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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 Osborne Clarke 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 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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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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