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Pricing and discount claims: WAS misleading, NOW compliant
28 August 2024In 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.
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Ads & Brands Law Newsletter: August 2024
12 August 2024Welcome to the latest Ads & Brands Law Monthly Newsletter. We cover legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant to advertising, marketing and brand-owning businesses.
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Selling Your Creative Business – the buyer’s perspective
Podcast
07 August 2024In this series, Joe Lythgoe and Ayesha Chanda from our M&A team, talk to experts from across Lewis Silkin - sharing their top tips and valuable insights – about selling creative businesses.
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Welcome to Issue 03 of The Collective Quarterly
17 July 2024Our newest collection of articles explores the trends, opportunities and challenges faced by businesses across the creative economy, tech and science sectors. While there is often a legal aspect to each piece – we are lawyers after all - we also look beyond that to consider wider insights and ideas transforming change.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: June 2024
09 July 2024Welcome to the latest edition of our Ads & Brands Law Digest, covering legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant to advertising, marketing and brand-owning businesses. As usual, for each item we provide a succinct summary accompanied by a link to the full text of the relevant official source or our own report.
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US/UK M&A: restrictive covenants
09 July 2024In this article we will look at what restrictive covenants are, how they are used in M&A transactions in the US and UK and whether there are any changes on the horizon that may alter this approach in the future.
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Selling Your Creative Business – EMI Opportunities
Podcast
24 June 2024In this series, Joe Lythgoe and Ayesha Chanda from our M&A team, talk to experts from across Lewis Silkin - sharing their top tips and valuable insights – about selling creative businesses.
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Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: Running prize promotions in the UK
18 June 2024A 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.
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Selling Your Creative Business – the headlines with Jo Evans
Podcast
06 June 2024In this series, Joe and Ayesha from our M&A team, will talk to experts from across Lewis Silkin - sharing their top tips and valuable insights – about selling creative businesses.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: May 2024
05 June 2024Welcome to the latest edition of our Digest, covering legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant to advertising, marketing and brand-owning businesses. As usual, for each item we provide a succinct summary accompanied by a link to the full text of the relevant official source or our own report.
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Environmental Advertising
Inbrief
13 May 2024According to the UK’s Climate Change Committee, consumer behaviour must change if the UK is to achieve its net zero targets. The good news is that sustainability is a growing factor in consumers' purchasing decisions.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: March 2024
24 April 2024Welcome to the latest edition of our Digest, covering legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant to advertising, marketing and brand-owning businesses. As usual, for each item we provide a succinct summary accompanied by a link to the full text of the relevant official source or our own report.
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European Media Freedom Act incoming
28 March 2024The European Commission expressed concerns about the independence of the media in some member states. It identified worrying trends, including increased interference in editorial decisions and challenges in providing quality media services. There were also barriers to cross-border operation and a lack of transparency in certain areas. As a result, in September 2022, the Commission proposed the European Media Freedom Act (the ‘Act’).
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Asos, Boohoo and George promise 'clear and accurate' eco-claims - Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments for the BBC
Press
28 March 2024The CMA has resolved its investigation into ASOS, Boohoo and George at Asda, who have each committed to a series of detailed undertakings, including a commitment to comply with a set of specific rules around the use of green claims. Geraint commented that the voluntary agreement would be a relief to the firms involved, whilst establishing clearer guidelines for the future.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Havas on its acquisition of Wilderness
Deal
27 March 2024Lewis Silkin has advised long-standing client Havas on its acquisition of social first marketing agency Wilderness.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: February 2024
20 March 2024Welcome to the February 2024 edition of our Digest, covering legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant to advertising, marketing and brand-owning businesses. As usual, for each item we provide a succinct summary accompanied by a link to the full text of the relevant official source or our own report.
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EMI options: Top 10 mistakes uncovered on an exit – and how to avoid them
15 March 2024In this article we explore the key issues around granting Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) options, an extremely popular employee incentive mechanism for qualifying small and medium sized companies, thanks to their unrivalled tax benefits and the flexibility permitted around setting their terms.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Next 15 Group plc’s MHP Group on the acquisition of Studio La Plage
Deal
11 March 2024Lewis Silkin has advised Next 15 Group plc, the growth consultancy, on the acquisition of award-winning multidisciplinary agency, Studio La Plage, by MHP Group.
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Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of DriveRight Data on its sale to Infopro Digital
Deal
20 February 2024The shareholders of DriveRight Data, a global leader in tyre and wheel data solutions have completed its sale to Infopro Digital, a leading provider of business-to-business information services.
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Lewis Silkin has advised CloudMade on the sale of its Artificial Intelligence Technologies and IP to Stellantis
Deal
15 February 2024Lewis Silkin has advised Cloud Made on the the sale of its artificial intelligence framework, machine learning models, intellectual property rights and patents to one of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers, Stellantis.