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Football season kicks off: the latest (adlaw) highlights
Written by Chloe Deng on 25 Oct 2019
Who: BetIndex Ltd (Football Index) and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) plus Industry Group for Responsible Gambling (IGRG) Where: United Kingdom When: August 2019 Law stated as at: 30 August…
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Advertiser fined for misleading promotion on website
Written by Max Wächter, LL.M. Katrina Anderson Katie Vickery on 02 Sep 2019
Who: Signet Trading Limited Where: UK When: February 2019 Law stated as at: August 2019 What happened: Torfaen County Borough Council prosecuted Signet Trading Limited, which owns H Samuel, for…
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The CMA puts online platforms and digital advertising under the spotlight
Written by Ben Dunham on 02 Sep 2019
Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 6 August 2019 What happened: The CMA has launched an investigation into…
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It’s just emojions misleading us over [laughing tears of joy face]?
Written by Chloe Deng on 02 Sep 2019
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 31 July 2019 Law stated as at: 5 August 2019 What happened: The ASA has released a new guidance note…
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Q: When, will I, will I be famous? A: When you have 30,000 Instagram followers.
Written by Matthew White Chloe Deng on 30 Aug 2019
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Sanofi UK (Sanofi) with ‘ThisMamaLife’ Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 5 August 2019 What happened: In February…
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Guess what? Commission deems restrictive online search advertising policies to be anticompetitive
Written by Katrina Anderson on 10 Jul 2019
Who: The European Commission, Guess? Inc., Guess? Europe and Guess Europe Sagl (Guess) Where: EU When: 26 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The growing…
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ASA and CAP release Annual Report for 2018: More Impact Online!
Written by Chloe Deng on 04 Jul 2019
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 May 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: On 20…
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CMA continues to tackle fake online reviews
Written by Chloe Deng on 04 Jul 2019
Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 21 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The CMA recently announced that it has…
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Wickes in hot water after kitchen sale deemed misleading
Written by Emma Finlayson on 04 Jul 2019
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Wickes Building Supplies Ltd (Wickes) Where: United Kingdom When: 5 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The Advertising…
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ASA asks advertisers how they measure up
Written by Matthew White on 04 Jul 2019
Who: Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 09 June 2019 Law stated as at: 21 June 2019 What happened: The ASA has issued an online advice note reminding…
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CityFibre loses long battle against the ASA over ‘fibre’ claims
Written by TK Spiff on 04 Jul 2019
Who: CityFibre Ltd, The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 15 April 2019 Law stated as at: 29 April 2019 What happened: Digital infrastructure provider CityFibre has lost…
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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
Written by Katrina Anderson on 04 Jul 2019
Who: European Union Where: EU When: The new law is expected to come into force in early 2022 Law stated as at: 3 May 2019 What happened: The EU is…
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Football season kicks off: the latest (adlaw) highlights

Advertiser fined for misleading promotion on website

Guess what? Commission deems restrictive online search advertising policies to be anticompetitive

Wickes in hot water after kitchen sale deemed misleading

ASA asks advertisers how they measure up

CityFibre loses long battle against the ASA over ‘fibre’ claims

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