VidCon 2020 included an interesting new feature : a Q&A with the UK's advertising regulator - the Advertising Standards Authority. The most exciting part (pe...

FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra, following concerns that the current non-binding Endorsement Guides and soft-touch enforcement approach has led to widespread n...

Summary of the ASA's report into the labelling of influencer advertising

Guidance for compliant influencer marketing in the MICE industry

Yesterday the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it had secured formal commitments from 16 celebrities to ensure their gifted and paid-fo...

Back in the summer of 2015, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wrote a very interesting letter to Microsoft’s lawyers. In that letter they explained that ...

Here's a good rule/tip/mantra to follow: ASA rulings that are not upheld, i.e. "no breach", can be as significant as those that are upheld. It's just that th...

This week sees another ASA ruling against an influencer who really ought to know the rules by now. It's certainly not the first time Louise Thompson (of Made...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into concerns that social media stars are not properly declaring when they have bee...

Last week blogger Elle Darby hit the headlines for being publicly shamed by a Dublin hotel for trying to blag a free hotel room for herself and her partner. ...

My favourite ASA rulings are those that rank swear words. Like, literally pop them on a scale and tell you which is the naughtiest. So this week there’s a pa...

This week’s blog was written for CAP and the ASA. Read it here

Well, here it is, the first blog for my new business. Choosing a topic wasn’t easy so I’m keeping it simple and using this first post as an opportunity to in...