07 Nov, 2024 ASA Rulings Summary, 2 - 9 October 2024 - winter warmers' woes, logo no-goes and HFSS hard lines By Emma Heron Alexia Meade Hannah Potter In October we saw the ASA: (i) remind businesses they can't charge consumers for things advertised as free, (ii) highlight the importance...
29 Oct, 2024 ASA Rulings Summary, 9 - 16 October 2024 - Mid-contract price increases, affiliate marketing saga continues, drink driving and dating app disasters By Emma Heron Hannah Potter Filip Badina In the last few weeks, we have seen the ASA: (i) target mid-contract price increases, (ii) clamp down on affiliate marketing practices...
29 Oct, 2024 Upcycling in fashion: trade marks and exhaustion of rights By Huw Cookson Valentina Mazza Liam Blackford In the fashion and apparel industry, ‘upcycling’ denotes the process by which garments, accessories, bags and fabrics already put on the...
22 Oct, 2024 Navigating the Data Act: What consumer goods organisations need to know about "smart" products By Sophie Lessar Linzi Penman What's New? The EU Data Act introduces design obligations for smart products, data-sharing requirements and mandatory contractual...
24 Sep, 2024 How Technological Disruption is Shaping the Future of CGFR Organisations By Chloe Forster Chris Rennie This year, our DLA Piper Tech Index is global, and captures the views of an even wider cross section of organisations working in the...
18 Sep, 2024 ANZ Food Law Updates By Sophie Edgerton Jessie Buchan Hazel Pang Proposed Changes to the Definition of "Genetically-Modified" under the FSANZ Code (Proposal P1055) Food Standards Australia New Zealand...
17 Sep, 2024 Shrinkflation By Veronika Appl Shrinkflation is a phenomenon where products are reduced in size or quantity while maintaining the same price. The practice is often used...
02 Sep, 2024 Retail Reimagined: the influence of GenAI By Suman Khurana Imran Syed Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Generative AI (GenAI) in particular, is steadily bringing about change in all sectors. The retail...
22 Aug, 2024 Negotiators short on time to wrap up a global plastics treaty By George Gigounas Jesse Medlong Amanda McCaffrey In 2015, the Paris Agreement provided a critical signal of the political will behind global climate action. Now, United Nations members...
09 Aug, 2024 ASA rulings summary, July 2024 - are ads expected in paid streaming subscriptions? gambling ad allowed near(ish) to school and misleading images By Hannah Potter Georgina Doukanaris Alexander Ioannides This month the ASA has made some helpful rulings around (a) whether streaming services need to disclose the presence of paid ads up front...
26 Jul, 2024 Green Claims Developments Gather Pace By Anette Moll Berg Alejandro González Vega David Alexandre Sophie Edgerton John Wilks +2 more... Show less Green claims have become a dominant marketing trend worldwide in recent years. In response to growing concerns about 'greenwashing,'...
25 Jul, 2024 Consumer Bites: Episode 4 – Cross-border royalty arrangements By Jun Au In our fourth vlog of the Consumer Bites Series, Jun Au discusses the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) increased focus on cross-border...
24 Jul, 2024 CMA Secures Undertakings from Wowcher in Dark Patterns Investigation By Mark Dewar Sophie Lessar Kit Lee On 19 July 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that Wowcher, an e-commerce site, has agreed to revise its online...
18 Jul, 2024 ASA rulings summary, June/ July 2024 - TikTok trends go wrong, number one claims and nobody is getting a starter By Hannah Potter Georgina Doukanaris Petros Nafpliotis Amneek Thiara Natalie Shallal Angelica Pediconi +3 more... Show less This month the ASA has provided a reminder that (i) encouraging excessive drinking is no laughing matter; (ii) number 1 claims must be...
16 Jul, 2024 The ESPR: paving the way to a sustainable fashion future By Laura Smit The fashion industry faces increasing scrutiny for its environmental impact and social conditions. It accounts for nearly 10% of all...
11 Jul, 2024 Consumer websites and apps: deceptive privacy choices By Alexa Smith Getting privacy right in a consumer-facing business is not just about having a privacy policy and getting your marketing consents right....