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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill breaks cover
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Jul 2008
Soon after key changes to UK consumer protection laws under new “unfair commercial practices” regulations, HM Govt is now looking at radical changes to how they should be enforced. James…
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HM Govt in “more consumer law” shock
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Jun 2008
Just as the UK ad community was getting to grips with the major changes wrought by the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, the BERR has announced, wait for it,…
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CPR “Quick take”
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Jun 2008
A recent “Espresso Briefing” held by leading UK word of mouth marketing industry body WOM UK focused on the impact on the industry of the new Consumer Protection from Unfair…
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CPUT nixes slew of consumer laws
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 May 2008
New unfair trading regulations aim to harmonise the existing law by repealing “old” unfair trading legislation. James Baker bids farewell to the laws that will meet their maker on 26th…
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“Final” unfair practices regulations published
Written Osborne Clarke on 08 Apr 2008
The Department for Business and Regulatory Reform has published for laying before Parliament the “final” version of regulations implementing the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. Stephen Groom grapples with some…
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Threat to “buzz” marketing
Written by Nick Johnson on 04 Mar 2008
The marketing world is a-buzz with word of mouth marketing. But could up and coming UK laws targeting “unfair commercial practices” kill the virus? Nick Johnson highlights some less expected…
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Government gives up on CPUT 6 April in force date
Written Osborne Clarke on 04 Mar 2008
Transposition into UK law of the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive has already slipped over three months after the Brussels deadline. Now it has been put back again and the…
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Europe lags on “Unfair Practice” laws
Written Osborne Clarke on 04 Mar 2008
Key Brussels ad control measure Directive 2005/29/EC “concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market” was due in force by 12th December 2007. How many EU countries have still…
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Italy gets even tougher on misleading advertisers
Written Osborne Clarke on 04 Jan 2008
Not content with fining advertisers nearly 9m Euro in the last two years, Italy’s government has introduced still more measures as part of its implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices…
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April 2008 “in force” date named for new unfair practice laws
Written by Anna Williams on 29 Jun 2007
The DTI has published draft “Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2007″ implementing in the UK the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and also, for the first time so far…
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Dutch court baulks OFT sweepstake mailing attack
Written Osborne Clarke on 28 Feb 2007
To protect vulnerable UK citizens, the UK’s Office of Fair Trading pursued Best Sales of Holland in the Breda courts over allegedly misleading prize draw mailings. But were UK punters…
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UK Government considers ‘mutual regulation’
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Jan 2007
In its continuing consultations on the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, the DTI has pondered copying Germany and allowing competitors to sue each other for breaches of consumer protection laws. What…
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