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On May 14, 2024, the Council of the European Union issued recommendations to enhance the legal and social responsibility of influencers...

The Olympic Games will take place in Paris from 26 July to 11 August, and billions of fans will tune in to watch the greatest athletes in...

MediaWrites has previously reported on ASA rulings in relation to sporting personalities and the strong appeal test. We have previously...

With UEFA Euro 2024 rapidly approaching, many businesses will be increasing their marketing output to try and attract new customers in...

Last week, the House of Lords raised its concern with what it considers to be the Government’s underwhelming policy proposals to regulate...

The government announced this week that its long-promised review of the Gambling Act 2005 has been launched – Andy Danson and Andrew Cox...

In compliance with the UK Government’s crackdown on obesity, Ofcom acts to implement the new restrictions on advertising and sponsorship...

On 13 December 2023, following the outcome of Ofcom’s consultation, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) launched its consultation...

In October 2023, the UK’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee (the “Committee”) published a report on the risks posed by non-fungible...

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against Hutch Games Ltd, a mobile app game operator, for misleading app...

A recent report by the Institute of Public Health, in conjunction with TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland, has published findings...

On 10 July 2023, Ofcom published the outcome of its consultation on proposed statutory restrictions on advertising and sponsorship for...

MediaWrites has previously reported on ASA rulings on the Paddy Power and SkyBet adverts featuring Peter Crouch and Micah Richards and...

To what extent is it permissible to parody a copyright protected fictional character for advertising purposes? A recent judgment by the...

Environmental and climate-related advertising claims have increasingly been the subject of (not only) German courts for some time...

As a result of an amendment to the Betting and Gambling Advertising Regulation (Regeling werving, reclame en verslavingspreventie,...