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1. Greenwashing: Emerging Compliance And Cross-Border Legal Risks

Author

DuCharme, Seth D.

Subjects
United Kingdom. Competition and Markets Authority -- Powers and duties, Criminal law -- Forecasts and trends -- Interpretation and construction, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction -- Forecasts and trends, Greenwashing -- Forecasts and trends -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Greenwashing, or the use of green 'claims' to improve a business' or product's environmental credentials with consumers, has come under significant scrutiny in recent years. Both the Advertising Standards Authority [...]

Published
2024

2. ASA Announces Stricter Interpretation Of Green Claims, With Greater Emphasis On Social Responsibility

Author

Dresden, Brinsley

Subjects
Corporate social responsibility -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Environmental aspects, Greenwashing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

On Friday 23rd June the UK's Advertising Standards Authority issued an updated version of their guidance on misleading environmental claims. The guidance updates the previous version, from December 2021, (although [...]

Published
2023

3. Proper Preparation And Planning Prevent Peter From Performing Poorly For Paddy Power

Author

Dresden, Brinsley

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Gambling industry -- Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

On the 8th February, the Advertising Standards Authority did the double, publishing its first two decisions about whether gambling ads have 'strong appeal' to the under-18s. In the first fixture, [...]

Published
2023

4. Gordon Ramsay's Gin Ad Censured For Making Nutrition Claims. But He's In Good Company

Author

Dresden, Brinsley

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when someone had to tell Gordon Ramsay that the ad for his branded gin had been banned by the Advertising Standards [...]

Published
2022

5. The Loss Of Innocent: How UK Regulators Are Tackling Greenwashing

Author

Dresden, Brinsley

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Evaluation, Greenwashing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The history of advertising is littered with ads banned for sexual or violent content, but one of the highest-profile adverts recently prohibited by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) features an [...]

Published
2022

6. DCMS Select Committee Calls For More Powers For ASA And CMA To Deal With Influencer Culture

Subjects
Consumer protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Social media -- Usage, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Marketing -- Methods, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Last week the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee finally published its long-awaited report into influencer culture. According to Vuelio's UK Influencer Survey 2020, the percentage of influencers [...]

Published
2022

7. What The Actual FUDGE?!

Author

Lloyd-Taylor, Geraint and Silkin, Lewis

Subjects
Words, Obscene -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Social aspects, Swearing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

**WARNING: This post quotes the Advertising Standards Authority using actual, hard-core swear words... again! No advertisers swore in the making of this post** The ASA has banned a series of [...]

Published
2022

8. ASA Issues Enforcement Notices Against 50 Companies That Advertise Crypto

Author

Lloyd-Taylor, Geraint

Subjects
Crypto-currencies -- Usage -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The ASA has issued an 'Enforcement Notice' to over 50 companies that advertise cryptocurrencies, 'instructing them to review their ads and to ensure they understand and are complying with the [...]

Published
2022

9. Savings Claims - Emma Finds Out The ASA Won't Take Misleading Claims Lying Down

Subjects
Mattress industry -- Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Discounts (Sales) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Emma, the mattress company, featured a number of claims on its UK website and in a poster that appeared on the London Underground. Ad (a): A product page on the [...]

Published
2022

10. Advertising Standards Authority Guidance On Advertising In-game Purchases To Be Reviewed

Subjects
Video game advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Video game industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

EU - ADVERTISING AND MARKETING Following a public consultation in October 2020, the ASA has published formal guidance on the advertising of in-game purchases. The guidance aims to prevent harm [...]

Published
2022

11. Another Fake Endorsement By Martin Lewis Exposes A Flaw In Ad Regulation, Again.....but Is There A Solution?

Author

Dresden, Brinsley

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, False advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

This week, the Advertising Standards Authority banned yet another ad for a financial product which falsely claimed to be endorsed by Martin Lewis, the famous financial journalist and founder of [...]

Published
2021

12. Strong Not Skinny? ASA Ban Nasty Gal Advert Over Underweight Model

Author

Cooper, Liz

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Fashion models -- Laws, regulations and rules, Clothing stores -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

22 complaints were received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) from viewers who described adverts by online fashion retailer Nasty Gal as 'socially irresponsible'. The adverts which aired earlier this [...]

Published
2018

13. Adverts For Online Pharmacy Ailed By ASA Ruling

Author

Khandaker, Maherunesa

Subjects
United Kingdom. National Health Service -- Powers and duties, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmacy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Drugstores -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Adverts, for online pharmacist Pharmacy2U, appearing on Twitter and TV claiming that managing repeat prescriptions online could save the NHS 'over £300 million a year on prescription costs' have been [...]

Published
2018

14. CAP And ASA To Crack Down On Misleading Delivery Claims And Delivery Charges

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, E-commerce -- Laws, regulations and rules, Electronic commerce, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has published an enforcement notice on advertised delivery restrictions and surcharges, alongside additional guidance on delivery charges. CAP's enforcement notice With the ever increasing [...]

Published
2018

15. Skin-deep truths about beauty; Advertising standards

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Personal care industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Advertising, Government regulation, Business, Economics, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Skin-care advertisements are being hammered by tough new rulings INFLATED claims in the beauty industry are a hazard of the trade. But a recent spate of tough adjudications by the [...]

Published
2011

16. COTTON ADS BANNED BY U.K. AUTHORITY

Author

Zarocostas, John

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Cotton -- Advertising, Government regulation, Business, Fashion, accessories and textiles industries, Retail industry, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Published
2008

17. ASA to clamp down on sexist stereotypes

Subjects
Advertising campaigns -- Laws, regulations and rules, Stereotype (Psychology) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law, Government regulation, Business, Food and beverage industries, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

UK brands face a clampdown on sexist tropes, following a major review by the ads regulator of gender stereotyping. The ASA this week published an evidence-based case for stronger regulation [...]

Published
2017

18. ADVERTISING - PESTER POWER: A criminal case

Author

Choueke, Mark

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Children as consumers -- Target marketing, Government regulation
Abstract

Legislation criminalising advertisers that use 'pester power' to sell goods targeted at children has provoked a backlash among marketers, who claim that the existing system - a combination of self-regulation […]

Published
2005

19. CAP working party

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Advertising agencies -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Interpretation and construction, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Interpretation and construction, Government regulation
Abstract

The ASA's Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), the body which creates the self-regulatory codes governing advertising, was supposed to discuss tightening up the rules on viral ads at its meeting […]

Published
2005

20. News brief: KFC ad is cleared by ASA

Subjects
KFC Corp. -- Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Restaurant industry -- Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

KFC's ad featuring people talking with their mouths full has been cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority, despite setting a new record of 1671 complaints. KFC argued that the ad [...]

Published
2005

21. Pantene promise doesn't wash

Subjects
Procter & Gamble Co. -- Advertising, Hair conditioners -- Advertising, Soap and cleaning agents industry -- Advertising, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

A TV commercial for Pantene Pro-V shampoo and conditioner should be changed because it is misleading, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled. The ASA upheld five complaints about the advertisement [...]

Published
2005

22. ASA stays out of row over joining euro in test of new ad code

Subjects
Advertising agencies -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Business, international, Mass communications, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority has refused to become embroiled in the heated battle between supporters and opponents of Britain joining the single European currency. In the first test of the [...]

Published
2000

23. Hard-Hitting RSPCA Ad Exterminated By ASA

Author

Weaser, Nick

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Advertising
Abstract

The ASA has this week upheld complaints against an RSPCA ad that suggested badgers in cull areas would be 'exterminated'. The poster showed a picture of a badger, a bullet [...]

Published
2013

24. ASA slaps wrists

Subjects
Advertising -- Chronologies, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Alcohol industry -- Chronologies, Alcohol industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Rulings by the Advertising Standards Authority since alcohol advertising rules were tightened in October 2005: 11 January 2006 There was a public complaint against two Young's Brewery posters. One featured [...]

Published
2006

25. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Office of Communications -- Advertising, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will assume responsibility for the regulation of broadcast advertising from Ofcom from November 1. The 'new' ASA will be unveiled on October […]

Published
2004

26. WKD breaches a barrier

Author

McAllister, Sean

Subjects
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. -- Cases, Beverage Brands -- Cases, Breweries -- Cases, Brewing industry -- Cases, Beverage industry -- Cases, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Watchdogs have fired another warning shot at drinks ads that overstep the mark. The Advertising Standards Authority this week issued the latest reprimand to the industry by condemning poster ads [...]

Published
2004

27. Dunlop ad campaign falls foul of ASA rules

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Advertising Standards Authority -- Investigations, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Tire industry -- Discipline, Government regulation, Company legal issue, Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd. -- Discipline
Abstract

Goodyear Dunlop Tyres has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for encouraging drivers to ignore Highway Code advice on stopping distances. The advertising watchdog has upheld complaints against a […]

Published
2004

28. 'Hydration' ruling to be challenged

Subjects
Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Masterfoods has slammed a ruling by advertising watchdogs that threatens to throw campaigns for its AquaDrops newcomer into disarray. The Advertising Standards Authority shocked the company this week when it [...]

Published
2004

29. Fries ad banned

Subjects
McDonald's Corp. -- Advertising, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Restaurant industry -- Advertising, Government regulation, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Published
2004

30. The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld five complaints against ads

Subjects
Advanced Hair Studio -- Marketing, Beauty shops -- Marketing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Consumer complaints -- Laws, regulations and rules, Consumer goods industry -- Marketing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Services industry -- Marketing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Company marketing practices, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Business, international, Mass communications, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld five complaints against ads for Advanced Hair Studio, which claimed to treat thinning hair, saying they misled customers. Last week, a former client and [...]

Published
2002

31. ASA rejects Govt criticism of Nalgo ad

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Government regulation, Labor unions -- Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority has dismissed a complaint by Michael Howard, the Employment Secretary, about the |pounds~2 million campaign by BMP DDB Needham for Nalgo, the local government union. Howard [...]

Published
1992

32. Watching Over US: These are the trade body chiefs who will try to convince super-regulator Ofcom to prioritise their members' needs. Colin Grimshaw reviews the associations, their powers and goals

Author

Grimshaw, Colin

Subjects
United Kingdom. Radio Authority -- Powers and duties, Radio broadcasting, Television broadcasting industry, Societies, Advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising law, Radio broadcasting industry, Television broadcasting, Publishing industry, Marketing industry, Associations, institutions, etc., Publishing industry, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Office of Communications (United Kingdom) -- Powers and duties
Abstract

This year's Communications Bill laid the foundation for a revolution in the way the media is managed and regulated by approving plans for an all-powerful industry watchdog, the Office of [...]

Published
2001

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