02 Apr, 2024 Legal Battle in the Spanish Energy Sector Over 'Greenwashing' Claims By Carolina Montero In a significant move within Spain's energy sector, Iberdrola, a prominent Spanish electric utility, has initiated legal proceedings...
08 Jan, 2024 New Spanish Register for Audiovisual Service Providers (Including Influencers and Vloggers) By Ignacio Temino A year and a half after the approval of Law 13/2022, of 7 July, General Audiovisual Communication, the new State Register of Audiovisual...
10 Nov, 2021 Consumer Affairs Will Regulate the Advertising of “Non-Healthy” Foods and Beverages Aimed at Minors in Spain By Carolina Montero Consumer Affairs will ban the advertising of "non-healthy" food and beverages (including chocolates, sweets, cookies, desserts, juices,...
06 Oct, 2021 No More Celebrities in Gambling Ads in Spain By Carolina Montero The most relevant limitations are on sport sponsorship, broadcasting hours in general, welcome promotions, presence celebrities or...
05 Oct, 2021 New Consumer Protection Regulations in Sight: Promoted Search Engine Results and Fake Reviews in the Spotlight By Ruben Canales The Spanish institutions have initiated the procedure to amend the consumer and user protection regulations, to adapt it to the new forms...
17 May, 2021 Advertising Crypto Currencies in Spain Is Now Subject to Administrative Control By Ignacio Temino Earlier this year a local crypto exchange, Bit2me, deployed a massive campaign promoting bitcoin in Madrid and Barcelona. The firm put...
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...
05 Jun, 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...
31 Mar, 2020 No Gambling with the COVID19 By Carolina Montero The Spanish Government just announced that it prohibits gambling advertising during the state of alarm that will last at least two more...
05 Feb, 2020 Mediaset Espana and Atresmedia Fined for Anti-Competitive Behavior By Carolina Montero The Spanish antitrust regulator, CNMC, imposed a multi-million euro fine for anti-competitive behavior related to the marketing of...
04 Feb, 2020 Financial Products Advertising Restricted in Spain By Ignacio Temino The Spanish authority for the supervision and inspection of Spanish securities markets ("CNMV-Comisión Nacional de Mercados y Valores")...
12 Jun, 2019 New EU Directive to Adapt the Protection of Copyright to the Digital Single Market By Ruben Canales After several years of negotiations, the European Parliament has finally approved two new Directives to adapt the protection of copyright...