Legislation: General

 

Describes the laws, regulations and codes of practice that govern advertising to children in Mexico.

Sarbanes-Oxley came into being in 2002 to restore public confidence in corporate governance after the Enron and other scandals. The article discusses its best practice requirements as they apply to ma ...

Continuing our series of legal briefings, Sharad Vadehra outlines Indian law relating to advertising to children and explains why legislation in India still has a way to go to meet European and Americ ...

In this article, continuing our series of legal briefings, Maria Luisa Cassandro and Felix Hofer outline the legislation in Italy relating to advertising to children.

Continuing our series of legal briefings, Michel Béjot and Barbara Doittau outline French law relating to advertising to children and explain the comprehensive system that maintains advertising standa ...

Argues that, as the economy improves in the US (2004), it would be a good time to adopt sequential liability as an industry standard for paying the media. Sequential liability means that if a media bu ...

The marketing of alcohol, both dangerous drug and source of tax revenue, continues to attract critics such as the World Health Organisation. The industry claims that their aim is to influence brand c ...

This is a review of legal issues that have affected the US advertising industry over the past year. Several cases have been taken against advertisers. The article centres on a case between Kasky and ...

Brinsley Dresden, partner at solicitors, Lewis Silkin, asks whether the calls for a ban on alcohol advertising in the UK are likely to succeed. He rehearses the arguments against a ban, and reviews e ...

In his regular review of the US ad scene, Joe Mandese argues that despite the popularity of communications planners looking beyond traditional media, the actual split of US marketing budgets between c ...

This short paper outlines some of the legal difficulties (stemming from economic and cultural differences) facing the global marketer - with particular reference to the harmonisation directives in Eur ...

Continuing our series of legal briefings, Rosângela Delgado and Paula Foschia outline the legislative structure surrounding advertising to children in Brazil.

Brinsley Dreden discusses the implications of the new Communications Bill which is due to become law during 2003. He highlights the difference in objectives between consumer groups and advertisers. He ...

Jennifer Koester's article provides a clear and concise outline of the legal status quo in the USA as we continue our series of legal briefings in conjunction with the Global Advertising Lawyers' Alli ...

In this regular feature the ANA representative discusses three current court cases that threaten aspects of the advertising business in the USA: Kasky v Nike (is all corporate speech 'commercial'?), L ...

With the cooperation of members of the Global Advertising Lawyer's Alliance, we are launching a country-by-county briefing on legislation and self-regulatory codes relevant to advertising to children. ...

As the internet moves into a new era, knowledge of the legal guidelines that regulate online advertising - especially to children - is essential. Liisa Thomas and Melissa Dillenbeck outline the legal ...

The author asserts that in the next decade marketers will have opportunities to create long term competitive brand advantage by applying the laws of protection to their brands. He predicts that marke ...

Brinsley Dresden discusses the likelihood of celebrities winning legal battles with advertisers and describes a recent case when racing driver Eddy Irvine fought the existing law and won. The case ag ...

Always a politically controversial issue, advertising to children appears to be rising up the European political agenda. Lionel Stanbrook explores the underlying issues and argues that advertising ban ...

Lewis Silkin points out the dangers of failing to sign a client/agency contract. Everyone knows that economic hardship puts strain on domestic relationships but professional relationships also suffer ...

Among the topics expected to work their way to the Supreme Court for review are yet more tobacco and alcohol issues as well as Internet privacy and children's protection.

In July 2000 the key regulatory issue in the US facing ANA members was 'privacy', especially in regard to on-line access and security - the author discusses the situation.

When the Human Rights Act 1998 comes into force in October, the impact on advertising could be considerable. Despite the terminology, the rights implemented by the Act benefit 'legal persons', not jus ...

Covers the activity of the ANA to prevent attacks on the media resulting in restrictions on advertisers. Areas covered: protection under the First Amendment, alcoholic drinks advertising, privacy, med ...

Despite repeated requests for help from Carson and Cook Marketing and others in Florida, the tax department continued an aggressive pattern of tax audits. It did not, however, issue new regulations fo ...

Update on the ANA's continuing fight to free prescription drugs advertising from unnecessary regulation.

Discusses various legal issues involved in agency contracts: invoice and payment schedules, cancelling media, recovering collection costs, termination notice period, transfer of ownership and property ...

Legal issues: 1) imposition of the Advertising Standards Authority's Poster Pre-vetting Procedure, which requires advertisers whose posters break the rules to have subsequent posters cleared in advanc ...

In this regular update of legal and ethical issues current in the USA, the author discusses the privacy and tobacco debates of June 1998.