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1. Fast-Charging Claims Spark A Debate

Author

Yilinkou, Ardie

Subjects
Hyundai Corp. -- Advertising -- Investigations, Toyota Motor Corp. -- Advertising -- Investigations, Automobile industry -- Advertising -- Investigations, False advertising -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Automobile Industry, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

On 28th June 2023, Hyundai and Toyota found themselves on the wrong side of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) relating to a decision that touches on the automotive and environmental [...]

Published
2023

2. UK's ASA Roasts Oatly's Climate-Friendly Claims

Author

Wolff, Kristi

Subjects
Oatly Inc. -- Investigations, False advertising -- Investigations, Natural foods industry -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

If you're among the over 40% of U.S. consumers who vowed to change how you eat in the new year, fitting into pants that don't have elastic waistbands may be [...]

Published
2022

3. Reading The Tea Leaves: The ASA And Intellectual Property Rights

Author

Mayner, Jonathan

Subjects
False advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Intellectual property -- Laws, regulations and rules, Fair trade laws -- Interpretation and construction -- Analysis, Intellectual property law -- Interpretation and construction -- Analysis, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Intellectual property, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Jonny Mayner reviews two Advertising Standards Authority Decisions from 2018 in which the regulator has taken a view on the validity or subsistence of intellectual property rights. Is the ASA [...]

Published
2018

4. ASA pulls plug on Coors Light TV ad for appealing to underage drinkers

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Advertising Standards Authority -- Cases, Breweries -- Advertising, Brewing industry -- Advertising, Television advertising -- Cases, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Cases, Company legal issue
Abstract

A television ad for Coors Light lager featuring two white men singing a reggae-style song about the drink has been banned by the advertising regulator for appealing to under 18-year-olds. […]

Published
2008

5. ASA decrees Home Office drink ad is not offensive

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Public service advertising -- Cases, Public service advertising -- Evaluation, Advertising agencies -- Cases, Company legal issue, United London Group Inc. -- Cases
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected complaints that an anti-drunkeness ad from the Home Office, which shows a young man falling from scaffolding, might cause general offence or scare […]

Published
2007

6. ASA says ad for Tesco Home Insurance misled customers

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Banking industry -- Joint ventures, False advertising -- Cases, Financial services industry -- Discipline, Financial services industry -- Joint ventures, Banking industry, Financial services industry, Company joint venture, Company legal issue, Royal Bank of Scotland PLC -- Joint ventures, Tesco Personal Finance Ltd. -- Discipline, Tesco Personal Finance Ltd. -- Joint ventures
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rapped Tesco Personal Finance for a misleading TV ad that claimed online consumers would receive a 50% discount on insurance quotes. The ad, for […]

Published
2006

7. ASA investigates Vittel 'sports' ads

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Bottled water industry -- Advertising, Bottled water industry -- Investigations, Drinking water, Bottled -- Advertising, Company legal issue, Vittel -- Investigations, Vittel -- Advertising
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is investigating complaints that a campaign for water brand Vittel encourages and condones anti- social behaviour. The poster campaign encourages consumers to use full and […]

Published
2006

8. ASA criticses Barclays

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Insurance industry -- Advertising, Insurance industry -- Investigations, Property and casualty insurance -- Prices and rates, Property and casualty insurance -- Advertising, Television advertising -- Investigations, Insurance industry, Company legal issue, Company pricing policy, Barclays Portugal -- Advertising, Barclays Portugal -- Investigations
Abstract

The ASA has also criticised Barclays over a "price matching" deal on its home insurance offer. The TV ad, created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty, was investigated earlier in the year […]

Published
2006

9. Disaronno ad slammed for sexual slant

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Alcoholic beverage industry -- Advertising, Alcoholic beverage industry -- Investigations, False advertising -- Investigations, Company legal issue, First Drinks Brands Ltd. -- Advertising, First Drinks Brands Ltd. -- Investigations
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has criticised First Drinks Brands (FDB) over a cinema campaign which connected its Disaronno liqueur brand with seduction. The ASA investigated after a member of […]

Published
2006

10. Young's Bitter falls foul of new alcohol ad guidelines

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Alcoholic beverage industry -- Advertising, Alcoholic beverage industry -- Cases, Alcoholic beverage industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Alcoholic beverages -- Advertising, Alcoholic beverages -- Laws, regulations and rules, Television advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Young's & Company Brewery PLC -- Advertising, Young's & Company Brewery PLC -- Cases
Abstract

Young's Bitter has become the first alcohol brand to have its advertising banned under new Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) guidelines about linking alcohol to social success and seduction. The rules […]

Published
2006

11. ASA raps Nuts for 'Europe's best-selling magazine' claim

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Audit Bureau of Circulations -- Management, Periodical publishing -- Market share, Periodical publishing -- Marketing, Periodical publishing -- Investigations, False advertising -- Investigations, Periodicals -- Company sales and earnings, Periodicals -- Laws, regulations and rules, Periodicals -- Investigations, Company business management, Company legal issue, Company marketing practices, Company market share, Government regulation, IPC Ignite -- Investigations, IPC Ignite -- Marketing
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has this week upheld a complaint by EMAP about an e-mail alert from IPC Ignite-owned lads magazine Nuts that claims it is the best-selling men's […]

Published
2005

12. ASA investigates 'bad taste' Burger King advertisement

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Restaurant industry -- Advertising, Restaurant industry -- Investigations, Television advertising -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Burger King Corp. -- Investigations, Burger King Corp. -- Advertising
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is investigating an ad for Burger King featuring a cow wearing a BK-branded blanket. The ASA has received 70 complaints about the "#1.99er"ad for the […]

Published
2005

13. New Campaigns: Paddy Power

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Outdoor advertising -- Investigations, Outdoor advertising -- Religious aspects, Computer services industry -- Advertising, Computer services industry, Company legal issue, Paddy Power -- Advertising
Abstract

Paddy Power is bringing a controversial ad campaign across the Irish Sea after it was banned from poster sites in the Republic of Ireland. The ad, a spoof of Leonardo […]

Published
2005

14. Skittles 'granny flasher' ad gets green light from ASA

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Advertising Standards Authority -- Cases, Nudity -- Cases, Advertising -- Cases, Travel agents -- Marketing, Travel agents -- Advertising, Company legal issue, Company marketing practices
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dismissed complaints against a Skittles television ad showing a grandmother ripping open her blouse and flashing at her grandson. The ASA received 41 complaints […]

Published
2005

15. ASA sets ISPs deadline for speed claims

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Advertising Standards Authority -- Investigations, Internet service providers -- Management, Internet service providers -- Services, Internet service provider, Company business management, Company legal issue
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority has given marketers three months to clarify the claims they make about internet speeds. The body has asked internet service providers to spell out differences between […]

Published
2005

16. 'Fockers' mailing puts DVD retailer under ASA scrutiny

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Video recording industry -- Cases, Company legal issue
Abstract

Sendit.com, the Belfast-based online DVD and CD retailer, has been reported to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a recent mailing promoting the DVD release of the film Meet the […]

Published
2005

17. 'Sado-masochistic' gym leaflet censured by ASA

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Personal care industry -- Investigations, Personal care industry -- Advertising, Company legal issue, Gymbox -- Investigations, Gymbox -- Advertising
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a "sado- masochistic" leaflet for a gym from being distributed to commuters. The leaflet for Gymbox, which was designed by Gymbox and its […]

Published
2005

18. ASA upholds complaint

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Gambling industry -- Investigations, Gambling industry -- Marketing, Company marketing practices, Company legal issue
Abstract

The ASA has upheld a complaint against a TV ad for online gaming site Pokerstars.net, for promoting gambling for money. The ad featured players who mentioned how much they had […]

Published
2005

19. Complaints about Soil Association

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Soil Association -- Investigations, Soil Association -- Advertising, Advertising -- Investigations, Company legal issue
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority has partly upheld complaints about a Soil Association leaflet that claimed that organic farming is kinder to animals than industrial farming techniques. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. […]

Published
2005

20. ASA probes Jamie's Dinners outdoor ads

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Television programs -- Advertising, Television programs -- Investigations, Company legal issue
Abstract

Poster ads for Channel 4 television series Jamie's School Dinners are under investigation by the advertising watchdog, following complaints from women and the gay community. The complainants say that two […]

Published
2005

21. Irn Bru 'streakers' ad rapped over scheduling

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Advertising -- Cases, Soft drink industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, AG Barr -- Cases
Abstract

Scottish soft drinks company AG Barr has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for showing a group of streakers in a television ad for Irn Bru during a […]

Published
2005

22. Software Comparison Site Feels The Crunch Of The UK Regulator

Author

Morris, Huw

Subjects
False advertising -- Cases, Web sites (World Wide Web) -- Cases, Accounting services -- Cases, Software industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Company Web site/Web page, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

A UK website offering reviews of accounting software that was operated by TheAccountancyPartnership.com Ltd t/a Pandle ('Pandle') was recently challenged by Crunch Accounting Ltd ('Crunch') on purported misleading advertising and [...]

Published
2015

23. Tesco ad trouble

Author

Glotz, Julia

Subjects
Tesco PLC -- Advertising, Horse meat -- Advertising, Supermarkets -- Advertising, False advertising -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Food and beverage industries, Business, international, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

* Tesco ad trouble: The ASA has slapped down Tesco for an ad it ran at the height of the horsemeat scandal, apologising to customers. The ASA said the ad [...]

Published
2013

24. ASA drops W H Smith Richard & Judy Book Club ad complaint

Subjects
WH Smith Group PLC -- Advertising -- Cases, Richard and Judy Book Club (Television program) -- Advertising, Booksellers -- Advertising -- Cases, False advertising -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, international, Publishing industry, Retail industry, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

A complaint against a W H Smith advert for the Richard and Judy Book Club has not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority. The television broadcast, promoting the husband-and [...]

Published
2011

25. ASA's judgment clears Coco Pops

Subjects
Cereal products industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Cases, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority has thrown out a claim against Kellogg's over a TV ad campaign for its Coco Pops cereal brand. Viewers complained that the ad, which shows children [...]

Published
2008

26. Wrong notes

Subjects
PepsiCo Inc. -- Advertising, PepsiCo Inc. -- Cases, Advertising campaigns -- Standards, Soft drink industry -- Advertising, Soft drink industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

PepsiCo has run into trouble over health claims in its Walkers snacks advertising again. Viewers have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority that leaflets for Walkers salt and vinegar Quavers [...]

Published
2006

27. Tango Pipes a 'risk to kids'

Subjects
Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd. -- Advertising, Television advertising -- Cases, Television advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Soft drink industry -- Advertising, Government regulation, Company legal issue, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Britvic's 'Tango Pipes' TV ad poses a serious risk of harm to children. The authority suspended the ad two weeks ago (The Grocer, [...]

Published
2004

28. Lowe

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Soap and cleaning agents industry -- Advertising, Soap and cleaning agents industry -- Cases, Soap and cleaning agents industry -- Investigations, Advertising agencies -- Contracts, Company legal issue, Contract agreement, Lever Faberge Ltd. -- Investigations, Lever Faberge Ltd. -- Advertising, Lever Faberge Ltd. -- Cases, Lowe Alice -- Contracts
Abstract

Lowe's press ads for Lever Faberge's Sure Crystal for men featuring James Dean, Steve McQueen and Elvis Presley are being investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority following a complaint that […]

Published
2004

29. ASA censures Trojan poster campaign

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Contraceptives industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Trojan Corp. -- Cases
Abstract

US condom brand Trojan has been censured by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for encouraging children to access sexually explicit material through its website. Its poster campaign features a woman […]

Published
2004

30. Tesco leaflets rapped by ASA

Subjects
Tesco PLC -- Cases, Supermarkets -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority has partly upheld a complaint made against Tesco over leaflets claiming it sold '1,000s of products cheaper than Safeway'. The claims made in the leaflets were [...]

Published
2004

31. Sex parody harmless

Subjects
Television advertising -- Analysis, Television advertising -- Cases, Breweries -- Advertising, Brewing industry -- Advertising, Company legal issue, Business, Business, international, Food and beverage industries, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority this week dismissed complaints that a Greene King cinema ad for IPA beer was degrading to women and unsuitable for children to see. The ad, shown [...]

Published
2004

32. 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

33. 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

34. ASA issues 'fake invoice' warning

Author

Cubitt, Emily

Subjects
Invoices, Company legal issue, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, general, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Advertising Standards Authority -- Investigations
Abstract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is warning companies to beware of a devious ploy designed to encourage payment of fake invoices. The direct mail seam, which is being driven by [...]

Published
2004

35. ASA investigates 'racist' Metropolitan Police ad

Author

Singh, Sonoo

Subjects
Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties, Marketing industry -- Investigations, Company legal issue
Abstract

A Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism press campaign that urges the public to report individuals they suspect of being terrorists has attracted public complaints for being racist. The ad, titled "Life Savers", […]

Published
2004

36. ASA backs Dyson complaints

Author

Clark, Anthony

Subjects
Dyson Ltd. -- Cases, Electrolux AB -- Cases, Home appliances industry -- Cases, False advertising -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Business, international, Electronics and electrical industries, Retail industry, Advertising Standards Authority -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The case filed by Dyson against Electrolux for producing misleading information about Dyson's vacuum cleaners in its magazine and televisions advertisements, calling Dyson's machines inferior to its Miele machines, is discussed. Advertising Standards Authority has supported the claims and asked Miele not to repeat the actions.

Published
2007

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