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Tick the boxes alongside the ASA when trying to avoid misleading advertising
Written by Bryana Daniels on 30 May 2023
Who: The ASA Where: United Kingdom When: 20 April 2023 Law stated as at: 5 May 2023 What happened: In a typical year, 70% of complaints that the ASA receives…
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CAP provides guidance on advertising ‘free trials’ and promotional offer subscription services
Written by Anna Matsiienko on 28 Apr 2023
Who: UK Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP)Where: United KingdomWhen: 30 March 2023Law stated as at: 18 April 2023 What happened:CAP has published a new Enforcement Notice on digital advertising of…
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ASA publishes anticipated research into consumer understanding of ‘carbon neutral’, ‘net zero’, and electric and hybrid vehicle claims
Written by Gabriella Thornton on 21 Dec 2022
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 October 2022 Law stated as at: 21 November 2022 What happened: Since 2020 and the launch of its Climate…
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Millions of “frustrating and intrusive” nuisance messages result in fines totalling £495,000 for well-known companies
Written Osborne Clarke on 18 May 2022
Who: Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), We Buy Any Car Limited (WBAC), SportsDirect.com, Retail Limited (SportsDirect) and Saga Services Limited and Saga Personal Finance Limited (Saga) Where: United Kingdom When: 15…
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Brexit certainty for advertisers
Written Osborne Clarke on 30 Mar 2021
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 22 December 2020 Law stated as at: 22 January 2021 What happened: The CAP and BCAP Codes consolidate many rules…
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No victory this time for (the portrait rights of) Max Verstappen against Picnic
Written Osborne Clarke on 27 Jul 2020
Who: Court of Appeal Amsterdam, Max Verstappen (Verstappen), Mavic S.A.R.L. (Mavic) and Picnic B.V. (Picnic) Where: The Netherlands When: 2 June 2020 Law stated as at: 30 June 2020 What…
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Car commercials crossing the line
Written by Claire Bouchenard on 05 Jun 2020
Who: The Jury of Ethical Advertisement of the ARPP (the French Advertising Regulator) ), Kia and Hertz Where: France When: 26 March 2020 Law stated as at: 11 May 2020…
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Complaints about Vape Nation’s e-cig adverts go up in smoke.
Written Osborne Clarke on 06 May 2020
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Vape Nation Ltd t/a 88Vape (Vape Nation). Where: United Kingdom When: 18 March 2020 Law stated as at: 3 April 2020 What happened:…
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AW v VW: if it looks that good, it’s probably art
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Feb 2020
Who: Ai Weiwei and Volkswagen’s Danish distributor, Skandinavisk Motor Where: Copenhagen When: 17 July 2019 Law stated as at: 5 February 2020 What happened: Volkswagen Denmark used an image of…
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Can only Red Bull ‘give you wings’?
Written by James Robertson on 02 Sep 2019
Who: Red Bull GmbH and Rich Energy Limited (now known as Lightning Volt Limited) Where: United Kingdom When: 18 July 2019 Law stated as at: 2 August 2019 What happened:…
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The ASA investigates ads featuring in-car tech
Written by Jamie Heatly on 28 Sep 2017
Who: Advertising Standards Authority (ASA); Citroen UK Ltd (Citroen); and BMW (UK) Ltd (BMW) Where: UK When: 02 August 2017 Law stated as at: 31 August 2017 What happened: A…
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Decision against Euromaster highlights approach to comparative advertising under French regulation
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Jul 2017
Who: Lyon Commercial Court Where: France When: 24 April 2017 Law stated as at: June 2017 What happened? In April 2017, Euromaster ran an advertising campaign stating that Euromaster was…
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All Articles in Cars

CAP provides guidance on advertising ‘free trials’ and promotional offer subscription services

ASA publishes anticipated research into consumer understanding of ‘carbon neutral’, ‘net zero’, and electric and hybrid vehicle claims

Millions of “frustrating and intrusive” nuisance messages result in fines totalling £495,000 for well-known companies

Car commercials crossing the line

Complaints about Vape Nation’s e-cig adverts go up in smoke.

AW v VW: if it looks that good, it’s probably art

Can only Red Bull ‘give you wings’?

The ASA investigates ads featuring in-car tech

Decision against Euromaster highlights approach to comparative advertising under French regulation

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