Advertising & Marketing Disputes
Lewis Silkin’s disputes team have years of unsurpassed experience in all types of advertising & marketing disputes, acting for advertisers, agencies, production companies and media owners.
Our experience includes:
- making and defending ASA and other regulatory challenges through judicial review when necessary
- bringing and defending competitor complaints particularly in relation to comparative advertising
- dealing with consumer claims and trading standards’ investigations
- disputes over plagiarism and other IP infringements and defamation
- fallings out between advertisers and agencies over service or transparency issues
- contractual claims involving the production and dissemination of advertising and marketing materials
We also have expertise in relation to digital, online and social media advertising which often involves cutting-edge data protection, privacy and regulatory issues. In addition, we are often involved in employment, corporate and real estate related disputes in the advertising & marketing sectors, such as employee and discrimination claims, shareholder and SPA warranty matters and issues over property leases or planning permissions for advertising sites.
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