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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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CAP bans harmful gender stereotyping in ads

Written by TK Spiff on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 June 2019 Law stated as at: 14 June 2019 What happened: Back in…
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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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“No Added Sugars” claim not misleading

Written by Marleen Huisman on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Dutch Advertising Code Committee (the ACC), Stichting Foodwatch Nederland (Foodwatch) and HiPP GmbH & Co Vertrieb AG (HiPP) Where: The Netherlands When: 5 March 2019 Law stated as at:…
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Surprising proposals for a watershed ban for HFSS foods

Written by Katrina Anderson on 26 Apr 2019

Who: UK Department of Health Where: United Kingdom When: 18 March 2018 Law stated as at: 29 March 2019 What happened Last summer, the UK government published its Childhood Obesity…
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Freddo the Frog leaps but falls foul of ASA ruling

Written by TK Spiff on 26 Apr 2019

Who: Mondelez UK Limited t/a Cadbury (Cadbury), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Children’s Food Campaign (Sustain) Where: United Kingdom When: 6 March 2019 Law stated as at: 8…
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Fix up, look sharp: fears of electoral foul play if laws aren’t reformed

Written by TK Spiff on 25 Mar 2019

Who: The Electoral Reform Society (ERS), The Electoral Commission (EC), The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Middlesex University, The Fair Vote Project, Full Fact, Doteveryone, The Centre for the Analysis of…
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We’re all going on a fairer holiday

Written by James Salisbury on 25 Mar 2019

Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 26 February 2019 Law stated as at: 14 March 2019 What happened: On 26 February 2019, the CMA issued…
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Taking the MAC: Burger King takes advantage of McDonalds’s trademark loss

Written by Ben Dunham on 25 Mar 2019

Who: McDonald’s International Property Company Ltd (McDonald’s); Supermac’s (Holdings) Ltd (Supermac’s); Burger King. Where: UK/Ireland/EU When: 1 February 2019 Law stated as at: 14 March 2019 What happened: Burger King…
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ASA shows its hand: the targeting of in-app gambling ads

Written by Rebecca Chui on 25 Mar 2019

Who: tombola (International) plc (Tombola), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), and ITV Broadcasting Ltd (ITV) Where: United Kingdom When: 6 February 2019 Law stated as at: 5 March 2019 What…
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Guess what? Commission deems restrictive online search advertising policies to be anticompetitive

“No Added Sugars” claim not misleading

Surprising proposals for a watershed ban for HFSS foods

We’re all going on a fairer holiday

Taking the MAC: Burger King takes advantage of McDonalds’s trademark loss

ASA shows its hand: the targeting of in-app gambling ads

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