Nov 27, 2024 CMA finds that supermarket loyalty schemes offer essentially genuine savings on your essentials By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Imagine walking into your favourite supermarket, loyalty card in hand, and knowing that the discounts you’re getting are not just a...
Sep 18, 2024 Environmental Claims in Fashion: CMA publishes NEW 'Fashion Supplement' to its Green Claims Code By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Green claims are in vogue. One might say green is the new black, except that creates the impression this might be some passing trend....
Sep 09, 2024 News: When will the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 come into force? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Alex Meloy Fleur Chenevix-Trench A few weeks ago we wrote an update about the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, and when we thought it might be coming...
May 03, 2024 The May Bank Holiday is a washout, so snuggle down with the Ads & Brands Law Digest. By Brinsley Dresden Welcome to the latest edition of our Ads & Brands Law Digest, covering legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant...
Mar 27, 2024 CMA (finally!) resolves investigation into fashion retailers, issues open letter to fashion industry By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Way back in July 2022, the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) put fashion retailers under its very own spotlight by launching...
Jan 26, 2023 Environmental claims: CMA expands investigations to cover household essentials and food & drink By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The CMA today announced that it will examine the accuracy of environmental (green) claims made about household essentials – such as food,...
May 16, 2022 DCMS Select Committee calls for more powers for ASA and CMA to deal with influencer culture By Brinsley Dresden Last week the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee finally published its long-awaited report into influencer...
May 12, 2022 Queen’s Speech 2022: What tech and commercial lawyers need to know By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The UK government set out its plans for a new legislative programme via the Queen’s Speech on 11 May 2022. This article summarises the...
Oct 20, 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...
Sep 22, 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...
Jul 22, 2021 UK government consults on new consumer protections - are we moving toward more muscular, US style regulation? By Brinsley Dresden On a few occasions in recent months we've recently commented on the over reliance on the self-regulatory system to protect consumers,...
Feb 18, 2021 Power to the People: Calls for CMA to become even stronger consumer champion By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Britain’s competition regulator should have an enhanced role, becoming a new consumer champion, according to an government-commissioned...