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Advertising is the most important means of promoting a business. According to one official report, the scale of the advertising industry in China has been continuously expanding and is now [...]

Recent Development The Ministry of Trade ('Ministry') amended the Regulation on Commercial Advertisements and Unfair Commercial Practices ('Regulation'). The amendments revise advertisers' obligations under the Regulation. What's New? The Ministry [...]

Many in the industry are familiar with the following scenario. A young gamer, grinding tirelessly for untold hours perfecting her skill, honing her strategy, finally qualifies for an eSports tournament. [...]

While I was in Moscow over the last few days talking about advertising law issues with lawyers from around the world, there were some recurring themes that came up. What [...]

Yesterday, Google announced that it updated its advertising policies to prohibit advertising for unproven or experimental medical techniques, including stem cell therapy, cellular therapy, and gene therapy. Google's new policy [...]

'False or misleading representations' made or used on goods or in advertisements are proscribed by Article 21 of Taiwan's Fair Trade Act if such representations are 'rendered on matters pertinent [...]

Is your data fresh or stale? Is it filled with nasty additives and preservatives? No More Empty Calories The folks at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Tech Lab have released a [...]

Conventional wisdom would likely conclude that using an image of a competing product to advertise your own runs afoul of false advertising laws. Not necessarily, says a federal judge in [...]

To the surprise of almost nobody, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized their proposed direct-to-consumer advertising regulation the other day. That's the one that would require a statement [...]

AMENDMENT OF THE ADVERTISING CODE Recently, in mid-March, the Portuguese Parliament approved a law introducing restrictions on advertising aimed at minors of foodstuffs and beverages containing high energy, salt content, [...]

On January 22, 2019, the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris sentenced jointly a supermarket brand and a publishing company, on the ground of illicit ad for alcoholic beverages, for [...]

We cover children's privacy and advertising weekly. However, in light of COPPA's recent 20th anniversary, and in the wake of CARU's biggest-yet West Coast CARU conference, ADLaw has enlisted CARU [...]

The official launch of the cannabis industry in Canada has created huge potential. However, it is important to note that the industry is not without its controversies and is a [...]

On April 11, 2019 amendments to the regulation on advertising will be adopted in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 215-VI dated January 8, 2019 'On [...]

In today's world, where the role of electronic media is rampant, advertising is a major tool to reach the masses. Visual representation always had a lasting impact on the mind [...]

Technological advancements frequently outpace the law's ability to respond to the challenges they create. With the click of a button, employers can now reach hundreds or even thousands of potential [...]

When you scroll through Instagram or other social media platforms looking for the latest fashion trends, you may no longer be seeing just the Kardashians all the time, but instead [...]

Unanswered inquiry sends one developer before the FTC Scratch Fad 'The internet is about cats,' a famous wag once said. The Children's Advertising Review Unit's latest investigations seem to confirm [...]

In January 2015, the Turkish Ministry of Customs and Trade issued the Regulation on Commercial Advertisements and Unfair Commercial Practices ('Regulation') on the principles and procedures pertaining to advertising activities, [...]

The MSRB announced August 23, 2019 as the effective date for previously approved amendments to MSRB Rule G-21 and Rule G-40 (collectively, the 'advertising rules'). (See SEC Approves Three MSRB [...]

Advertising Standards Canada ('Ad Standards'), the national self-regulatory body that administers the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards (the 'Code'), recently launched its new process for handling competitive complaints. The new [...]

Company needs to make water bombing a little more lighthearted Summer Splash One of the longstanding rituals of summer - a surprise water balloon attack on an unsuspecting adult - [...]

Health Canada recently proposed measures to reduce the impact of vaping product advertising on youth and non-users of tobacco products. If implemented, these proposals would significantly change vaping promotional restrictions [...]

The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance just released the second edition of Advertising Law: A Global Legal Perspective. The new edition -- which is more than one thousand pages long -- [...]

People on social media, and in some face-to-face social settings, often reveal more about themselves than they need to or really should. When someone makes an embarrassing but unnecessary disclosure, [...]

IntroductionThe annual tradition of the NFL Super Bowl offers more than just a display of the great American sport. Many viewers are drawn to the spectacle to watch the elaborate [...]

On January 30, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a unanimous 11-judge opinion striking down San Francisco's ordinance mandating health warnings on ads for sugary [...]

The Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, struck down a San Francisco ordinance that required health warnings on certain advertising for some types of sugar-sweetened drinks.San Francisco enacted its Sugar-Sweetened Beverage [...]