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  • Pricing and discount claims: WAS misleading, NOW compliant

    28 August 2024

    In August 2024, the CMA issued updated guidance on reference pricing. As the consumer law REVOLUTION continues in the UK, this latest development offers important insight into the CMA’s approach to discount claims, and introduces important new standards.

  • Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: Basics of Consumer Law

    11 July 2024

    Businesses intending to sell goods, services or digital content to consumers in the UK will need to ensure they are doing so in a way that is compliant with UK consumer laws. UK consumer laws are complex and are set out in a number of different pieces of legislation, and so it is important to think carefully about what laws will apply and how.

  • Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: Running prize promotions in the UK

    18 June 2024

    A prize promotion can be a great way for a promoter to engage with its customers – and potentially find new ones. But getting it right isn’t always easy. And when things go wrong – as they sometimes do despite the best of intentions – a promoter can find itself facing negative publicity and even an adverse ruling from the Advertising Standards Authority.

  • Another blow for Big Tech as political agreement is reached in record time on a new digital services framework

    23 June 2022

    No doubt spurred on by events in Ukraine and growing concerns about the societal impact of the spread of misinformation, on 22 April 2022 the European Parliament and EU Member States reached a political agreement on the European Commission’s proposals on the Digital Services Act (DSA) in record time.

  • 1 in 3 internet users fail to question misinformation - Ofcom

    01 April 2022

    More than a third of internet users are unaware that online content might be false or biased, according to new Ofcom research.

  • New advisory body for Scottish consumers

    25 June 2020

    If you sell goods or services to consumers in Scotland, take note as the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 has received Royal Assent.

  • To UPC or not UPC – implementation of Unified Patent Court delayed (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)

    23 June 2017

    The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is intended to provide a regional forum resolve patent disputes. At the moment, parties have to litigate patent disputes on a country by country basis across Europe, which is time-consuming, expensive and can lead to differing decisions in some countries. UPC decisions will have effect in all 25 states participating in the UPC, providing a single forum to resolve these disputes.

  • January 2017: Health and Safety news

    24 January 2017

  • The ASA opens a can of worms

    24 November 2016

    When is a can of baked beans a danger to children?

  • Is the ASA killing native advertising?

    Press

    22 January 2016

    Brinsley Dresden has authored an article for Marketing Magazine which discusses the Advertising Standards Authority's recent decision relating to an advertorial on BuzzFeed and the impact the ruling may have on the use of native advertising.

  • Watchdog criticises BuzzFeed for misleading readers

    Press

    13 January 2016

    Brinsley Dresden has been quoted in an article by the Financial Times which examines the Advertising Standards Authority's ruling that BuzzFeed misled its readers by showing them paid advertisements that looked like news stories.

  • What would a Yes vote mean for ad regulation?

    Press

    08 September 2014

    Brinsley Dresden is quoted in the Marketing Week article "What would a Yes vote mean for ad regulation?".

  • A New Era for Consumer Rights

    Inbrief

    19 September 2013

    It has long been recognised that UK consumer law is not clear enough. Even the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) website says it is out of date, confusing and incomplete.

  • Leading IP and media lawyer joins Media, Brands and Technology team

    Press

    10 June 2013

    City law firm Lewis Silkin today announces the appointment of Adam Glass as partner in the firm’s renowned Media, Brands and Technology (MBT) team. He joins Lewis Silkin from Davenport Lyons, where he was a partner and head of litigation and IP.

  • Advertising in social media Wayne Rooney Jack Wilshere and the ASA

    Press

    05 July 2012

    Two recent complaints about Nike highlight what will continue to be a tricky area for brand owners and marketers to navigate, writes Brinsley Dresden in his article for the Guardian Media Network.

  • Think BR: Inadvertent advertorial?

    Press

    30 May 2012

    Failing to properly identify marketing communications can prove costly, writes Lewis Silkin in Brand Republic.

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