Apr 14, 2023 Green Claims: A New EU Proposal for a Directive on Substantiation and Communication of Explicit Environmental Claims By Donata Cordone Thanks to Clara Fallocco for collaborating on this article On March 22, 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a directive...
Oct 27, 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...
Jun 07, 2022 Bulgaria Implemented the Omnibus Directive. More Transparency or Yet Another Burden for Compliance? By Violetta Kunze Vladislav Antonov Directive (EU) 2019/2161 as regards the better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules (the “Omnibus Directive”)...
Feb 18, 2022 Zero Stars: FTC and NAD Will Not Permit Consumer Review Suppression By Allison Fitzpatrick Paavana Kumar Sumi Naidoo The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is encouraging marketers to evaluate their policies regarding consumer reviews. The Commission’s...
Jan 07, 2022 Advertising a Longer Guarantee Period? Even if Not Misleading, Still May Violate the Law By Violetta Kunze Vladislav Antonov A new Law for the provision of digital content and digital services and for the sale of goods (the "Law") entered into force on 1st...
Dec 13, 2021 New Regime for Prevention and Combat of Unauthorized Financial Activity and Consumer Protection By Ricardo Henriques Sofia Agostinho A new regime for preventing and fighting unauthorized financial activity and consumer protection was approved with the aim of creating a...
Aug 03, 2021 New Law on the Portuguese Customer Service Lines By Ricardo Henriques Sofia Agostinho In Portugal, Article 9-D of the Consumer Protection Law used to impose on economic operators, the obligation to refrain from charging...
Jun 21, 2021 It Is All About Substantiation By Triana Uribe & Michelsen Ltda The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce initiated an investigation against UNIVELER, specifically, concerning the advertisement of...
Jun 07, 2021 Hungarian Competition Authority Classifies Typical Green Claims By Aniko Keller Lilla Szabo This article is a follow-up to our previous reports on greenwashing (links: Fighting ‘Greenwashing’ – Extensive Sweep Conducted by the...