31 Oct, 2022 NFTs and Marketing With NFTs in China By Justina Zhang NFTs or “non-fungible tokens” have been much in the news lately, first for their meteoric rise in popularity and diversification, and...
29 Oct, 2022 OECD Report Highlights Concerns over "Dark Patterns" By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development issued a report, Dark Commercial Patterns, raising serious concerns...
28 Oct, 2022 ICYMI -- GALA Releases Videos from "Global Advertising in an Age of Crisis and Change" Conference By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance hosted its annual global advertising law conference in London. The...
28 Oct, 2022 The Digital Markets & Digital Services double Act take the stage By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor As the Digital Markets Act comes into force and the Digital Services Act gets the green light, is your business ready for these radical...
27 Oct, 2022 Food Advertising in China: “Do’s and Don’ts” From Recent Cases By Justina Zhang Chinese society pays increasing attention to food safety. Recently, a “double standards” scandal erupted when it was publicized that food...
27 Oct, 2022 Promoting Crypto Currencies in Bulgaria: Are There Any Risks? By Violetta Kunze Vladislav Antonov Earlier this year, the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court (the “SAC”) had the chance to evaluate the misleading potential of an...
25 Oct, 2022 Colorado Privacy Act Draft Rules Issued By Gary A. Kibel The Colorado Attorney General’s Office released Draft Rules for the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). Issued on September 30, 2022 the Draft...
23 Oct, 2022 LGBTQ+ Content Creators' False Advertising Claims Against YouTube Fail By Brian Murphy YouTube describes Restricted Mode as an “optional setting” that enables users of the platform (“such as libraries, schools, and public...
21 Oct, 2022 Does "Italy's #1 Brand of Pasta" Mean That the Pasta was Made in Italy? By Jeff Greenbaum The packaging of certain Barilla pastas states that the product is "Italy's #1 Brand of Pasta." Is this just a statement about Barilla's...
20 Oct, 2022 FTC Begins Rulemaking on Reviews and Endorsements By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it is considering issuing new rules to "combat deceptive or unfair review and...
17 Oct, 2022 Polish Authority Introduces a New Tool for Tagging Ads in AR By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska A new AR filter for Instagram and facebook has just been introduced by the President of Polish Office of Competition and Consumer...
17 Oct, 2022 The Potential of NFTs for the Music Industry By Lydia Mendola Francesco Tognato The music industry has undergone massive changes in the past twenty years. With streaming services overtaking CDs, music became...
17 Oct, 2022 A Copy of a Copy: The Court of Florence on the Unauthorized Reproduction of Cultural Properties By Chiara Marchisotti Francesco Tognato On January 2, 2019, the Court of Florence decided on a matter that is now cropping up again, and that has to do with the unauthorized use...
17 Oct, 2022 FTC Staff Report Brings Dark Patterns to Light By Gary A. Kibel Paavana Kumar Alexa Meera Singh Trick or treat? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff is focused on one “trick” this spooky season: Designing user interfaces to trick...
17 Oct, 2022 GALA RE-ELECTS CHAIRMAN FOR 4TH TERM AND THREE NEW REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS By Stacy Bess At the 20th annual meeting of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance last week in London, Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, Managing Partner of...
15 Oct, 2022 GALA Celebrates 20th Anniversary By Jeff Greenbaum In London this week, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance celebrated its 20th anniversary. GALA is an association of law firms with...