30 Nov, 2020 You're Invited: PLI's "Global Advertising Law: Year in Review" By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance, in cooperation with the Practicing Law Institute, will be presenting its annual "Global...
27 Nov, 2020 Interesting revelations by Guy Parker in his fireside chat with Brinsley Dresden.... By Brinsley Dresden Yesterday (Thursday, 25th November), I welcomed Guy Parker, Chief Executive of the ASA, for a virtual fireside chat on emerging trends in...
26 Nov, 2020 Sale and advertising of CBD products in Slovakia By Peter Marciš The Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic has submitted a bill that would remove cannabidiol (CBD) from the list of narcotic and...
24 Nov, 2020 GALA Webinar: EMEA Advertising Law Year in Review By Dušan Nitschneider Allow me to invite you to join a Webinar "EMEA Advertising Law Year in Review," hosted by the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)...
23 Nov, 2020 Image Rights and Their Clash with Copyright Law: New Challenges and New Horizons By Lydia Mendola Images play a pivotal role in modern society, as they can convey various messages and acquire autonomous informational, commercial, or...
23 Nov, 2020 Claims in Baby Food Advertising Considered Misleading and Unfair Commercial Practice By Ricardo Henriques Margarida Castillo Silva On the 27th of October of 2020, the Advertising Ethics Jury of the Self-Regulating entity was presented with a dispute to decide on the...
20 Nov, 2020 Video-Sharing Platforms Regulation in the Czech Republic on the Way By Ladislav Madl A completely new bill aimed at video-sharing platforms such as YouTube, Instagram or TikTok has been delivered to the Czech Parliament...
20 Nov, 2020 The Dawn of Canadian Privacy Law 2.0: The Consumer Privacy Protection Act Introduced By Kelly Harris The long-awaited overhaul of federal private sector privacy law, as outlined in our previous blog post, is finally here. The Digital...
19 Nov, 2020 Fake News? UK Government considers ‘Duty of Impartiality’ for social media platforms By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Decisions of where and whether to allow or to block various content on social media sites are extremely important. Such decisions can...
19 Nov, 2020 Draft Law on Audiovisual Media Services By Ricardo Henriques Jose Maria Alves Pereria Joao Carlos Gusmao The recently approved Draft Law 44/XIV (hereinafter Draft Law), transposes into the Portuguese legal framework Directive 2018/1808 of the...
16 Nov, 2020 The Italian Competition Authority Imposes on Poste Italiane the Highest Possible Fine for Unfair Commercial Practice By Fabiana Bisceglia Donata Cordone The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, “AGCM”) has hit Poste Italiane – a company partially...
16 Nov, 2020 Which Legal Protection for Street Art? By Lydia Mendola The EUIPO’s recent declaration of invalidity of one of Banksy’s registered trademarks again raises the issue of the appropriate legal...
13 Nov, 2020 Ruling in Picnic-Verstappen Case Increases Room For Use of Lookalikes in Advertising By Daniël Haije The use of a celebrity's lookalike in advertising is allowed if it is clear to the public that it concerns a lookalike, the public will...
11 Nov, 2020 UK government consults on extreme proposals to ban online adverts for “junk” food By Brinsley Dresden The UK government is consulting on a complete ban on the online advertising of food high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS). In particular,...
09 Nov, 2020 Portuguese Advertising Agencies Association Fined for Restraining Competition in Advertising Services By Ricardo Henriques Margarida Castillo Silva On the 19th of July of 2020, the Portuguese Competition Authority issued a Statement of Objections in which the Portuguese Advertising,...
09 Nov, 2020 Advertising of Banking Products By Carolina Montero The Bank of Spain Circular 4/2020, of June 26, on advertising of banking products and services entered into force on October 15. Among...