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Advertising & Marketing 2020 seminar series
26 November 2019Following on from the success of our 2019 series, Lewis Silkin is pleased to announce our Advertising & Marketing 2020 seminar series covering topics for both marketing services agencies and brand owners.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: October 2019
31 October 2019Welcome to the October 2019 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest.
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Giles Crown writes for PDP Journals: Advertising compliance: ASA's won again... for now
Press
18 October 2019Giles Crown has written an article for PDP Journals discussing the recent judicial review claim brought by Actegy against the Advertising Standards Authority.
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Cookie consent is a box-ticking exercise after all!
16 October 2019The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has provided welcome clarity on the consent requirements around the use of cookies by website operators. As if it were ever in doubt, pre-ticked boxes cannot be used as a means of obtaining a website user’s consent to the use of cookies.
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Brinsley Dresden & Sophie Jamieson write for Essential Retail: Navigating the ‘child locks’ of online retail
Press
09 October 2019With statistics from Mintel showing that seven out of 10 children spend money online and with children increasingly growing up with the internet, many retailers operating online will undoubtedly have children among their customers. Brinsley Dresden & Sophie Jamieson ask, what is the legal position for eCommerce businesses that transact with youngsters?
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: September 2019
26 September 2019Welcome to the September 2019 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest.
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Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments for The Guardian and The Times: Philadelphia ad banned over cheesy joke about hapless dads
Press
14 August 2019Geraint Lloyd-Taylor has commented in articles for The Guardian, The Times and a number of news sites. In the articles Geraint discusses two adverts that have become the first to be banned by the ASA under new rules designed to reduce gender stereotyping.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: August 2019
31 July 2019Welcome to the August 2019 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest.
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Jo Farmer comments for Digiday UK: ‘A lot of the time its intuition’: Marketers continue to struggle with attribution in influencer campaigns
Press
10 July 2019In an article for Digiday UK, Jo Farmer comments on the challenge that marketers face when tracking influencers business value.
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Geraint Lloyd-Taylor features in Media & Marketing Podcast for Mediatel Newsline: Tech, tax and Brexit
Press
05 July 2019In The Media and Marketing Podcast for Mediatel Newsline, host John Reynolds speaks with Russ Shaw, co-founder of Tech London Advocates, and Geraint Lloyd-Taylor. Between them they discuss the impact of Brexit on the tech and advertising industries; London Tech Week; the problem of tax; and the virtues and downsides to the government's 'online harms' white paper.
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The inexorable rise of video advertising
02 July 2019London Tech Week this year highlighted many fascinating tech trends. One particular trend that resonated with me is the inexorable rise of video advertising. Here are a few takeaways from the video advertising session hosted by Taptica.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: July 2019
01 July 2019Welcome to the July 2019 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest.
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Thirteen lawyers listed in Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom
Press Release
28 June 2019Lewis Silkin is pleased to announce that thirteen of our lawyers have been listed in the Eighth Edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: May 2019
30 May 2019Welcome to the May 2019 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest. We have selected the legal and regulatory developments from the month that we think are most likely to be of interest, with a very brief summary and then a link to the original and official source or full text of the item.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: April 2019
10 April 2019Welcome to the April 2019 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest, which I hope will be of interest and use to you. We have selected the legal and regulatory developments from the month that we think are most likely to be of interest, with a very brief summary and then a link to the original and official source or full text of the item.
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Lewis Silkin advises Unlimited Group on their acquisition of Direction Group
Deal
05 April 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Unlimited Group on their acquisition of one of the UK’s fastest growing B2B marketing agencies, DirectionGroup
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Alan Hunt comments for Drapers: Offensive fashion: when brands get it horribly wrong
Press
02 April 2019Alan Hunt has commented in an article for Drapers which discusses the age of social media, cultural insensitivity and fashion brands and retailers acting quickly when they get it wrong.
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Lewis Silkin's adlaw blog round up of February
06 March 2019Welcome to the latest roundup of news and insights from our adlaw experts. You can also visit the adlaw blog where you’ll find many more posts about developments in legal and regulatory issues affecting the advertising and marketing sector.
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Lewis Silkin advises Urban Innovation Company in their development and implementation of pulse smart hubs in Belfast
Deal
26 February 2019Lewis Silkin advised Urban Innovation Company (UIC) on its recent and exciting project of introducing the first smart hubs to the streets of Belfast. The £3M project, funded entirely by UIC which designs and builds next generation telecommunication hubs, will help people stay connected - and even save lives. Lewis Silkin supported UIC with a variety of commercial, corporate, IP, planning and data privacy related advice.
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Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments for LexisNexis: Moderating marketing - can the law take a stand against problematic adverts?
14 February 2019In an article for Lexis Nexis, Geraint Lloyd-Taylor discusses the background of the recent backlash of certain adverts, highlighting that ‘time will tell’ how effectively the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will regulate this ‘potentially thorny and subjective issue’.