On 26 May, Ofcom issued a proposed draft guidance on how video-sharing platforms (VSPs) should behave in order to meet their regulatory...

On 1 July 2021, the new State Treaty on Gambling 2021 (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag 2021 – GlüStV 2021) will come into force, bringing...

As per the comments from Guy Parker, ASA Chairman, back in December 2020, with the horrifying death of George Floyd providing an...

As another illustration of the reach of ESG and its importance to all businesses in all sectors, a recent study has made the news for...

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is leading a review of gambling advertising in the UK, with proposals for new laws...

For the first time, ICPEN's annual sweep of websites has focused on misleading environmental claims, and has found that 40% of brands’...

I'm delighted to introduce the first edition of DLA Piper's Influencer Marketing Guide which has been produced by our international...

A new consultation has been launched on proposals to ban online ads for HFSS products, as part of the government’s tackling obesity strategy

UK consumer regulator the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has recently opened an investigation into false and misleading...

We are delighted to launch our 2020 Media and Sport Summit which will be held virtually across four dates in November and December.

The...

I had the pleasure of attending (remotely) the 44th UCLA Entertainment Symposium last week. 

Of particular interest was the...

The ASA has reinforced its position on the use of countdown timers (often deployed to give consumers the impression that a promotional...

On a British Retail Consortium webinar in the midst of the lockdown, Guy Parker, Chief Executive of the UK’s Advertising Standards...

The UK's largest betting and gaming operators have agreed to the voluntary removal of all TV and radio game advertising for six weeks in...

The ASA's and CAP's offices are closed, but regulation of adverts has not stopped.

For anyone with some time to spare who would like to...

As indicated in our previous entry in this blog, the Spanish Government has presented today the new Draft Royal Decree on Gambling...