30 Sep, 2021 Key takeaways from today's CMA green claims guidance webinar By Brinsley Dresden Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Today we gave a webinar about the Competition & Markets Authority's new green claims guidance. As well as looking at the guidance itself,...
27 Sep, 2021 SAG-AFTRA and JPC Allow for Mandatory Vaccine Policies on Production Sets By Howard Weingrad Samantha Rothaus The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) announced an...
27 Sep, 2021 WPP pays $19m to US Securities and Exchange Commission to settle anti-bribery and corruption charges By Brinsley Dresden Last weekend did not get off to a good start for WPP, with the announcement by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that...
23 Sep, 2021 **Breaking news** ASA makes announcement on green claims By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Hot on the heels of the CMA's new Green Claims Code, the ASA today made an announcement about its own work in reviewing green claims in...
23 Sep, 2021 Geneva is set to ban outdoor advertising. Will any British cities follow suit? By Brinsley Dresden It is being reported in The Times that Geneva is preparing to ban outdoor poster advertising from its streets. This follows a predictable...
22 Sep, 2021 FREE Online Training Session: New Green Claims Code - what YOU need to know By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor This week, the CMA launched its eagerly anticipated Green Claims Code. The new Code comes ahead of a clampdown by the CMA on misleading...
21 Sep, 2021 Last orders! IARD publishes guidelines for influencer alcohol marketing By GALA Like the proverbial London buses arriving at once, two sets of guidelines on influencer marketing have been published in the past week. ...
20 Sep, 2021 CMA gives businesses until the New Year to ensure their environmental claims are compliant By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Brinsley Dresden The CMA today published its long-awaited “Green Claims Code”. Andrea Coscelli, Chief Executive of the CMA, said that “More people than...
15 Sep, 2021 Ninth Circuit Clarifies Standards for Equitable Damages in False Advertising Cases By Len Gordon William Lawrence A recent decision in the Ninth Circuit sheds new light on whether, and the standard by which, a false advertising claimant must prove...
15 Sep, 2021 Social media and suicide prevention By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Following World Suicide Prevention Day, I thought I would comment on some developments in this space. Social media platforms have been...
14 Sep, 2021 ISBA launches Influencer Marketing Code of Conduct and endorses #ad for disclosures. By Brinsley Dresden The UK's leading trade body for advertisers, the Incorporated Society of British Advertising (ISBA), has launched a new Code of Conduct...
14 Sep, 2021 Black Friday is Coming - Legislative Amendments in Poland By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska There have been discussions for some time about changes in consumer law in Poland. The amendments are aimed to counteract false...
06 Sep, 2021 UK's Home Secretary backs 'aggressive' ad campaign attacking end-to-end encrypted messages By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The UK's Home Secretary, Priti Patel, is not in favour of end-to-end encrypted messaging. End-to-end encryption is a security feature...