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A Bad Influence – when influencer promotions go wrong

Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Oct 2020

Who: Molly-Mae Hague and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 21 September 2020 Law stated as at: 29 September 2020 What happened: Molly-Mae Hague (former Love Island…
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CAP & BCAP consulting on new rules for ‘cosmetic interventions’

Written by Katrina Anderson on 21 Oct 2020

Who: CAP and BCAP Where: United Kingdom When: 10 September 2020 Law stated as at: 5 October 2020 What happened: CAP and BCAP have jointly launched a consultation on introducing…
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Here’s looking at you, kid: CAP reflects on children’s recognition of online advertising

Written by Charlotte Groom on 21 Oct 2020

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 30 July 2020 Law stated as at: 30 September 2020 What happened: CAP…
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New rules on advertising on ‘media platforms’ and video-sharing platform services in Germany

Written by Dr Martin Soppe on 21 Oct 2020

Who: German federal states Where: Germany When: 20 July 2020 Law states as at: Autumn 2020 The New State Treaty on Media (also known as the Medienstaatsvertrag (MStV) or Interstate…
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Government launches consultation on plans to bring the promotion of certain cryptoassets within the scope of financial promotions regulation

Written by Anna Perry Lucy Price on 21 Oct 2020

Who: HM Treasury Where: United Kingdom When: 20 July 2020 Law stated as at: 6 August 2020 What happened: On 20 July, HM Treasury launched a consultation on proposals to…
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Online platforms – will a new regulator be able to increase competition

Written by Jennifer Tur on 21 Oct 2020

Who: Competition Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 1 July 2020 Law stated as at: 31 July 2020 What happened: The CMA published its final report on 1 July…
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That’s (not) What Friends are For

Written by Louis Hoffreumon on 27 Jul 2020

Who: The Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA), Twoo (defendant) and anonymous plaintiff Where: Belgium When: 14 May 2020 Law stated as at: 1 July 2020 What happened: The BPDA fined…
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Place your bets on the future of gambling advertising legislation!

Written by Louis Hoffreumon on 27 Jul 2020

Who: The Belgian Council of State (BCS), Rocoluc/Fremoluc (claimants), the Belgian State (defendant), Derby (intervening party) Where: Belgium When: 6 February 2020 Law stated as at: 1 July 2020 What…
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Striking the right pose: body image issues in ads

Written by Rebecca Chui on 27 Jul 2020

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 26 June 2020 Law stated as at: 2 July 2020 What happened: The ASA recently released a reminder for advertisers…
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The ASA’s new Scam Ad Alert system

Written by Lucy Price on 27 Jul 2020

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 16 June 2020 Law stated as at: 3 July 2020 What happened: On 16 June, the ASA announced that it…
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No victory this time for (the portrait rights of) Max Verstappen against Picnic

Written by Marleen Huisman on 27 Jul 2020

Who: Court of Appeal Amsterdam, Max Verstappen (Verstappen), Mavic S.A.R.L. (Mavic) and Picnic B.V. (Picnic) Where: The Netherlands When: 2 June 2020 Law stated as at: 30 June 2020 What…
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eSports in season for regulator

Written by Linda McElwee on 26 Jun 2020

Who: Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), GambleAware Where: United Kingdom When: 23 April 2020 Law stated as at: 16 June 2020 What happened: The outbreak…
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