12 May, 2023 Unions Reach Agreement with Advertising Industry to End Mandatory COVID-19 Protocols for Commercial Productions By Samantha Rothaus Howard Weingrad The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), representing union performers, and the Joint...
20 Jan, 2023 If You're Making Temporary Changes to Your Supply Chain, Check Out the Latest FTC "Made in USA" Settlement By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it reached a settlement with Instant Brands, the maker of Pyrex kitchen products,...
02 Dec, 2021 ASA eschews the opportunity to take sides in the anti-vaxxers' culture war with Tesco By Brinsley Dresden The anti-vaxxers owe much of their "success" to the use of social media to amplify their frankly baseless theories about the Covid-19...
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...
21 Jul, 2021 Has advertising been a force for good during the Covid-19 pandemic? By Brinsley Dresden One of the justifications for advertising in a capitalist democracy is that it lubricates engine of innovation. Without advertising, how...
16 Apr, 2021 FTC Brings First Action Under COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission sued Quickwork LLC and its owner with violating the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act and the FTC Act,...
29 Jan, 2021 Sexist government advertising makes the case for the return of the Central Office of Information By Brinsley Dresden God knows these are dark times. This second lockdown (or is it the third?) is beginning to take its toll, even on those of us who rather...
29 Dec, 2020 Some Tips for 2021 From the Frankfurt Kurnit Advertising Group By Jeff Greenbaum As we finish up 2020, here are some tips from members of the Frankfurt Kurnit advertising group about some of the important issues that...
24 Dec, 2020 MP uses ASA, not FCA, to tackle BNPL By Brinsley Dresden For some months now, concern has been growing about a form of credit known as 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (or BNPL for short). At first sight,...
25 Sep, 2020 Automotive Advertising: It has been a bumpy road, but are we about to turn a corner? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Zenith’s Automotive Advertising Expenditure Forecast was released this week, and it makes interesting reading for the car industry and...
13 Aug, 2020 ICAS and EASA Release Report on Advertising Self-Regulation During COVID-19 By Jeff Greenbaum The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation and the European Advertising Standards Alliance just published a joint report,...
24 Jul, 2020 Who ate all the pies? Boris did! And he's not even watching TV... By Brinsley Dresden The papers are full of speculation that Boris Johnson is due to announce sweeping new restrictions on the advertising and marketing of...
11 Jun, 2020 Automatic Renewal Programs: Reducing Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic By Len Gordon By Ellen T. Berge, Ari N. Rothman, and Shahin O. Rothermel Although the coronavirus pandemic has impacted every business over the past...
09 Jun, 2020 GALA Releases Report on Global COVID-19 Advertising Law Developments By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance released a report today on worldwide advertising law developments in response to the COVID-19...
27 May, 2020 Lessons in Media Buying for a Post-Covid World By Rayna Lopyan Like everyone these days, advertisers and their agencies are feeling the effects of the current pandemic, and the impact on their...
12 May, 2020 INFLUENCERS AND COVID-19: A STRUGGLE BETWEEN FAME AND HEALTH By Triana Uribe & Michelsen Ltda COVID-19 has brought unexpected changes affecting all our lives and making our understanding of “normal”, a memory of different times, to...