31 Jan, 2020 Cyber Weekend Promotion on Air Travel Raises Claims of Misleading Advertising By Ricardo Henriques On the 9th of January 2020, the Advertising Ethics Jury of ARP (advertising self-regulation entity), decided on a case dealing with the...
31 Jan, 2020 What do you get if you fail to regulate political advertising? Brexit. By Brinsley Dresden Yesterday's LEAD 2020 conference organised by The Advertising Association was treated to a tour de force by the 157th Speaker of the...
31 Jan, 2020 How Start-Ups are Safeguarding against Hazardous Data Privacy Issues By Denise Mirandah As the digital economy expands at a rapid pace, companies continue to collect massive amounts of data and have come to be more dependent...
31 Jan, 2020 Impact of Brexit for Data Protection By Caroline Bouvier The United Kingdom leaves the European Union at 11pm (UK time) on 31 January 2020. What is the legal impact of Brexit for data...
29 Jan, 2020 The Guardian bans advertising from fossil fuel companies By Brinsley Dresden In a bold move for a media outlet struggling to make ends meet, The Guardian newspaper has announced that it will no longer accept...
29 Jan, 2020 FDA to Conduct Studies on the Effectiveness of Influencer and Other Endorser Disclosures By Jeff Greenbaum This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is planning to conduct studies on the effectiveness of the disclosures...
28 Jan, 2020 SENACON: Public Consultation on Child Advertising Regulation By Valdir Rocha On January 16, 2020, the National Consumer Secretariat ("SENACON"), a branch the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, started a...
28 Jan, 2020 New Rules for Comparative Advertising in Ukraine: What’s New for Advertisers and Other Market Players? By Alla Smorodyna Oleg Klymchuk On 12 November 2019, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding...
27 Jan, 2020 São Paulo’s Public Prosecutors Office and Google Sign Term to Regulate Online Children Advertising By Valdir Rocha On December 19, 2019, São Paulo’s Public Prosecutor’s Office and Google Brasil Internet Ltda. signed an Agreement to extinguish a Public...
27 Jan, 2020 Czech Collective Rights Management Organisation OSA Abused its Dominant Position By Irena Lišková OSA - Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním, z. s., is a professional association of composers, lyricists and musical...
27 Jan, 2020 Ninth Circuit Holds that “Diet” Soda Name Is Not False or Misleading By Len Gordon By Ellen Berge, Ari Rothman, and Shaheen Rothermel With the arrival of 2020, many people have begun their New Year’s resolutions to get...
27 Jan, 2020 Time to abolish the Royal Family, at least in the CAP Code By Brinsley Dresden For people who are supposedly trying to keep a low profile, its proving very difficult to avoid press coverage about Harry and Meghan,...
27 Jan, 2020 Advertising Self-Regulation Appeal Commission Rules on Misleading and Comparative Advertising of Medicinal Products By Ricardo Henriques In its latest decisions, the Portuguese Self-Regulation Appeal Commission decided on two disputes concerning the validity of medical...
23 Jan, 2020 Fair Use and Fanatic Fans By Brian Murphy I took this photo at a Robyn concert I attended last March at Madison Square Garden: While my seats afforded me only a so-so sight-line...
23 Jan, 2020 The Italian Competition Authority hits the Italian oil-and-gas giant Eni with the highest possible fine in a “greenwashing” advertising case By Donata Cordone On December 20, 2019, the Italian Competition Authority (“Authority”) fined the Italian oil-and-gas company, Eni, an industry leader,...
21 Jan, 2020 WHAT BRAHMA LIME’S FAILED AD TEACHES US By Paula Fernandez Pfizenmaier A few days ago, the BRAHMA beer brand launched an advertising spot to promote its new product “BRAHMA LIME”. The commercial was removed...