Oct 30, 2020 As Black History Month concludes, we've reviewed the history of racism in British advertising, and reached some uncomfortable conclusions. By Brinsley Dresden I wanted to mark Black History Month by studying the history of racism in British advertising. Its a big topic, so rather than publishing...
Oct 28, 2020 The Stevenage Challenge: Digital Customer Engagement and Brand Promotion By Lydia Mendola Donata Cordone The Italian version of this article was first published on Wired. Brands pay millions to sponsor sporting events, soccer teams, and...
Oct 28, 2020 Advertising for Pharmaceutical and Health Care Products and Services in China: Prior Approval Is Required By Justina Zhang Throughout the pandemic, some pharmaceutical and health care products made false claims about the product’s ability to prevent COVID-19...
Oct 28, 2020 FCC Proposes Expansion of Sponsor ID Rules to Require Disclosure of Foreign Government Support By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which proposes to adopt new rules that would require...
Oct 22, 2020 Corporate Property Interest in Data – Emerging Norms in China By Justina Zhang In China, data held by companies is not clearly protected as “property” under relevant laws. Instead, when pursuing litigation or...
Oct 20, 2020 The “Ronald McDonald Show” was Considered as Illegal Practice of Advertising to Children in São Paulo By Valdir Rocha Luiz Leao In 2016, Alana Institute – a Brazilian non-profit civil society organization – reported McDonald's to the Public Defender's Office of the...
Oct 17, 2020 If You Advertise "Unlimited," It Had Better Be "Unlimited" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission obtained a temporary restraining order against telecommunications companies Disruption Theory and Emergent...
Oct 16, 2020 You're Invited! "Americas Advertising Law Year in Review" Webinar By Jeff Greenbaum Next week, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be hosting a webinar, "Americas Advertising Law Year in Review." The webinar...
Oct 16, 2020 The final countdown to Brexit - Lewis Silkin publishes Q&A on key IP changes By GALA There are 70 days until Christmas 2020 and 76 days until the end of the Transition Period. One of them will probably be rescheduled -...
Oct 16, 2020 Disclosures: Instagram provides new commitments to UK's CMA By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Facebook (owners of Instagram in the UK) has committed to a package of changes to tackle what the CMA describes as "hidden advertising"...
Oct 14, 2020 You're Invited! "Asia Pacific Advertising Law Year in Review" Webinar By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be hosting a webinar, "Asia Pacific Advertising Law Year in Review," on Thursday, October...
Oct 14, 2020 Advertisement Board Imposed Sanctions Due to False Health Claims in Advertising of Food Supplements By Hande Hançar In its decision dated 14th of July 2020 the Advertisement Board imposed sanctions against the advertisement of a food supplement brand...
Oct 12, 2020 Save the Date: GALA's "Advertising Law Year in Review" Webinar Series By Jeff Greenbaum Save the date! This fall, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be hosting a series of webinars covering key advertising law...
Oct 08, 2020 Meet the GALA Members - Argentina By Stacy Bess Meet GALA Argentina member, Paula Fernandez Pfizenmaier of Bruchou. Hear how she has been misled by advertising of weight loss products...
Oct 07, 2020 Cookies and Consent : What's New in France ? By Caroline Bouvier On October 1, 2020, the French Data Protection Agency published a “Recommendation” document and Guidelines (both issued on September 17,...
Oct 07, 2020 Is the UK's ASA emerging from hibernation? You bet! By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The UK ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) appears to be coming out of Covid-19 induced hibernation. After a slow trickle of 2-3...