Jun 28, 2020 ASA issues new guidance on how to advertise CBD products without making a hash of it By Brinsley Dresden Perhaps it's a sign of age, but it does amaze me that everywhere you go these days there seems to be a shop sign or a product label with...
Jun 24, 2020 FTC Proposes New "Made in USA" Rule By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to create a new "Made in USA Labeling" rule. The...
Jun 23, 2020 INFLUENCER MARKETING IN TURKEY By Hande Hançar Influencer marketing through social media influencers has reached to giant growth in the advertising area. Brands including global and...
Jun 22, 2020 The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice rejected compensation for the use of a soccer fan’s image in advertising By Valdir Rocha Luiz Leao On June 16, 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ), by an unanimous decision, dismissed an appeal filed by...
Jun 18, 2020 Free samples of medicinal products to pharmacists. Yes or no? By Peter Marciš In a dispute between two pharma companies in Germany, a question was raised about whether it was legal to distribute free samples of...
Jun 18, 2020 Influencers: to what extent are they allowed to lawfully portray third-party trademarks in their social media content without authorization? By Fabiana Bisceglia A recent injunction issued by the Court of Genoa in a proceeding between Philipp Plein and Ferrari provides useful guidelines on the...
Jun 17, 2020 GALA Releases First-Ever Global Guide to Privacy Laws Related to Advertising & Marketing By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance, in collaboration with the International Advertising Association, has just released the...
Jun 15, 2020 You're Invited to GALA´S second webinar in Spanish! "Influencer Marketing: The Regulation in Latin America & the Caribbean." Estás invitado al segundo webinar organizado por GALA en Español! “La actividad de los Influencers: Su regulación en Latinoamérica y el Caribe” By Paula Fernandez Pfizenmaier On Tuesday, June 30th, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be hosting a webinar, "Influencer Marketing: The Regulation in Latin...
Jun 11, 2020 COVID-19 – Government Assistance to Economic Damage for Small and Medium Enterprises By Angus Forsyth The Hong Kong Government has always been well aware that the dynamic strength of the Hong Kong economy has been based upon the mass...
Jun 11, 2020 Automatic Renewal Programs: Reducing Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic By Len Gordon By Ellen T. Berge, Ari N. Rothman, and Shahin O. Rothermel Although the coronavirus pandemic has impacted every business over the past...
Jun 11, 2020 What does Unfair Price Assessment Board bring to Turkish Law? By Hande Hançar During the Covid-19 outbreak, some businesses exorbitantly increased the prices of masks, disinfectants, colognes, wet wipes and...
Jun 10, 2020 Wake Up Call for #Influencer Marketers By Julika Wahlmann-Smith Erich Bachmann Janou Kannangara A recent decision by New Zealand’s Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) concerning a sponsored Instagram story posted by a...
Jun 09, 2020 GALA Releases Report on Global COVID-19 Advertising Law Developments By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance released a report today on worldwide advertising law developments in response to the COVID-19...
Jun 08, 2020 Instagram and Embedding Photos - An Update and a Bombshell (?) from Instagram By Brian Murphy Ars TecnicaInstagram just threw users of its embedding API under the bus" - that a company spokesperson for Facebook (which owns...
Jun 05, 2020 Spanish Supreme Court Confirms Sanction to Mediaset By Carolina Montero The Supreme Court has rejected, as the National Court already did in 2018, the appeal of Mediaset España Comunicación against the...
Jun 04, 2020 Facebook to Cooperate with Fact-Checking Platforms in the Czech Republic By Ladislav Madl Facebook decided to introduce a manual fact-checking program in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, partnering with the AFP press agency in...