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Chancellor Philip Hammond’s consumer protection announcements
14 March 2017The Spring Budget is not usually an occasion for tackling the nitty-gritty of consumer protection, but last week the Chancellor promised a number of Government initiatives likely to impact upon consumer-facing businesses.
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Lewis Silkin advises Four Communications on its acquisition of Legend Engage
Deal
09 March 2017Lewis Silkin is a leading international law firm to creative agencies and has advised Four Communications, the independent integrated agency, on its acquisition of Legend Engage, a data and insights-led agency.
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“(Section 55) Shades of Gray” - using the Data Protection Act to prevent employees misusing or taking data
27 February 2017A recent case has highlighted a potentially helpful mechanism in the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) for employers to use if they are concerned about employees taking data when they leave.
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Supreme Court upholds spouse minimum income requirement
22 February 2017The Immigration Rules regulate immigration of non-Europeans into the UK. Under the Rules, a non-EEA spouse must earn £18,600 each year before being allowed to join their partner in the UK. The lawfulness of this “minimum income requirement” has been scrutinised and ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court, although with some criticism.
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Lewis Silkin advises Be Heard Group Plc on its 75% acquisition of Freemavens Limited and £2.1 million cash placing
Deal
09 February 2017Lewis Silkin has advised Be Heard Group plc, a digital marketing services group, on its acquisition of 75% of the share capital of Freemavens Limited, a marketing analytics consultancy, and an associated cash placing raising gross proceeds of £2.1 million.
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Lewis Silkin advises Four Communications on its tenth acquisition, Insight Consulting Group
Deal
24 January 2017Lewis Silkin, a leading international law firm to creative agencies, has advised Four Communications, the independent integrated agency, on its acquisition of public affairs and corporate communications agency, Insight Consulting Group (ICG). This is the first deal of the year for Four and marks the tenth acquisition on which we have advised the agency since 2010.
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Sexual portrayal of under-18s in ads
18 January 2017Following a number of adjudications in recent years concerning the sexualised portrayal of children and young people, as well as the publication of various reports calling for action to stop the premature sexualisation of children, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has launched a consultation on the proposed introduction of new rules in the UK advertising codes prohibiting the sexual portrayal of under 18s in advertising. The consultation is open for response until 5pm 19 January 2017.
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Changes to EU law around the regulation of On Demand Video
07 December 201625 May 2016: The European Commission has proposed wording for the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)
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New guidance for traders and advertisers on price claims published
07 December 2016Today (7 December 2016) after a lengthy period of consultation, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute published updated guidance on pricing practices and price claims.
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Brinsley Dresden interviewed by Campaign magazine as part of their Campaign A list 2017
Press
05 December 2016Brinsley Dresden has been interviewed by Campaign magazine as part of their Campaign A list 2017 for which he is the sole lawyer listed.
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Protecting your pitch: to NDA or not to NDA?
Press
25 November 2016Geraint-Lloyd Taylor has written an article for 'PR Week' on using Non-Disclosure agreements when pitching to clients.
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James Storke on Mental Health issues in the Advertising Sector
15 November 2016Statistics show that mental health problems are becoming particularly prevalent in the advertising industry
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Lewis Silkin creates three best-practice guides for Digital Doughnut
09 November 2016Lewis Silkin is delighted to be partnering with leading online marketing resource, Digital Doughnut, to produce best-practice guides for professionals in the advertising and marketing sector.
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Video commerce the next frontier for retailers
08 November 2016Retailers are increasingly becoming broadcasters and looking to sell their goods via shoppable videos and other platforms.
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Facebook forces Admiral to pull plan to price car insurance based on posts
Press
03 November 2016Lewis Silkin commented in an article for The Guardian which reports on Facebook's objection for Admiral to use Facebook posts to analyse the personalities of car owners and set the price of their insurance.
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Advertising needs a rethink in a brand new world
Press
31 October 2016Brinsley Dresden has commented in an article for the Financial Times which discusses the increasing problems that advertisers faces in the "brand new world" and how they are having to work harder than ever to find their audience.
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Broadband Ads: End of the line... (rental)?
26 October 2016From 31 October 2016, broadband ads will need to be much clearer in relation to price claims.
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Social faux pas: Brands and celebrities
21 October 2016An Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling in September illustrates that some brands and their agencies are still getting it wrong when it comes using a celebrity’s social media presence to promote their product.
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Incentivising an influencer: towards greater transparency
Press
17 October 2016Jo Farmer has authored an article for Digital Business Lawyer on the increasing use of social media personalities by global brands to advertise their products and services and the need to clarify when online content is paid-for advertising.