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Herrington Carmichael
The Online Safety Act 2023 (the "Act") is a new piece of legislation that aims to enhance internet safety and tackle online harms. This legislation went through various stages...
Herbert Smith Freehills
The FCA has published finalised guidance (FG24/1) to clarify its expectations of firms and others, such as influencers, communicating financial promotions on social media.
Osborne Clarke
The ASA ruled against Space NK's 2023 beauty advent calendar related promotion, citing breaches of the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (CAP Code)...
Marks & Clerk
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, launched her new lifestyle brand "American Riviera Orchard" on Instagram yesterday and I've noticed there are already over 10...
Lewis Silkin
A flurry of recent cases explore the protection against discrimination available to employees when manifesting their gender critical beliefs – both at work and online.
Herrington Carmichael
Over the course of the last few months, the Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") have provided updates on their work in tackling inappropriate online advertising...
Venner Shipley
The UK Online Safety Act (the ‘Act'), heralded as a progressive step toward internet regulation, has become law amid significant concerns. The Act received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023...
Herbert Smith Freehills
In Phillips v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2024] EWHC 32 (Admin) the High Court considered the boundaries...
Marks & Clerk
A second study by the UKIPO shows that 24% of males in the UK aged between 16 and 60 are prompted to purchase counterfeit products as a result of endorsements by social media influencers.
AlixPartners
There is only one constant in the world of retail – change.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
The Information Commissioner's Office continues to push for greater protections online for children. Their Children's Code outlays key requirements for all Information Society Services...
TLT Solicitors
My day begins at around 7:30. I try to get the morning started with some quick breakfast, which is very often cereal. I like having my bag packed the night before so after jumping...
Keltie LLP
Welcome to the vibrant world where style meets legality – Intellectual Property (IP) for the UK fashion industry. The fashion industry contributes to the economy. According to the latest...
Marks & Clerk
On Tuesday, a New York jury unanimously ruled in favour of Chanel in their lawsuit against the luxury second-hand reseller, What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA).
BCL Solicitors LLP
Last week, saw pornographic deepfake images of mega-star, Taylor Swift, circulated on various social media platforms, including X and Meta. Not only were the images themselves...
European Union
Osborne Clarke
The European Commission, and national consumer protection authorities from 22 Member States, Norway and Iceland have published the results of a screening sweep of 576 posts...
Ropes & Gray LLP
From 17 February 2024 the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which to date applied only to the largest intermediary service providers within its scope (ISPs), will apply to all ISPs.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022 and aims to create a safer and more transparent online environment...
Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
The European Commission and various national consumer protection authorities have been carrying out a sweep of posts by 572 influencers.
Potter Clarkson
Early on the morning of Thursday 1 February TikTok started to remove the back catalogues of Universal Music Group (UMG) artists from the platform.
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