Ideal Home magazine and Ideal Home Show in trade mark dispute
- If it ain’t broke, just fix it a bit
- If only O2HyperHealth were “hyper-aware” of the importance of seeking medical supervision
- IGRG announces new industry code requirements for gambling ads
- Illicit nature of a live and on-site poker game despite the possibility of registering for free
- Illinois judges grapple ‘George of the Jungle’ claims
- Image processing software patent upheld
- Immediate change to price claim rules in ads pragmatic but why not give some warning?
- Impact of AIFMD on fund marketing
- Implementing decrees for e-sport competition in France
- Implications of Brexit…. For tobacco advertising
- Implied notice plea gets short shrift
- Important ASA viral marketing verdict
- Important change to rights in performances
- Important Changes to German Employee Data Protection Law
- Important Dutch look-a-like judgment
- Important new recruitment agency laws
- Important reminders in new CAP Help note on Testimonials and Endorsements
- In Google Spain v AEPD, Advocate General Jääskinen wrestles with “right to be forgotten”
- In the June edition of Marketing Law, we reported on the issue of telephone glass advertising and the proposed changes to regulation in this area.
- In this month’s ‘Letter from America’
- In-game ads make for not just Angry Birds
- In-game purchases: don’t be random with your disclosures of random item purchasing!
- Incentivising agency staff in a downturn
- Industry still awaits clarification on ASA online remit extension
- Influencer and manufacturer both infringing Dutch advertising rules with YouTube video
- Influencer marketing guidance gets a rebrand
- Influencer Zoe Sugg (aka Zoella) warned by the ASA for cashing in on ASOS affiliate links
- Influencer’s ‘juvenile’ stunt lands Hooch in hot water
- Influencer’s speech considered as advertisement
- Influencers shilling for cryptoassets held “misleading and irresponsible”
- Influencers: what’s in it for you?
- Infographic – Are you ready for the changes to the Dutch Data Protection Act?
- Information Commission publishes annual report
- Information Commission supremo speaks out
- Information Commissioner bares all to MPs
- Information Commissioner enters the Phorm debate
- Information Commissioner publishes ‘Guidance’ on new privacy regulations
- Information Commissioner publishes email marketing guidance #3
- Information Commissioner’s Annual Report
- Information Commissioner’s Office consults on its GDPR guidance: contracts and liabilities between controllers and processors
- Information society copyright directive changes loom
- ING mobile app misleading?
- Injunction blocks ‘192’ faxes
- Instagram following FTC warnings
- Insurer fights policy claim and highlights late notification risks
- Intel and Omnicom lock horns in ‘Intelmark’ battle.
- Intellectual Property Office claims passing off
- Intellectual Property Office sues “Intellectual Property Agency Ltd”
- International data transfer relief?
- International sponsorship code to be revamped
- Internet abuse at work
- Internet Advertising Bureau produces native ad disclosure guidance
- Intrepid Travel’s pyramid puzzle: green or greenwashing?
- Invicta’s fails to deliver on its promises
- IOC issues Rio new blogging guidelines for athletes
- IPA in world first (unless you tell us different) simulcast rights moratorium
- IPA Mobile Marketing Guidelines make waves
- IPC blocks
- IPO consults on draft Trade Mark Rules 2008
- IPO publishes long awaited report on “The Impact of lookalikes”
- iPod accessory crackdown
- Ireland bans “too religious” Christmas product ad
- Ireland gets tough on digital marketers
- Irish papers in copyright spat
- Irish tobacco ad ban hits UK/US published journals
- Is “28 day” rule compliance enough?
- Is “superfood” a general food health claim?
- Is “The client doesn’t like him” a fair reason for dismissal?
- Is ASA losing the plot as six of ten most complained about ads in 2013 are exonerated?
- Is Burger King crypto-currency promotion a sign of things to come?
- Is dual online/offline pricing anti competitive?
- Is Hello! victory still OK! for privacy rights?
- Is it “2 for 1” when the “2” involves an extra 35p?
- Is it absolutely a trademark infringement?
- Is it milk, or is it not milk?
- Is Kronenbourg 1664 a “French beer”?
- Is price-based comparative advertising as between shops with different formats and sizes misleading?
- Is promoter’s decision always final?
- Is proposed legislation a threat to marketers?
- Is silence golden?
- Is SMS a ‘call’? conundrum
- Is there copyright in news headlines?
- Is there copyright in photos of paintings and antiques? UK:yes/US:no
- It’s “Take Two” for Tenth Look Back, Face Forward Marketing Law Forum
- It’s just emojions misleading us over [laughing tears of joy face]?
- It’s official: no new EC sponsorship laws
- It’s official: online is no longer ‘new media’
- It’s review season…
- It’s socially irresponsible to suggest that credit cards can fix life’s problems, says ASA
- It’s time to be careful
- Italian court rules oral hygiene chewing gum ads misleading
- Italy gets even tougher on misleading advertisers
- Italy goes “opt out” for telemarketing
- Italy requires cookie notices to call out use for profiling
- Italy sets 1 December 2012 deadline for airline price transparency
- Italy shuffles prize promotion rules
- ITC annual report published
- ITC Consults On New TV Ad Code
- ITC pronounces on wholesome snack bar ad claims
- ITC slams
- ITC swansong
- ITC wimps out of major changes to TV ad code
- ITV and ASA couple up to give contestants advice on social media ads
- ITV carpeted by Ofcom over Amanda Holden’s law firm praise
- ITV Contract Rights Renewal system survives…for now
- Jackson estate in “Thriller Live” trade mark thriller
- Jaguar cricket coverage sponsorship sent to the pavilion
- Jail terms for misleading advertisers
- Jamie Oliver in “FlavourShaker” hot water
- Japan’s TDK fights Danish bid for ‘TDK’ clothing
- Japanese advertisers’ get-out clause strikes out
- JC Decaux’s pedestrian tracking system blocked by French data regulator
- JD Sports and KSI are issued the ‘red card’ by the ASA
- Jinxed soft drink changes brand again
- Jobsite links a stepstone too far
- Join the “Data Gold Rush”
- Joined-up enforcement on premium rate promotions?
- Jordan’s Vodafone sponsorship deal claim black-flagged
- Jubilee-ation, but on paid leave?
- Judge ignores European Court ref in new ‘Gunners’ scarves case twist
- Judgement day in ‘Ideal Home’/’Home’ magazine look-a-like clash
- Judgment in Fresh Trading/Deepend dispute over INNOCENT drinks brand rights
- Junking junk mail for good?
- Jury still out on OFCOM ad rule changes
- Just how close is ‘similar’?
- Kanga flag boxes unclever in Vancouver?
- Karlsruhe verdict on three Adwords legality challenges
- Keep your gin up! ASA decision puts McQueen Gin ad on ice
- Kellogg’s investigated under general health claim rules
- Ken rues prawn cracker deal
- Key appeal court findings on unfair commercial practices regulations in “The Queen and X Ltd”
- Key cross border gambling ad verdict
- Key damages verdict
- Key discrimination case-the lessons
- Key ECJ trade mark registration judgments
- Key findings of “Consumer understanding of green terms” report
- Key impacts for marketers of EU data privacy reforms
- Key implications of ECJ judgment
- Key message of Spice Girls/Aprilia damages award
- Key new maternity laws now in force
- Key points for advertising in Bailey Report
- Key points for marketers coming out of the recently published ICO Annual Report
- Key points for US businesses in draft Data Protection Regulation
- Key points from ground-breaking Osborne Clarke event
- Key prize promo rule changes in new CAP and BCAP Codes
- Key rule changes for mortgage ads on TV
- Key US ‘browse-wrap agreement’ verdict
- Key voucher tax law changes
- Kia under Dutch ad regulator’s cosh over ad prices
- Kit Kat bar trade mark victory
- Kit Kat bars and London cabs in bids to register IP rights
- Kiwi privacy right breakthrough
- Know your Gambling Act 2005?
- Knowledge Base update
- Korda wins damages in Smirnoff/Guevara ad settlement
- KP sues Specsavers over tactical social media ads
- Kronenbourg and WKD both survive complaints made by the Youth Alcohol Advertising Council
- Kronenbourg cannot attribute exceptional powers to its Grimbergen beer
- L’Oreal smells success in ‘smell-alike’ case
- Labellers and advertisers – beware biocides
- Labour gets its own laws wrong
- Lacoste is not snappy
- Ladbrokes’ Iron Man email promo gets Stark disapproval from ASA
- Lady Diana Pizza painting squabble revives copyright in ads questions.
- Lady Gaga vs Lady Goo Goo
- Landmark behavioural advertising case goes into extra time
- Landmark judgment on intellectual property and online links
- Landmark photograph copyright verdict
- Landmark unfair commercial practice judgment
- Largest ever mis-selling/mishandling fine for Homeserve
- Last ‘Stop Now’ Orders please,19 June 2003
- Last call for “Personal Data and Privacy Issues of Marketing” on 22 September 2010
- Last call for “Personal Data and Privacy Issues of Marketing” on 23 September 2009
- Last call for 9 March intensive
- Last chance humidor for tobacco advertisers?
- Last chance to book your seat at THE half day digital marketing law update
- Last chance to catch 16 October update
- Last chance to catch 2011/2012 Look Back, Face Forward
- Last key turns in London Olympics advertising lockdown
- Last laugh for joke prize winner
- Last rites for the Trading Stamps Act 1964?
- Last-minute move by UK Plc on new cookie laws
- Lastminute.com vs Last Minute Tour
- Latest ‘guaranteed winner’ scam ups sweepstakes law risk
- Latest ‘wasn’t that in our pitch?’ dispute settles
- Latest Adwords decision
- Latest AdWords verdict puts Google back in dock
- Latest ASA Annual Report highlights
- Latest FSA enforcement action
- Latest in Vidal Hall & Ors vs Google
- Latest on-line price blunder story
- Latest round in battle of the Diddies
- Latest US keyword sale litigation
- Law firm pays FSA £954,000 after approving mailing
- Law laid down on promotion of phone services on networking sites
- LBFF delegate poll results
- Leading parody judgment as new pastiche laws arrive
- Learning from Experian(ce)
- Legal ‘purchase to enter’ prize draws beckon
- Legal Health Warning – Smoking Causes Constructive Dismissal
- Legal precautions for ad and branding creatives
- Lego one brick short of a case in Toronto
- Legroom, fare quotes, green claims-new help on travel marketing
- Less Code protection for copied advertisers shock
- Letter to patients sounds libel warning for advertisers
- Leveraging off London 2012: new LOCOG Guidelines
- Lib Dems in auto Clegg bind
- Life after Safe Harbor – the latest news in brief
- Lights Camera Bingo’s ‘Come Back’ ad complaint upheld
- Lights, camera, inaction part two: DCMS’ report on influencer culture fails to influence government
- Lights, camera, inaction? DCMS publishes its report on influencer culture
- Like for like or apples and pears?
- Limits of protection given by Assos and Casino de Monte-Carlo registrations
- LinkedIn-junction
- Live 8 sponsor west coast bust up
- Live TV quiz show warning
- Lloyds TSB’s cold feet over John Thomson exploits
- Loans.co.uk hit with £455,000 FSA fine
- Lockdown Advertising Trends
- LOCOG clarifies Olympic black-out periods confusion
- LOCOG looks to clamp down on advertisers that bid on Olympic Adwords
- LOCOG publishes “Brand protection-information for the betting industry”
- London 2012 “Olympic” rights noose tightens
- London 2012 for non-sponsors
- London black cab safety bubble pops – ASA finds taxi ads misleading
- London Olympics Bill update
- London Olympics protection latest etc.
- Look Back Face Forward 2011/2012
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- Looking to register a colour as a trade mark? Check these first
- Lord & Taylor’s Design Lab range launch leads to FTC enforcement
- Lord Sugar’s tooth-whitening tweet found rotten by the ASA
- Loss arising out of supply carve-out blunted
- Lost films prove expensive
- Love Hearts fails in Trade Mark registration bid
- Lower threshold for £500,000 nuisance marketing fines is go
- Loyalty cards – stop sneaking!
- Lufthansa environmental impact under fire
- Lufthansa goes sky-high over BA branding
- LUMOS skincare vs LUMOS nail care
- Lush security breach lessons for online credit payments
- Luxury brands win landmark blocking injunction
- M Blue’s Sony Playstation repair site misleading?
- M&S and Auchan fight over use of “Simply”
- M&S given leave to appeal Interflora keywords judgment
- M&S wins retrial in epic Interflora keyword advertising battle
- Machine learning and AI transforms ad regulation
- Madonna and Superbowl under attack over “Girls Gone Wild”
- Maelstrom of new laws threatening advertising
- Maestro bids to thwart third party “maestro.co.uk”
- Mail placates disappointed ‘millionaires’
- Maine ad agency sues blogger
- Major changes for mortgage ad rules
- Major EU import labelling initiative
- Major EU move on food claims
- Making the most of new generic top-level domains
- Making your prize draw a winner | CAP publishes guidance on how to select winners
- Manifesto watch – what will they do for/to ads?
- Marcoms law conference: last chance to book
- Marketing agencies face FSA insurance threat
- Marketing agency short form pre-pitch letter
- Marketing communication must be clearly identifiable: #Ad #shortandclear #unambiguous
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- Marlene Dietrich’s daughter recovers damages for Toshiba ad use
- Maryland bans employers seeking staff social media access codes
- Mattress ad featuring Union Jacks and face masks banned
- Maximum silent call penalties increased again
- MCA offers drug control pain relief
- McDonald’s in fight over Ronald’s makeover
- Media discounts irk German regulators
- Media pack sinks Executive Woman insertion cost claim
- Media panel’s ‘Phone a friend’ function
- Medical Innovations Ltd’s judgment against ex-employee Eakins’ misuse of databases
- Medicinal claims in ads for sugar-free gum render Wrigley product a drug in Canada
- Member states get C+ for data privacy
- Messages for cross border marketers in Ecommerce report
- Meta advertising: can the use of meta tags infringe trademark rights?
- Metatags trigger battle of the Reeds
- MHRA ups its act on pharma ad regulation/enforcement
- Michael & Zeta/Hello! case continues
- Millions of “frustrating and intrusive” nuisance messages result in fines totalling £495,000 for well-known companies
- Minimising risk on the Internet
- Minister and ASA in enforcement double act
- Ministry of Justice considers ASA transparency move
- Ministry of Justice consults on the future of the Electoral Roll
- Mirror Group successfully fights off £100 million unclear game rules claim
- Mis-selling loan protection insurance
- Misfortune or carelessness for promotion trade body?
- Misleading ‘From’ box says ASA
- Misleading ad campaign for a weight loss device
- Misleading advertising
- Misleading advertising for electric cars
- Misleading marketer fails to spike trading standards’ guns
- Missing letters and missing promotional codes?
- Mixed fortunes for Google’s search engine marketing service
- Mixed messages from preference service stats
- Mixed news for SMS/location data marketers
- Mixed reception for new consumer credit ad regulations
- Mizz/Ms battle ends in draw
- Mobile commerce
- Mobile compliance update
- Mobile marketing compliance FAQs
- Mobile short code coincidence causes havoc for radio competition
- Model Naomi’s casebook episode 19
- Mohammed’s Fulham FC ‘endeavours’
- MoJ pronounces on draft EU data reforms
- Money can’t buy happiness? ASA rules that linking mood-boosting with the use of deferred payment services is irresponsible
- Moneysupermarket.com (Yet more) confirmation that permission-seeking e-mails may be spam…
- Mooted relaxation of Olympic Charter Rule 40 causes furore
- Moove over Milk Link: Moo Juice prevails
- Moral rights a non-event again?
- Moral rights and advertising – What are they and when can they be relevant to marketing?
- More calls for FSA transparency
- More design rights
- More details of new financial promotions regime revealed
- More disclosure for credit providers
- More discrimination dangers for ad agencies?
- More domain name upheaval
- More footballers’ Tweets under ASA scrutiny
- More frequent ad breaks get green light
- More nuisance calls action by ICO and first ever by Trading Standards
- More Ofcom hints of relaxed branded content rules
- More protection from database stealers?
- More regulation for consumer credit ads
- More site link litigation: database right questioned
- More tobacco controls planned
- More US converts to ‘Safe Harbor’
- More[ley] Twitter promotion pitfalls
- Morning session sell-out forces second sitting…
- Mortgage advertising Q&A
- Mortgage cold call ban
- Motion’s calendar app: time for more care on medical claims
- Mounting concerns over TfL ad “censorship”
- Mouse roars as Gourmet magazine threatens EU booze ad bans
- Movie merchandise mayhem
- MP in “fake ad” furore
- MPs probe Call TV quiz shows
- Ms Chong gets no change from $1.99 claim
- Multiple ASA whammy for scratchcard ‘prize competition’
- Must rogue users of trade body logos pay damages?
- Must South African ASA pay damages?
- Muted UK Registry celebrations for CTM’s fifth birthday
- Mythical starting price for package deal grounds Expedia
- Name that tune (not) woe for compilation advertisers
- Naomi unleashes ‘data protection’ threat
- Naomi vs Cadbury over “Dairy Milk Bliss” ad namecheck
- Naomi/Mirror appeal verdict – relief for marketers?
- National Advanced Forum on Advertising Law New York 23-24 January 2012
- National anthem lyric trade mark shock
- Natural claims for products
- Nestlé finally gets a break
- Netherlands get tough on telemarketing and email
- New .biz and .info domain names-it’s keystone cops already!
- New .eu domain name action stations
- New ‘.eu’ web address – advance or aggravation for brand owners?
- New ‘Consumer class action’ threat to advertisers
- New ‘interim’ status for Johnny come lately insurers
- New ‘persistent telecoms misuse’ laws clarified
- New ‘simplified credit ad rules’ mooted
- New “.sucks” gTLD registry opening soon
- New “fast track” trade marks?
- New “i” system to be launched for OBA transparency
- New “Midata” laws get really personal
- New abortion ad regime looms
- New ad discrimination code a weapon for media buyers?
- New ad rules in the pipeline
- New advertising code proposed for Ireland
- New age discrimination law guidelines
- New alcohol sponsorship code
- New Alliance Blue Book spotlights European self regulation
- New anti-ambush law initiative
- New ASA “3 most important issues” complaint policy
- New ASA “do not track” regime
- New ASA CEO to keynote at “LBFF XI” on 9 December 2009
- New ASA DG to keynote at “LBFF XI” on 9 December 2009
- New ASA guidance on age-restricted advertising
- New automated telemarketing code
- New AVMS Directive means change for the broadcast advertising regime
- New ballgame for premium line regulation
- New bid to avert direct mail/promotions waste laws
- New BIS guide on the 2006 TUPE Regulations and the advertising sector
- New booze ad guidelines and code
- New bribery laws: what does the advertising industry need to know?
- New broadband advertising guidance in the offing
- New broadcast ad codes surface
- New broadcast ad complaints scheme latest
- New Brussels marketing law threat
- New California behavioural tracking laws
- New California sweepstakes law
- New CAP Code kicks in 4 June 2003
- New CAP Helpnote on “advergames”
- New CAP rules for OBA – action points
- New CMA Guidance for Social Media Platforms, Influencers and Brands
- New code, new challenges for the Direct Marketing Association
- New Companies Act ‘own name’ protection
- New company name provisions answer brand owners’ cry for help
- New comparative ad regulations finally force change to print ad code
- New complaint system due November 2004
- New compliance aid for IT distance sales
- New computer game and film ads guidance
- New Consumer Contracts Regulations: key points
- New consumer credit ad rules Q&A
- New consumer goods and guarantees directive puts onus on advertisers
- New consumer powers to injunct ads loom
- New consumer protection regulations “made” and in force 13 June 2014
- New consumer rights directive kicked into touch
- New Consumer Rights Directive signed off
- New consumer rights directive soon
- New controls on food ads move off air
- New cookie laws half-baked?
- New cookie regs herald big change to Blutooth marketing laws
- New cookie regs herald changes for Bluetooth marketing?
- New cosmetic ad claims guidance
- New cosmetic ad guidance
- New cosmetics marketing ban looms
- New counter attack on ‘me-too’ products?
- New crackdown on illegal outdoor advertisements
- New credit ad disclosures on the horizon
- New credit ad rules: official guidance
- New data privacy seals break cover
- New data protection “class action” threat in Germany
- New data protection rules: What is a data protection officer and do I need one?
- New dawn for advertiser funded programming?
- New dawn for European branded content?
- New DEFRA Green claims guidance
- New design registration rules boost ‘Cinderella’ right
- New device fingerprinting opinion from Article 29 Working Party
- New digital marketing law enforcement conundrum
- New digital remit comes home to roost
- New digital remit for CAP Code
- New direct marketing code threat
- New direct marketing guidance from the ICO
- New disclosure rules and more for tour operators, sports centres and even ad agencies and law firms
- New draft cookie rules emerge
- New draft General Data Protection Regulation published
- New e-marketing law awareness survey
- New Ebay case
- New edition of the British Codes of Advertising and Sales Promotion
- New electronic commerce regulations in force 21 August 2002
- New email regulations delayed
- New energy data rules for advertising loom
- New energy labelling and advertising rules
- New Energy Labelling Directive in the wings
- New enforcement initiative
- New enforcer for grocery suppliers
- New England judge bans Gillette ‘stimulates bristles’ claim
- New Environmental Claims Guidance from CAP, BCAP and the European Commission
- New ePrivacy Regulations in force
- New EU “Sweep” weapon trained on flight ticket websites
- New EU promotion law edges closer
- New EU regime for comparative ads
- New EU rules for ad/packaging use of “veal”
- New EU threat to marketers
- New EU Trade Secrets Directive: key points for marketers
- New EU TV directive comes into force in UK
- New EU tyre labelling regime wheeled in
- New Experiential Marketing Code of Conduct
- New Facebook promotion guidelines
- New flexible working rights for parents from 6 April
- New Food Information Regulations in force
- New French regulation adds disclosure requirements for online ratings
- New French regulation adds requirements for retouched photographs
- New French regulation to make video games competitions legal
- New frontier for TV without frontiers
- New FTC Federal ‘Telemarketing sales rule’ imminent
- New FTC mobile app guidance
- New fundraising challenges under the Charities Act 2006
- New fundraising control regime takes shape
- New gambling ad code now set for September 2007
- New gambling ad regime in April 2014?
- New gambling ad regime is almost here
- New Gambling Commission guidance on prize promos
- New German threat to “opt-in to win” mechanics
- New gTLD “Trademark Clearinghouse” opens
- New gTLDs: ICANN announces rights protection mechanisms
- New Guidance (not) from the regulator
- New guidance from Brussels on consumer rights directive
- New guidance on “unlimited” claims in broadband ads
- New Guidance on alcohol promotions
- New guidance on cookie consent laws
- New guidance on financial promotions
- New guide to risks of staff incentives
- New Hampshire car dealer rejects coupons worth $41,000
- New health-site guidelines
- New Hungarian controls on ad agency bonuses
- New ICAS charter aims to strength advertising self-regulation globally
- New ICAS in light of the globalisation
- New ICO enforcement rights against marketers lurk in “cookie law”
- New ICO Guidance for app developers
- New ICO Guidance on deleting personal data
- New ICO Guidance on Direct Marketing
- New ICO Guidance on WiFi Location analytics
- New ICO paper on Big Data published
- New ICO tips for EU data protection reform nirvana
- New ICSTIS Code to debut
- New image right in Guernsey
- New industry gambling code
- New info to go in all company emails
- New investment services marketing rules latest
- New IPA guidelines to mobile marketing
- New ISBA/IAB Guidelines on Payment for Editorial Content to promote brands within Social media
- New Kiwi anti ambush marketing laws take flight (sic)
- New landline selling rules in force
- New laws to impact most UK service providers from 28th December 2009
- New licensing requirements loom for off-shore gambling operators
- New London monuments in ads: are they public domain?
- New long term care insurance ad rules
- New maternity rights coming soon
- New mobile marketing code
- New moves by France’s Advertising Standards Authority
- New national lottery linked to till receipts starting from 2018 and Superenalotto auction
- New non-broadcast booze ad rules
- New OFCOM Broadcasting Code
- New Ofcom guidelines for ad complaint handling
- New Ofcom TV food ad rules but will they move to press/online?
- New official guidance on “Skill with prizes” games
- New official price claims guidance looms
- New online ad control regime to be imposed without consultation
- New online marketing code threat
- New opportunities for French television advertising
- New Osborne Clarke seminar programme
- New parody and quotation copyright exemptions approach
- New parody copyright exception by Easter 2014
- New penalties for copiers
- New pitch guidelines
- New political ads code?
- New Portman Group guide to digital marketing of alcohol
- New practical guidance on ‘green’ claims
- New price indications code finally in force
- New price marking laws beckon
- New principles for parcel deliveries
- New privacy directive: European implementation snapshot
- New private rights of action against advertisers
- New prize promo laws firm up
- New prize promo laws signed off
- New prize promo threat
- New procedures for video-on-demand complaints
- New product placement guidance from Ofcom
- New proposals to “Blacklist” certain advertising practices and impose an obligation on review websites to conduct reasonable checks that reviewers used and paid for products
- New proposals to boost EU e-commerce
- New protection for brands?
- New recall rules and more under new directive
- New recycling logo fuels pack clutter woe
- New regime proposed for premium rate online competition services
- New regulatory burdens for online medicine retailers
- New regulatory guidelines applicable to online advertising and marketing communication on interactive and social media in Singapore
- New Regulatory Landscape for “Financial Promotions”
- New relief for allergy sufferers?
- New reporting duties on seller of digital ad spaces in France
- New Rights Agreed in Europe
- New risks for email marketers
- New rules for ‘free’
- New rules for distance sales of services
- New rules for marketing extended warranties
- New rules for on-line consumer contracts loom
- New rules herald limited change
- New rules impact on temp workers
- New rules on advertising cryptoassets
- New rules on advertising on ‘media platforms’ and video-sharing platform services in Germany
- New rules on health claims for foods now in force
- New search term marketing case
- New sexual orientation laws
- New SMS guidelines threatened by premium rate line watchdog
- New social media guidance for US pharma
- New South African ‘Ambush Marketing’ laws bite
- New sponsorship sector journal
- New standard agreement for recorded music in ads
- New threat looms for Scottish viral campaigns
- New tips from CAP on user generated content
- New tobacco packaging controls come into force
- New tobacco POS and vend machine ad rules
- New top level domains-brand owners must act now!
- New trade mark and patent filing initiatives offered by IPO
- New TV ad limits soon?
- New TV booze ad rules
- New TV/radio ad complaint handling system is go for 1 November 2004
- New Twitter-based contest Guidelines
- New tyre label laws loom
- New UK gambling regime postponed but still going forward
- New UK privacy regulations finally published
- New undertaking transfer rules
- New undertaking transfer rules threaten account moves
- New unfair commercial practices “Guidance”
- New unfair contract terms guidance from the CMA
- New US Patient Data rules
- New victory for ad self-regulation?
- New Video on demand advertising regime on its way
- New VoIP advertising code looms
- New wealth warnings for equity release mortgage ads
- New weapons against lookalikes?
- New year ends copyright for famous works
- New year new content out of copyright
- New York Attorney General gets tough on alternative free entry routes
- New York Attorney General on
- New youth protection laws are no child’s play
- New, approved commercial production agreement
- Newsletter “marketing” risk highlighted
- Newspaper/magazine distributors avoid Competition Commission reference
- No “Olé” for “Ola Ola” pounded yam
- No #ad or #spon but Rooney tweet for Nike still OK
- No driving pleasure please, we’re the ASA
- No ePrivacy Regulation before 2020
- No fines for spammers? Think again
- NO HALF MEASURES trade mark bid by Coke
- No hiding place for TV programme trailer
- No lien on database say appeal judges
- No more “28 day” rule – pricing and promotions under the spotlight
- No political immunity from e-mail rules
- No product placement please, we’re British? Part 2
- No space? German disclosure rules still apply says ECJ
- No tears complaint makes Johnson & Johnsons’ eyes water
- No victory this time for (the portrait rights of) Max Verstappen against Picnic
- Non UK co challenges ASA jurisdiction
- Non-commercial raffles and sweepstakes rules shake up continues
- Non-cookie tech guidance from US behavioural ad trade body
- Non-geographic numbers: new Ofcom ad rules loom
- Non-sponsor glory for Paddy Power, Specsavers and Durex?
- Normalisation of sexting: Kaspersky’s ad is criticised by the ASA and the NSPCC
- Northern Ireland finally allows purchase-to-enter prize draws
- Northern Soul logo registration opposed
- Not so bouncy for Bounce Back Drinks
- Not So Cute
- Not so easy for EasyGroup
- Not so smooth sailing for DFDS Seaways
- Nothing added, nothing taken away?
- Now a French on line gambling battlefront?
- Now an Austrian nail in the PRT phone in TV show coffin?
- Now available in the Netherlands: pan-European injunctions against misleading international advertising campaigns
- Now Brussels grapples with “connected TV”
- Now Michelin and Telegraph Media Group defend native advertising
- Now PepsiCo and Nestle have “tap water” crisis
- Now radio ads go on a diet
- Now the sky’s the limit for magistrates’ fines for ad, sales and data law breaches
- Now TUPE goes offshore
- NOW TV landmark Supreme Court passing off judgment
- Nude/Strip cases bare all in the High Court
- Nuisance call complaint levels prompt Ofcom report
- Nuisance callers Kwik Fix Plumbers called out by ICO
- Nuisance calls latest
- NY ethnic ad hirings heighten US/UK concerns
- NYC Attorney General fines 19 companies caught writing fake reviews
- O2 and 3 reach the ECJ
- O2 bubbles case takes bath
- O2 go 0-2 down
- O2 in battle to trade mark “We’re better, connected”
- O2/3 case bubbles up again
- O2/Sony settle ‘Playstation icon’ ad dispute
- Oasis faces away gig on ‘what fee without Noel?’ dispute.
- Obscure statute cannot be ignored by those signing marketing industry contracts
- OC OBA survey 2010 report
- OC’s Nick Johnson takes the podium in New York
- October 2008 high noon for corporate hospitality?
- OECD offers up ‘SPAM matrix’ nugget
- Ofcom acts and consults on silent calls
- Ofcom acts on silent calls
- Ofcom and the MNOs strike a new blow against slammers
- Ofcom approves BCAP moves to tighten booze, gambling ad scheduling rules
- Ofcom asks TV ad regulators to review children and alcohol rules
- Ofcom changes to impact many TV ads
- Ofcom considers Countdown host Nick Hewer’s namechecks
- Ofcom considers NickToons’ alleged 177 TV ad rule breaches
- Ofcom consultation on participation TV and impact on advertising
- Ofcom consultation results kick product placement review into long grass
- Ofcom cooks up TV controls package
- Ofcom crackdown puts broadcast sponsors back in their box
- Ofcom flips regulator’s verdict on Channel Flip Media
- Ofcom gets tough with mobile service marketers
- Ofcom improves accreditation scheme for price comparison websites (“PCW”)
- Ofcom in Downton breakbumper verdict
- Ofcom in telecoms mis-selling crackdown
- Ofcom in TV ad review sequel
- Ofcom investigates government ‘propaganda’ TV shows
- Ofcom launches consultation into quantity and scheduling of TV advertising
- Ofcom launches new mobile nuisance call opt-out
- Ofcom launches premium rate “Scope Review”
- Ofcom leans on industry to come up with broadband ad code
- Ofcom opens consultation on HFSS advertising restrictions
- Ofcom probes “Cab My Ride” and “MYX Fusions Moscato” references
- Ofcom probes “Winning Weekend” radio competition
- Ofcom probes Pentagon Vauxhall offers in Gem 106 broadcast
- Ofcom pronounces on “Win a Holiday” radio competition
- Ofcom publishes new Guidance on TV/telecoms “additional charges”
- Ofcom puts skids on Drivetime Radio XL
- Ofcom refers Getty/Rex picture library deal to Competition Commission
- Ofcom reports dramatic spike in unwanted/silent call complaints
- Ofcom reviews Broadcasting Code
- Ofcom slams “For full rules visit bloggs.com”
- Ofcom takes action against Debt Masters Direct over abandoned and silent calls
- Ofcom takes action on calling card mis-advertising
- Ofcom to take back video-on-demand regulation from ATVOD
- OFCOM tweaks ad complaint handling rules
- Ofcom ups the ante on nuisance calls
- Ofcom verdict on ‘from £X’ claim
- Ofcom, ICSTIS and DTI unite against telemarketing abuse
- Official Brussels ‘location data’ guidance
- Officially Britain’s best shopping centre?
- Officially Britain’s most red-faced?
- Ofgem gets new powers to enforce Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations
- OFT action against “We’ll buy your debt” adverts
- OFT acts against “review and forward” sites
- OFT acts on bus shelter ad contract practices
- OFT acts on travel money
- OFT Annual Report 2003/04
- OFT behavioural “market study” underwhelms
- OFT calls for evidence on motor insurance
- OFT closes investigations into furniture sector pricing practices
- OFT comes out on outdoor advertising
- OFT consults on Guidance on compliant flight and holiday ads/sales
- OFT consults on price discount claims guidelines
- OFT consults on yet more UK consumer credit ad rule guidance
- OFT crackdown on pricing practices
- OFT debt consolidation survey report
- OFT extracts undertakings from affiliate marketer MoreNiche
- OFT finally loses many of its functions and powers
- OFT gets tough(ish) on credit advertisers
- OFT Guidance on remote delivery
- OFT investigates “in app” purchases
- OFT publishes credit ad FAQs
- OFT publishes guidance on ongoing contracts with consumers
- OFT publishes principles for online and in-app games
- OFT reports on children’s online games
- OFT reports on personalised pricing
- OFT shows hand on new “principles” for advertising of prices
- OFT sues in Brussels
- OFT survey reveals top retailer non-compliance
- OFT survey supports summary box
- OFT takes action over promotional blogs and Tweets
- OFT/DTI maligned, just for offering guidance
- Oftel Kite-Mark For Telecom Aggregation Sites
- Oftel mounts on-line customer kite mark bandwagon
- Oftel ticks off BT
- Oh la la! French Courts ruled that the broadcast of a TV Show displaying guests smoking cigarettes does not amount to illegal advertising in favour of tobacco
- Oh no, another demand for food ad curbs
- OIC steers pragmatic course
- Old growler bites mainly in Spain
- Olympic advertising lockdown mini database
- Olympic volunteers face Facebook ban
- Olympics Bill past the finishing post
- On the ‘naughty list’: Blenheim Sales & Lettings’s Christmas promotion is ruled as misleading by the ASA
- On-line gaming law shake-up?
- On-line shoppers beware – do you know who you are really dealing with?
- One directive, two sets of rules
- One month or twelve months’ notice?
- One should be wary before including the Royal Family in advertising
- One small step for the Information Commissioner
- One step back, one step back for brand owners under attack
- One step back, two steps forward, for EU promotion marketing harmony
- One step forward, two steps back for EU data reforms
- One step forward, two steps back for US cereal giants
- One step forward, two steps back in VAT case trio
- One year’s developments in data protection law
- One-stop EU design protection arrives
- Online ad rule differences a barrier to European cross border e-shopping?
- Online advertisers beware – China steps up its regulation of internet advertising
- Online behavioural advertising – a year or so in review
- Online behavioural advertising latest
- Online Behavioural Advertising principles extended to mobile
- Online gambling company fined £1.17m for targeting marketing at vulnerable consumers
- Online grocer fails to deliver on ‘best in class’ claims
- Online influencer called out for Alpro “#ad” omission
- Online marketing agencies’ spat ends in £316,945 damages bill
- Online platforms – will a new regulator be able to increase competition
- Online sponsored links
- Online travel insurer Staysure.co.uk fined £175,000 for data lapse
- Onlinegolf’s latest ad deemed sub-par by the ASA
- Opportunities and risks for brand owners of largest ever url expansion
- Orange ad soundalike gives Buerk the pip
- Organic candles?
- Orion and the activation of negative keywords in internet advertising
- Osborne Clarke May 2005 Update
- Osborne Clarke reports on unique European Green Claims law survey
- Osborne Clarke stages 10th annual marketing law forum
- Osborne Clarke top yet again for advertising and brand management
- Osborne Clarke’s European Data Market Insight Report
- Osborne Clarke’s Look Back, Face Forward 2007/2008 now booking
- Osborne Clarke’s Nick Johnson speaks at Brussels event
- Outgoing Information Commissioner sounds ‘more enforcement’ warning
- Outside the envelope falls outside the Code?
- Over 1% GM food labelling law rushed through
- Overseas contact centres – data management issues
- Ozzy not amused by North Dakota police mailing
- P3P: the ultimate privacy policy solution?
- Paid ad? Use the hashtag
- Painful bottom line for ‘sit on dry ice’ competition
- Paint price pot-shot misses
- Panini footballer stickers come unstuck
- Panorama and ICO Annual Report put spotlight on UK “do not call” law compliance
- Paris Court rules that users may resell games purchased on Steam
- Parma victory over Asda leaves bitter Italian taste
- Pass the towel please
- Passing off and advertising
- Passing off Case has no Impact on Chancery Judge
- Passing off saves Sofa Workshop and Ukulele Orchestra brands
- Patent Office annual report reveals handsome profits
- Payback time for Cadbury in Kit Kat trade mark battle with Nestlé?
- Payday lending sector clampdown
- Payday loan advertising under scrutiny
- Payment method surcharges “above cost” prohibited from April 2013
- PBR gets IPA/ISBA boost
- Pending New York Bills to Extend Right of Publicity Beyond Death
- People in advertising
- People in advertising: rights and wrongs
- People Per Hour ‘girl boss’ ad campaign banned by the ASA
- Pepsi resists the forbidden fruit
- Pepsi World Challenge falls flat
- Pepsico “tazos” design under scrutiny
- Pepsico promotion under the ASA cosh
- Personal data and privacy issues of marketing intensive
- Personal data and privacy issues of marketing: 21 September intensive
- Personal data export red letter day on 15th May 2010
- Personalisation of consumables – Risks and rewards for brand-owners, an overview
- Perth verdict shames UK enforcers
- Petrol ‘can’ wheeze backfires
- PG Tips “Better brewing power” ad claim challenge
- Phantom “sold” signs deception comes back to haunt Ipswich estate agent
- Pharma-marketing in less than rude health
- Phone-paid Services Authority helps clarify ‘service’ v ‘marketing’ messages
- PhonepayPlus compliance note for mobile internet-based services
- PhonepayPlus fines typosquatters
- PhonepayPlus hands out record fine
- PhonepayPlus launches digital marketing consultation
- PhonepayPlus scrutinises a scratch card competition for transparency
- PhonepayPlus updates premium rate service marketing guidance
- PhonepayPlus warns about search engine marketing
- Phones 4U “Chequeback” offers under scrutiny
- Phones4u in domain name case shock
- Photos supplied for advertising didn’t come with implied “exclusive perpetual licence”
- Picasso paints or Picasso Paints?
- Pitch charter #3 beckons
- Pitch volte face irks agencies
- Pitches to public bodies – new scares
- Pitching for a fight: Diageo sues Sainsbury’s over Pimm’s “copy” drink
- Pitfalls of commissioning copyright work
- Pitfalls of employers’ “Bring your own devices” policies
- Pitiful penalty for £3000 a month offer for accident victim data
- Pitiful penalty for abuse of EE’s customer database
- Place your bets on the future of gambling advertising legislation!
- Plastic grass falls foul of ‘eco-friendly’ claim
- Poland beats EU states to implement Comparative advertising
- Policy comparison good practice guide
- Popeye free for all?
- Portman Group publishes 2004 report
- Possible reprieve for cookies
- Possible wider implications of Reggae Reggae sauce IP rights clash
- Predictions for 2006
- Predictions for 2007
- Predictions for 2008
- Predictions for 2009
- Premier League clubs agree to withdraw gambling sponsors from front of shirts from the 2026/27 season
- Premiership Lotter-e launches UK’s first on-line legal lottery.
- Premium line watchdog issues new SMS guidelines
- Premium rate line regulator consults again on “ICSS” service ads
- Premium rate line regulator reports
- Premium rate regulator aims to tear up its Code of Practice
- Premium rate watchdog publishes plans for 2004
- Premium-rate mobile services under the spotlight
- Prepaid call card investigation
- Prescription-only medicines are not to be advertised to the public
- Press cuttings test case falters
- Pressure grows on ‘you have won’ prize promo scams
- Pret a Manger in hot water after ASA advises a rethink on subscription ads
- Pretty big things: two upheld ASA complaints in two months for PrettyLittleThing divide opinion
- Pretty unfair promotion? ASA rules against Pretty Little Thing
- Preview “The Future of Marketing in the Digital Age”
- Price indications code to get much needed revamp
- Price indications, comparisons and markings and the legal do’s and don’ts
- Price isn’t right for MFI and Floors-2-go
- Price pledge prosecutions poliferate
- Price pledges and guarantees don’t mix
- Price promotions: if it isn’t true, the ASA will rule against you!
- Privacy challenges of apps and beacons
- Privacy, intellectual property, contract and more
- Private equity march impacts marketing services
- Prize claim costs an aggressive practice, say EU appeal judges
- Prize competitions addressed to Italy: Post-Brexit scenarios for UK promoters
- Prize promo data collection opportunities spurned
- Prize promo law survey
- Prize promotion credibility under threat
- Prize promotion gaffes continue
- Prize Promotion Law Forum survey results
- Prize promotions
- Prize tickets show-down in Indiana
- Processing children’s data: what are the rules?
- Processing personal data: identifying a legal basis under the GDPR
- Prodial Limited hit with £350,000 record fine by the ICO
- Product comparison sites not immune from comparative advertising laws
- Product placement
- Product placement coming to a UK television screen near you
- Product placement US developments
- Product shapes fail CTM registrability test
- Professional Indemnity Insurance Q&As
- Profiling under the GDPR: potential implications for advertising and marketing
- Promo gongs for Osborne Clarke
- Property Woman of the Year Awards breach Code
- Proposals for more consumer remedies against misleading advertising
- Proposed relaxation of gambling advertising rules
- Prospectus regulations tightened
- Protecting a Brand
- Protein World Are you beach body ready? Ad causes storm and ASA action
- Protein World’s “Are you beach ready?” ad faces the music
- Provisional good news for Adwords
- Public scolding for BT Privacy
- Purplebricks saving claim banned for substantiation failings
- Purrfect ads: Advertising safely with animals
- Q: When, will I, will I be famous? A: When you have 30,000 Instagram followers.
- Quick take on new ASA digital remit
- Quiet revolution hits brand registration procedure
- Quiz shows “inspired by” “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” lead to format rights action
- Quorn and Carbon
- R.I.P ‘Interest Free Option’
- R.I.P. OFT, long live CMA
- Radical proposals to reform UK consumer law enforcement
- Radical shake-up for EU data protection laws
- Radio station seeks judicial review of “political ad” ban
- Radio streaming highlights rights exposure
- Rang-tan, Iceland’s orang-utan, fails to escape to Christmas television
- Rare (and saucy) moral rights infringement case
- Real Madrid has online betting sites in sights
- Reasons to be careful over dress codes
- Recent ASA decisions on CBD advertising give timely reminders for companies selling CBD products
- Recent ASA decisions on health and nutrition claims serve as a reminder to alcohol brands
- Recent hot button issues
- Recent sick/annual leave developments
- Recognition mission: children and online ads
- Record mis-selling fine
- Record US penalty for children’s data processing
- Recruitment Site Faces ‘Abuse Of Dominant Position” Charges
- Recycled draft agreement ends in plagiarism verdict
- Red Army Vodka gift pack stirs Portman Group
- RED BULL baits RED BAT and BULLDOG
- Red Bull fights on against energy drink look-a-like
- Red Card for Tart Cards
- Red-Facedbook apologises as Brussels focuses
- Redress for Sureterm Direct insurance mis-selling leads to Capita/Andrew Wood indemnity battle
- Reform of gambling regulation in France
- Registered trade marks v geographical indications
- Registering trade marks for retail services officially arrives
- Regulations around body image concerns in advertising is declared sufficient
- Regulator issues new guidance
- Regulator pushes “Stand Alone Compliance”
- Regulators circle the beer tent
- Regulators cosy up
- Regulators get tough on errant telemarketers
- Regulators get tough with telemarketers
- Regulators move in on M-Commerce
- Regulators now in total shambles on “behavioural” advertising
- Regulators to get new sanctions “toolkit”… if they want it
- Regulatory checklist for premium rate/text promotions
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill breaks cover
- Regulatory small print negated?
- Relief at “Liability can be limited” verdict
- Relief for agencies from business transfer regulations?
- Renault lashes out a third time
- Renewables code gets OFT approval
- Repeal of Statutory Disciplinary Procedures
- Research reveals misplaced trust in apps
- Responses to ICO GDPR consent consultation highlight adtech quandary
- Restrictive German athlete advertising deemed abusive
- Retail banking faces new regime
- Retail law 2006 in house lawyer update
- Retail services trade marks-new registration practice
- Retailer Caleffi sued by Hepburn estate over “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”-inspired photo
- Retailer scraps non opt-in data
- Retailers face re-vamped price marking rules
- Retailers lowest price claims challenged
- Retailers must search TM register following court ruling
- Return of the snores
- Reverberations over Reverb’s settlement after deceptive reviews
- Revised EC guidance on unfair commercial practices directive
- Revolut Ad passed to FCA
- Ribena pays £80,000 fine for NZ misleading ad charges
- Right picture, wrong story dishes Merck
- Right to opt-out of 48 hour limit under review
- Right to parody copyright works moves closer
- Rihanna sues Topshop for passing off over t-shirt bearing her image
- Rio Ferdinand’s ad does not score with the ASA
- RIP “Young, dynamic marketing director required
- RIP comparative ad rules?
- RIP EU sales promotion regulation?
- RIP Yorkshire feta?
- RIP:epitaph for on-line sellers?
- Risk it for the Busquets: ad featuring FC Barcelona stars deemed to be of ‘strong appeal’ to under 18s by the ASA
- Risks for advertisers of new Periscope app
- Ritzpoker’s luck runs out
- Robbie Williams copied substantially, but not by much says Judge
- Rock City poster campaign ends in damages
- Rome dumps product placement ban
- Rooney scores in sponsorship contract shoot out
- Rooney triumphs in image management contract dispute
- Royal Dutch Airlines’ offer of the Economic Comfort turns out to be misleading and unfair
- Royal Mail bid to limit postcode address file use
- Royal wedding warning for advertisers
- Rules on ‘research’ photocopying tighten
- Rules tighten on health/nutrition claims
- Ryanair calls on Google to take more action to protect consumers from alleged “lookalike” screenscraper sites such as eDreams
- Ryanair claims victory in semi successful flight price prosecution
- Ryanair continues rich Belgian urinal ad tradition
- Ryanair DAC
- Ryanair eats humble pie for Stelios ad
- Ryanair flies from the ASA to the OFT
- Ryanair in the ASA dock over credit card charges
- Ryanair in the docks before the OFT as a result of ASA referral
- Ryanair’s Swedish pay-out
- Saatchi’s “Bad Hair gel” day
- Safe Harbor down the plughole
- Sainsbury’s ASA challenge goes to judicial review
- Sainsbury’s granted judicial review of ASA case about Tesco Price Promise
- Sainsbury’s in court over multi-wrapped joint
- Sainsbury’s challenges Tesco “Never pay more for your branded shop” campaign
- Samsung faces deceptive advertising charges in France
- Sarkozys wing Ryanair
- Save the date for 12th annual marketing law forum
- SAVE THE DATE: 11 October 2011 – “Advertising Lockdown 2012: an unofficial review of key London 2012 laws and loopholes”, 9am-12.45pm plus lunch, £150+VAT (3 CPD hours)
- Say no more: the ASA gets tough on prize essay word count
- Scam eBay bidder liable to CPUT fine
- Score Draw in OK!/Hello! privacy/ free speech tussle
- Score draw in Ryanair/EasyJet “lowest price” scrap
- Scot Nats face Information Tribunal high noon
- Scotch Whisky gets special protection
- Scotland bans drinks promos
- Scotland calls time on “irresponsible” booze promotions
- Scottish & Newcastle c**** more snook at ecstatic Opium
- Scottish case underlines need for clear jurisdiction clauses
- Scottish Court allows contract termination over data privacy breach
- Scramble to finalise new package travel directive
- Scratchcard promo case off to Luxembourg
- Screen With Envy told to Screen With Clarity
- Screen-scraping: Ireland hosts new aggregation site battleground
- Seagate Technology prize competition challenged
- Search engine marketing, ebooks, heartburn treatment and washing powder make anti-trust news
- Search engines agree to a voluntary code on the removal of links to content which infringes IP
- Season ticket promotion leads to criminal charges
- Seasonal blip of holiday ad complaints exercises ITC
- Seismic change in French prize promo laws
- Service emails or marketing emails – do you know what you are sending?
- Seven steps for real time success: The DMA releases its adtech guide
- Seventy-six responses to the CMA’s online platforms and digital advertising study
- Sharper teeth for data watchdog
- Shock ‘rap overlay not immoral’ finding
- Shock “New rules may be working” finding
- Shock ASA “Cash” Verdict
- Shock EU “Champagnebier” ruling
- Shock not as EU data watchdog club cracks down on mobile location data
- Shock result of Osborne Clarke “Cookie Directive” survey
- Shocking claims held compliant, as carefully crafted and well-substantiated
- Shoe brands in Manhattan court show down
- Short Debt Line text long on Code problems
- Short form advertising agency-client agreement
- Short form agency/consultant intellectual property rights and confidentiality agreement
- Short form website disclaimer and legal notice
- Should Morrisons wine promotion have given the end date?
- Should social gaming be governed by gambling laws?
- Should you force your employees to retire at 65?
- Show me the money: ICO gets greater enforcement powers
- Showdown in Athens for Dettol and Klinex
- Shredded Wheat ad challenged
- Signet sends ‘Ratner Online’ up the swannee
- Simulcasts trigger rights row
- Six biggest misconceptions about new FTC Guide to endorsements in advertising
- SIXT car rental elect German union leader “employee of the month”
- Skechers outKlassed by the ASA
- Skinny CAP-puccino anyone? Diet drink company in breach of CAP Code
- Skirmish in wet wipe wars over post-sale confusion
- Sky victorious in battle against Sky box warranty vendors
- Sleepwalking on ad transparency: ASA’s wake-up call to Emma Mattress
- Slew of “free” or equivalent claims slated by ASA
- Slimmers’ aid ads lead to £10,000 fine
- Slingbox place shifting IP right threat?
- Slots of responsibility: Gambling firms stop TV and radio advertising during lockdown
- Small print doesn’t save parallel car importer
- Small print on posters blasted
- Smart Apps exercise Article 29 Working Party
- Smart bin makers to stop collecting data
- Smart meter data: a behavioural marketer’s dream?
- Smell-alike battle wafts to the ECJ
- Smoking industry’s last gasp in court?
- SMS ‘opt-in’ only marketing threat
- SMS and location data marketing – good news and bad news for marketers
- Snowball ad claim refuses to melt
- So is it farewell to the CE logo?
- So obvious as to go without saying?
- Sobering news: new rules and guidance announced on alcohol alternatives
- Social gaming risks
- Social media and compliant financial promotions: an oxymoron?
- Social media filters: How much is too much?
- Social media Free Think: Free Drink, Shoreditch, 9th February 2011
- Social media guidance from US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for alcohol brands
- Social media marketing – some legal issues
- Social media, behavioural, Adwords, viral…
- Social media, behavioural, Adwords, viral….
- Sofa so large says ASA
- Somebody PLEASE think of the children: ICO launches consultation period of age appropriate design code
- Sony Ericsson seeks “movement” trade mark
- South Africa cracks down on food labels
- South African women’s rights advertiser wins highly charged appeal
- Space NK’s Christmas calendar ruled unfair
- Spain bans “cult of the body” ads
- Spain imposes €270,000 fine for child marketing breach
- Spain imposes first fines in Europe for breach of cookie laws
- Spain turns screw on marketing agencies
- Spam judgment against John Lewis highlights limits of soft opt-in and ICO Guidance, but questions remain
- Spam text messaging during the Covid-19 pandemic: the ICO dishes out £330,000 worth of fines.
- Spam that comes in cans fights back
- Spam the meat takes online fight to Washington
- Spamhaus blacklisting unleashes US whirlwind
- Spammers in court
- Spanish jurisdiction clause in Spanish contract branded unfair
- Spanish rain falls mainly on data abusers
- SPARTOO : first sanction of €250 000 and injunction to comply with GDPR by the CNIL as lead supervisory authority
- Spate of people/ad clashes
- Specimen prize promotion rules
- Specsavers don’t see eye to eye with Asda
- Spice Girls Design Registrations Cancelled
- Spice Girls’ unpaid lambretta ad fee claim backfires
- Sponsor credits probed by Ofcom
- Sponsors’ credits anomaly
- Sponsorship trade bodies merge
- Spoonful of scrutiny: ASA rules against Heinz for ad that omitted significant conditions
- Sports sponsorship
- Spreadex/Cochrane case reveals online contract risks
- Spring 2004 for credit card ad ‘honesty box’
- Spring 2005 for new prize promotion laws?
- Squeaky clean: updates on greenwashing
- Stakeholder tension mounts over cookie law enforcement
- Stanley Black & Decker defends cordless vacuum claims
- Starbucks’ challenge to “7 out of 10 coffee lovers prefer Costa”
- Starting gun fired on TV/radio ad control revolution
- Step back for EU product placement
- Steve McQueen, Einstein, etc agency acquired
- Sticky end for gum ads
- Still less protection for registered trade marks
- Sting in tail of proposed lower threshold for nuisance call penalties
- Stockholm shows the way for new EU cookie laws
- Stopping and searching employees
- Strapline CTM registration rules clarified
- Strapline/slogan transatlantic special
- Street furniture cartoon plagiarism claim hits bollards
- Strict application of the Loi Evin – Advertisers’ creativity limited for alcoholic beverages
- Stricter rules on children’s marketing in the Netherlands
- Striking the right pose: body image issues in ads
- Stunts and potentially unsafe behaviour in ads – where to draw the line
- STV probe shows extent of Ofcom’s new anti-AFP stance
- Subaru ‘apples with diesel’ comparison misfires
- Subjective redundancy selection criteria can be OK for “creative” roles
- Subscription boxes: ASA guidance on thinking outside the box
- Substantial reforms to consumer law coming soon
- Suez and the “Essentials of Life”
- Summary judgment a useful tool in trade mark infringement claim
- Sun lotion dead heat?
- Sun/Mirror promo claim grief
- Sunday Riley escapes fines for posting fake reviews
- Sunday Times puts spotlight on product placement practices
- Super FTC faces its fears and battles Balls of Kryptonite
- Supercar Lifestyle promotion challenged
- Supermarket basket comparison advertisements are again placed in the regulatory spotlight
- Supermarket price guarantee challenge
- Supermodel disgrace; talent contract lessons
- Supreme Court slams sham consultancy contracts
- SUPREME trade mark registration valid but does not stop competitor naming products “Supreme”
- Surely not another organic food logo?
- Surfers assailed by tidal e code wave
- Surgical intervention: the ASA reinforces rules on the promotion of cosmetic procedures
- Surprising proposals for a watershed ban for HFSS foods
- Surrey police ASBO prize promotion – is it legal?
- Survey shows up packs of lies
- Sustain challenges the fillings used in the ‘Banana Surprise’ ad. What did the ASA decide following CAP’s consultation?
- Sustainability claims guidance from Iseal Alliance
- Swedish dairy pays Greek six figure settlement for unauthorised image use
- Swedish PM sues Ryanair
- SWIFT Belgium/US data transfer case rumbles on
- Swingeing mobile spam fine
- Swytch discounts take consumers for a ride
- Tag cloud
- Tag list
- Taking a gamble with ad placement
- Taking the MAC: Burger King takes advantage of McDonalds’s trademark loss
- Talk Radio’s Live Euro 2000 goal difference let-off.
- talkSPORT talks itself into trouble with Ofcom
- Tax and marketing
- Tax repayment agents under the ASA’s scrutiny
- Team Defections
- Team RH not deemed a subscription team player
- Telegraph “No.1 website” claim challenged
- Telesales ring alarm bells with FSA
- Teletext ads are documents says Court of Appeal
- Temperature rising in Europe for consumer claims
- Ten words cost VW dear
- Ten year ‘Tiger Token’ promotion takes its toll
- Tesco ‘free Nurofen’ promo causes pain
- Tesco climbdown on “Double the Difference” offer
- Tesco defends “from farm to store in 24 hours” claim
- Tesco finds itself on the receiving end of a fruity fine
- Tesco in disclaimer result
- Tesco Ireland takes competitor to court over price claims
- Tesco Mobile ads deemed too rude
- Tesco prosecuted for promoting healthy eating
- Tesco tries to register “Clubcard” as a trade mark
- Tesco’s packaging dead duck
- test news item for workflow emails
- Testimonial on Durham apartment website challenged
- Testimonials under ASA scrutiny
- Text ‘opt-in’ focus for new MMA Code
- TfL and the Mayor of London ban negative body image ads
- TfL trims the fat with revised advertising policy
- Thames Water amnesty dries up
- Thames Water plumbs depths of data supremo’s ire
- That new ASA remit
- That’s (not) What Friends are For
- The ‘unfiltered’ truth behind product #ads
- The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and AOS Trading Ltd t/a Rattan Hut (Rattan Hut)
- The ASA and CAP 2016 Annual Report
- The ASA clamps down on NFT investment ads
- The ASA considers “de minimis” arguments on absolute claims
- The ASA investigates ads featuring in-car tech
- The ASA isn’t being cryptic about cryptocurrency
- The ASA means business following publication of The 100 Children Report
- The ASA online remit extension
- The ASA publishes the results of its research into paid influencer posts
- The ASA pulls no punches with gambling giant Ladbrokes
- The ASA releases its first rulings on gender stereotyping
- The ASA takes up trainspotting
- The ASA updates its jurisdiction
- The ASA want political parties’ advertising campaigns to tell the truth. If they don’t want to regulate, who will?
- The ASA wins a hat-trick against unfairly administered social media promotions
- The ASA’s hard line on hard seltzer
- The ASA’s new Scam Ad Alert system
- The best paint in the world?
- The blurry line between a vlog and an advertisement
- The Caincross Review’s recommendations for online advertising
- The CMA publishes open letter on resale price maintenance
- The CMA puts online platforms and digital advertising under the spotlight
- The CMA’s scrutiny of algorithms: just how harmful are they to consumers and competition?
- The Coco Pops Monkey is redeemed
- The Competition Act 1998
- The death of breakage for gift cards?
- The Department for Levelling Up needs to level up their marketing communications
- The dispute, the deputy judge and the wardrobe
- The Douglas/Zeta-Jones case: birth of a new privacy right?
- The EDPB clarifies the notion of consent for the use of cookies
- The end of “We pay you to fly with us” offers?
- The end of comparative advertising as we know it?
- The ePrivacy Regulation and adtech
- The Equality Act 2010
- The Equality Act 2010-a single approach to discrimination laws
- The EU Directive on Consumer Injunctions – 98/27/EC
- The EU is coming to get you!
- The Fearless Girl who challenges the Charging Bull
- The Financial Conduct Authority forces John Lewis to withdraw potentially misleading home-contents insurance ad
- The fine line between mere puff and an objective claim requiring substantiation
- The French Conseil d’Etat says ‘non’ to JC Decaux and deals the final blow to its plan for a pedestrian tracking system on advertising panels
- The Gambling Commission lays its cards on the table
- The Genetically Modified and Novel Food (labelling) (England) Regulations 2000
- The great opt-in/opt-out debate: time for clarity
- The ICO consults on revised privacy notices code of practice
- The ICO investigates the use of personal data in political campaigning
- The ICO offers both the cookie and the stick in latest adtech blog
- The ICO publishes its Age Appropriate Design Code
- The ICO publishes updated direct marketing guidance
- The ICO sounds a warning on public wi-fi and privacy
- The ICO: It’s time to take another look at real time bidding
- The ICO’s revised guidance on monetary penalties not optimal as it fails to reflect key changes made on 6 April 2015
- The International Olympic Committee amends its guidelines on advertising to prevent changes to campaigns in anticipation of the Olympic Games
- The interplay of passing off and trade mark laws when descriptive brands battle it out
- The Italian Data Protection Authority fines Eni Gas e Luce €11.5 million under the GDPR
- The key changes brought about by the new energy information directive that UK advertisers need to be aware of
- The KLM World Deal Weeks, too good to be true?
- The last word on Google’s Adwords and trade mark infringement?
- The latest judgement in the Arsenal FC/Reed ‘Gunners’ merchandise saga
- The laughter stops after ASA takes issue with London Comedy Club’s website claims
- The mouse gets it
- The Neville is in the details: Sky Bet gambling ad deemed to overlap with ‘strong appeal’ to under 18s rules
- The new ambush marketing ban in Italy
- The New Coalition – One Big Friendly Family?
- The new points based system and sponsorship regime
- The Number suffers BT double whammy
- The Phone-paid Services Authority and the Competition and Markets Authority consult on approach to penalties and sanctions
- The rebirth of the French Public Authorities’ rights over their image properties
- The safety of Safe Harbor
- The Sky Sports Saga: When does Banter become Bullying?
- The Sky’s the limit
- The so-called “Youtube” tax is now effective in France
- The winter collection: a look back at fashion disputes of 2013
- The world’s biggest promotion marketing law event
- Things get frosty between the government of Iceland and ‘Iceland’ supermarket
- Think like a lawyer and win!
- Third annual Ad/spns/mark law conference now booking
- Third party GDPR assurances are no defence: ICO issues fine for calling TPS registered lines
- Third party marketing consent relied on in Optical Express text campaign held invalid after 7,506 complaints
- Thorny issues Q&A
- Threat to “buzz” marketing
- Three Aldi “own label” products under attack
- Three New Trademark Service Classes Shock
- Three rapped for “all you can eat” claim
- Three steps to heaven?
- Tick the boxes alongside the ASA when trying to avoid misleading advertising
- Ticket exchange judgment finds ticket terms arguably enforceable
- Ticket reseller facing legal action for offering unreleased tickets
- Time please on pub’s entire agreement clause fight
- Time running out for unregulated general insurance ads
- Time to ‘Clear the Air’: the ASA rules against 4AIR LLC for making misleading green claims
- Time up for timeshare scams?
- Timely new OFT guidance on credit ad rules
- TNT promo implodes
- Tobacco advertising legislation scare
- Tobacco manufacturers are not persona non grata at French’s sport events
- Tom Harding joins Social Media Council
- Tom Waits sound-alike litigation roadshow moves to Frankfurt
- Tongues wagging? Here are some gags…
- Too healthy to be “jam” or “ice cream”
- Top level domain name step change?
- Top parity for CAP and ASA on superiority claims?
- Top ten tips on redundancies
- Toshiba feels ICO heat after Rugby World Cup entrant data glitch
- Tough times for Texas and Florida game promos
- Towards the regulation of kid influencers’ content
- Toy ads promoting HFSS foods could breach
- TPM’s promotional tickets to travel anywhere didn’t get off the ground
- TPS sinks from sight in US ‘Do not call list’ furore
- Traction at last for traffic light-coded food labelling but some still pass
- Trade mark mandarins point way on registering slogans and
- Trade marking celebrities
- Trade marks and advertising
- Trade Secrets Directive makes progress
- Trading Stamps Act finally bites the dust
- Trading Standards comment on lookalike rights proposal
- Trading Standards now underpin CAP Code
- Trailfinders’ ad found to mislead holidaymakers
- Train photo in brochure goes to German Supreme Court
- Transposition of EU directive leads to ban of teleshopping
- Trial offers with strings irk ASA
- Tribunal clarifies grievance procedure triggers
- Trick or treat for UK marketers on Distance Selling Regs’ Halloween arrival?
- Triple Brussels whammy for European marketers
- Trust your gut instincts – check that your specific health claims meet the GB Register requirements
- Tumbling web access cost: curtains for alternative off-line prize draw entry?
- TUPE and more workshop on 28th January 2009
- TUPE reprise
- Turin court considers moral rights claim over Fiat ad
- Turin Winter Olympics drive yet more five ring laws
- TV ad for news magazine closes bank
- TV channel sponsorship mooted
- TV motor ad prices?
- Tweet endorsements animate regulators
- Twelfth Look Back, Face Forward marketing law forum now booking
- Two steps back for ad watchdog in its 50th anniversary year
- Two steps forward one back for German viral marketer
- Two steps forward, one back for personality rights
- Tyco Healthcare France suffers €30,000 data export fine
- Uber-self regulators’ statement
- UK – Summer 2000
- UK age of majority quirk
- UK class actions v. ads around the corner?
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- UK do not call list tested
- UK drug watchdog U-turn causes concern
- UK finally wakes up to new Comparative Advertising Regulations.
- UK Government considers ‘mutual regulation’
- UK government consults, again, on product placement
- UK government explores the current regulatory landscape for advertising to children
- UK government plans to stub out underage smoking and vaping
- UK Government pronounces death sentence on Trading Stamps legislation.
- UK Government publishes extraordinary “open letter” on new cookie laws
- UK Government unravels tent ad red tape
- UK Govt consults on child performance law reform
- UK marketers still free to “BOGOF”?
- UK mulls “parody” revolution
- UK mulls trader injunctions against lookalikes
- UK opts out of further snail and email regulation
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- UK’s first ever cold call compensation pay out
- Ultra Finishing Ltd fined £786,688 for resale price maintenance
- Unauthorised use in France of the Olympic Rings for advertising and commercial purposes
- Under pressure: CMA calls on Emma Sleep to change its online selling practices
- Unfair commercial practice rules enforcement by businesses?
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- Unfair commercial practices directive signed off
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- Unfair contract terms-new OFT Guidance
- Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
- Unhealthy advertising: ASA rules against ad showing unhealthily thin model
- Unilever defends Flora pro-activ TV ads
- Unique EU survey
- Unique Osborne Clarke EU-wide poll reveals enforcement lacuna in new OBA rules
- Unique social media survey
- United Airlines cancels thousands of bookings
- Universal Utilities/Unicom hit by £200,000 Ofcom fine
- University of Law adverts banned for misleading consumers
- Unlimited web access? Unlimited woe for ITV Digital
- Unlocking creative power: IPA and ISBA shape the future of advertising
- Unlucky for some: ASA rules against two bingo ads deemed to breach gambling rules relating to children
- Unmasking the advertiser
- Unsolicited commercial e-mail (‘Spam’)
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- Update on the Online Advertising Programme: UK government publishes its consultation response
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- US ASA ups fees for judging competitor ad disputes
- US children’s website data privacy laws bite and highlight consent rules in UK
- US Copyright infringement is no joke on Twitter
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- US do not call list survives legal challenges
- US do not call/UK TPS-a tale of two systems
- US exercised over two credit card issues
- US freelance journalists win on-line rights victory
- US FTC ‘guides’ businesses on combatting deceptive reviews and endorsements
- US judge OK’s pop-up ads
- US magazine editors give native advertising guidance
- US media buying transparency spat between advertiser and agency trade bodies
- US mobile industry body publishes Privacy Policy Guidelines for Mobile Apps
- US music body sounds discordant note?
- US product placement litigation warning?
- US regulators move in on social media mis moves
- US regulators take action against OBA rule breaches
- US rejects EU opt-in for email marketing
- US sweepstakes preference: more US data privacy law by the back door
- US trade mark verdict warning
- US-style security breach notification laws in Europe?
- US/UK differ over on/off-line children’s data rules
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- Use of Term “Natural” When Advertising Food / Drinks Products
- Utah Uturn on keyword ad ban
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- Vaping ads going up in vapour
- VAT and price indications-new rules
- VAT headache for DM service providers to financial services clients?
- VAT on digital products – new law
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- Verifiability in comparative advertising
- Viagrene tonic meets predictable fate
- Victory for BSkyB in Titanic Battle over Sky Brands
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- Video game promoter Machinima settles with FTC over endorsement videos
- Vindication for No Man’s Sky
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- Virgin Media defends “service” email
- Virtual land grabs kicks off in expansion of generic top-level domain regime
- Vitamin/mineral pills popped?
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- Waitrose ‘Very best prices’ claims scrutinised
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- Warmed over price guidance from the BERR
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- Was Virgin name-check in wedding prog immaculate?
- Watch ads overdo ‘precision’ claims
- Watch out for the small print!
- Waterloo for Belgian supermarket ‘basket case’
- waynerooney.co.uk on free transfer?
- We Fit Any Furniture: don’t sit for the scam
- We’re all going on a fairer holiday
- Web mags settle passing off spat
- Website designer’s copyright obligations underlined by Chancery judgement
- Wee dram ad code surfaces
- Weight loss programme ad control changes
- Weight Watchers sues Tesco over food label ‘points’
- Were “Better Homes and Gardens” and “Dynamic Support” registrable?
- Were ASA “insufficiently clear” findings against BMW sufficiently clear?
- Were cosmetic clinicians liable for third party brochure claims?
- Were IP rights in design and packaging for Trunki child’s ride on suitcase infringed by competing “Kiddee case”?
- Were Smart Alex and Alex trade marks confusing?
- Were YouTube videos dissing pony dealer libellous?
- West Indies cricket bowls into new sponsor crisis
- What are our mobile apps actually doing?
- What does the Privacy Shield mean for advertisers?
- What fate do the stars (***) hold for Booking.com?
- What marketers need to know about Sochi, Rio and Glasgow
- What price promotional photos? The Court decides in home improvement battle
- What will be the big marketing law events of 2002?:
- What you need to know about landmark Consumer Rights Bill
- What’s a Gold to a Goblin?
- What’s Hot in 2002 – a look ahead
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- When a night out goes too far: ASA rules against promoting excessive and irresponsible drinking
- When can an ad say “As seen on TV”?
- When can transferring employees claim constructive dismissal?
- When do footnotes mislead, not clarify?
- When does ‘Winter special’ promo end?
- When is a website “directed” at a particular country?
- When phone-in becomes advertising
- When winning is not enough
- Where is ad media supplied?
- Where is the line between offence and every day terms of reference?
- Where marketing can create libel risks
- Where’s the chicken? KFC sued for allegedly misleading ad
- Which EU states are going for an opt-in regime for email marketing
- Which? lodges grocery market super complaint
- Which? Web Trader shut-down: RIP e-tailing kitemarks?
- WHO 73 country report on marketing food to children
- Who fleeced Roger Rabbit’s creator?
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- Who owns Doc Martens logo copyright? Appeal Judges pronounce
- Who regulates what on-line?
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- Who watches the watchmen?
- Who you gonna nuisance call? No-one!
- Who’s your money on? Ladbrokes and William Hill face off against the ASA
- Whopper ruling for HFSS ads via email marketing
- Whose brand is it anyway?
- Whose flag is it anyway?
- Whose Prop is it Anyway?
- Why comply?
- Wickes in hot water after kitchen sale deemed misleading
- Wild Cosmetics, wildly misleading ad
- Wild Drinks deemed too wild
- Will #photoshopped be forced to make an appearance? MPs call for altered image labelling laws
- Will 36 Bavaria ladies turn London 2012 orange?
- Will cookie alternatives sidestep privacy laws?
- Will Microsoft’s embedded “Do not track” solve the cookie conundrum?
- Will mortgage introducers and contact centres need authorisation?
- Will new EU Block Exemption Regulation get luxury brands’ thumbs up?
- Will new EU regulation impact on-line luxury brand sales?
- Will new Ofcom rules outlaw AFP?
- Will new TV sponsorship rules end its Cinderella status?
- Will Papa John’s mean “Better pizza”?
- Wine site sale terms not so vintage
- Wine with pizza? Forbidden in Sweden
- Winter Olympics Sochi 2014
- Without prejudice saves domain name sale gambit
- WOMMA releases updated social marketing disclosure guide
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- Won’t somebody please think of the children (Part 3)!?
- Work completed but no contract blow for service provider
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- Workplace smoking ban looms
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- World Cup? Not a matter of life and death, but…
- World data protection regulators get tough on child privacy
- World privacy authorities warn leading appstores
- Would you really say ‘Baby Dry’? TM test.
- Wraps come off EU-US Privacy Shield framework details
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