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BrewDog Punks the ASA

Written by TK Spiff on 18 May 2022

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and BrewDog plc Where: United Kingdom When: 20 October 2021 Law stated as at: 11 November 2021 What happened: The Scottish beer brewer BrewDog…
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Pret a Manger in hot water after ASA advises a rethink on subscription ads

Written by TK Spiff on 18 May 2022

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Pret a Manger Where: United Kingdom When: 21 December 2021 Law stated as at: 13 December 2021 What happened: The UK’s advertising regulator…
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ASA lays out plans to tackle harmful racial stereotypes in ads

Written by TK Spiff on 13 Sep 2021

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: December 2020 Law stated as at: May 2021 What happened: Following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, many…
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Won’t somebody please think of the children!?

Written by TK Spiff on 21 Oct 2020

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 26 August 2020 Law stated as at: 1 October 2020 What happened: As part of its ongoing monitoring, in August…
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Marketinglaw Update | October 2019

Written by Marie-Laure Pidoux TK Spiff Emma Finlayson Charlotte Groom Katrina Anderson Julia Darcel Grégoire Dumas Claire Bouchenard Chloe Deng on 29 Oct 2019

Hello and welcome to your update from Osborne Clarke’s Marketing Law team, with the usual eclectic mix of marcomms law and regulatory developments. This month’s coverage includes: a sweep through…
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Skinny CAP-puccino anyone? Diet drink company in breach of CAP Code

Written by TK Spiff on 25 Oct 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), Jemma Lucy and Skinny Caffe. Where: United Kingdom When: 31 July 2019 Law stated as at: 4 September 2019 What happened: Diet drink company,…
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ITV and ASA couple up to give contestants advice on social media ads

Written by TK Spiff on 30 Aug 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and ITV plc (ITV) Where: United Kingdom When: 30 July 2019 Law stated as at: 25 July 2019 What happened: ITV and the ASA…
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Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used

Written by TK Spiff on 30 Aug 2019

Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 1 August 2019 What happened: Advertisers and brands will now have to seek…
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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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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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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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BrewDog Punks the ASA

Pret a Manger in hot water after ASA advises a rethink on subscription ads

Won’t somebody please think of the children!?

Marketinglaw Update | October 2019

Skinny CAP-puccino anyone? Diet drink company in breach of CAP Code

Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used

CityFibre loses long battle against the ASA over ‘fibre’ claims

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