Crafting effective strategies for advertising, marketing, and sponsorship requires a nuanced understanding of regulatory frameworks and consumer protection laws. This practice area covers detailed guidance on compliance, risk management, and best practices to help legal practitioners advise clients in advertising campaigns, sponsorship deals, and marketing initiatives while staying ahead of legal challenges and industry trends.
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: The ASA upholding complaints over 'carbon neutral' and 'carbon positive' delivery claims...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published final guidance on the application of the Chapter I prohibition in the Competition Act 1998...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has continued its scrutiny of environmental claims in online advertising, upholding complaints against B...
Law360, London: The UK will introduce mandatory human rights due diligence for companies with global turnover of at least £350 million (USD 471.7...
Fiduciary DutiesWho is a fiduciary?There is no comprehensive list of the relationships which give rise to the existence of fiduciary duties under...
RepudiationThis Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes...
If a contract’s actual date and effective date are different, is the effective date enforceable?For the purposes of this Q&A we have assumed this is...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin termDefinitionMeaningActa iure imperiiLegal
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