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Dutch snack bars’ “100% Sustainable” claim Deemed unsustainable

Written by Sophie den Held on 10 Dec 2019

Who: Kwalitaria Franchise Friendly Concepts (FFC Franchise B.V.) and Dutch Advertising Code Authority (SRC) Where: The Netherlands When: 4 July 2019 Law stated as at: 3 December 2019 What happened:…
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Recognition mission: children and online ads

Written by Charlotte Groom on 10 Dec 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 24 October 2019 Law stated as at: 1 December 2019 What happened: On 24…
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Don’t be sleigh-ed this year by non-compliant promotions

Written by Rebecca Chui on 10 Dec 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), Parsley Box Ltd, Virgin Wine Online Ltd Where: United Kingdom When: Various Law stated as at: 14 November 2019 What happened: During the run-up…
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Sunday Riley escapes fines for posting fake reviews

Written by Chloe Deng on 10 Dec 2019

Who: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Sunday Riley Skincare LLC Where: United States When: 22 October 2019 Law stated as at: 1 November 2019 What happened: The FTC discovered that…
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ASA bans Botox ads

Written by Emma Finlayson on 28 Oct 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), Beauty Boutique Aesthetics, Queen of Aesthetics and Faces by AKJ Aesthetics Where: United Kingdom When: 25 September 2019 Law stated as at: 14 October…
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Deliveroo obviously unable to deliver to spaceships

Written by Charlotte Groom on 25 Oct 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Roofoods Ltd trading as ‘Deliveroo’ (Roofoods) Where: United Kingdom When: 11 September 2019 Law stated as at: 11 October 2019 What happened: The…
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Keep your gin up! ASA decision puts McQueen Gin ad on ice

Written by James Salisbury on 25 Oct 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), Clearcast Limited (Clearcast) and Trossachs Distillery Ltd t/a McQueen Gin Where: United Kingdom When: 25 September Law stated as at: 10 October 2019 What…
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Meta advertising: can the use of meta tags infringe trademark rights?

Written by Sophie den Held on 02 Sep 2019

Who: The Transocean Marine Paint Association (Transocean), Pinturas Eurotex S.A. and Industrias Quimicas Eurotex S.L. (together referred to as: Eurotex) Where: The Netherlands (Court of The Hague; ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:6247) When: 19…
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Advertiser fined for misleading promotion on website

Written by Laura Klein 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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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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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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