29 Oct, 2021 You're Invited: GALA's Annual "Americas Advertising Law Year in Review" By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance is sponsoring its annual "Americas Advertising Law Year in Review" webinar, which will be held on...
27 Oct, 2021 Consumer Council Testing and Report on Carcinogenic Content in Pre-packaged Biscuits on the Hong Kong Market By Angus Forsyth aThe Hong Kong Consumer Council – which is an officially structured body operating under its own ordinance but without enforcement teeth...
26 Oct, 2021 Lawyers’ Representation Rights Trans-EU By Duncan Grehan Executive Summary: On 23 April 2021, exceptionally, the Supreme Court held that a visiting German lawyer could represent, appear,...
25 Oct, 2021 Online Marketplace Vindicated from Cyberattack By Denise Mirandah On 14 May 2021, Carousell Pte. Ltd. (“Carousell”) informed the Personal Data Protection Commission (“the Commission”)about an incident of...
21 Oct, 2021 Sport Patronage in Ukraine – The New Opportunities for Advertising By Alla Smorodyna The Law of Ukraine “On physical culture and sports” was recently amended to include provisions regulating sport patronage and now...
21 Oct, 2021 UNICEF Releases Playbook to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum UNICEF just released, "Promoting diversity and inclusion in advertising: a UNICEF playbook," which provides guidance about how to avoid...
20 Oct, 2021 Lessons to be learned by comparing the ASA's contrasting judgements of green claims for almond milk by Alpro and Plenish By Brinsley Dresden In the first "green claims" adjudication since the Advertising Standards Authority published its recent guidance on green claims (covered...
19 Oct, 2021 Well-Known Software & Technology Company Fined For Erroneous Disclosure of Payroll Information By Denise Mirandah In its decision dated 30th July 2021, the Personal Data Protection Commission (“the PDPC”) has fined well-known software and technology...
19 Oct, 2021 Comfort When You Are Gloomy ... By Ebba Hoogenraad “Vitalize Positive Saffron Complex works uplifting when you are feeling gloomy.” Is this claim allowed or not? It requires great accuracy...
19 Oct, 2021 Influencer Marketing: Active Monitoring Mandatory! By Ebba Hoogenraad Anyone who contracts an influencer will of course ensure that the influencer has to comply with all advertising rules: Mentioning #ad and...
19 Oct, 2021 ACC: Rock-Solid Evidence Required for CO2 Neutralization Claims By Daniël Haije The Dutch Advertising Code Committee (ACC) issued an important ruling on 26 August 2021. In the ruling, the ACC sets very high standards...
18 Oct, 2021 FTC Sends Notices of Penalty Offense to More Than 700 Companies By Allison Fitzpatrick Paavana Kumar Alexa Meera Singh The FTC continues to explore its myriad of enforcement options, most recently by using its Penalty Offense Authority under Section 5 of...
16 Oct, 2021 'Twas two months before Christmas, and a John Lewis ad is already breaking the internet By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Quoting people who are ‘outraged’ on social media tends to indicate a certain desperation to create content. It isn’t hard to find people...
13 Oct, 2021 FTC Warns Industry about Fake Reviews and Endorsements By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it sent Notices of Penalty Offenses to more than 700 companies, warning them that if they use...
13 Oct, 2021 FTC Invokes Penalty Offense Authority to Crack Down on For-Profit Education Industry By Len Gordon Ellen Berge Jonathan Pompan Alexandra Megaris +1 more... Show less In the latest example of its creative use of different enforcement tools to obtain monetary relief in the wake of the Supreme Court’s AMG...
13 Oct, 2021 Zeeman Goes Naked By Myrna Teeuw A television commercial for women's underwear by Dutch retail chain Zeeman shows women in underwear in all kinds of situations. Women’s...