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- Legal Tech Week: Rambus, SCO, Novell, Apple, Facebook, More
- Rambus gets a stock boost from patent case, but FTC asks Supreme Court to involve itself in an anti-competitive action against the company; EMG Technology is suing Apple for alleged patent infringement by its iPhone browser; the UK pulls Apple iPhone ad off the air; and Facebook spammer faces $873...
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Christians Complain About Ads That Say "There's Probably No God"
- The British Advertising Standards Authority has forced an atheist group to alter their advertising campaign to assert that "There's probably no god." Originally, the British Humanist Association wanted to run a campaign on London buses stating "There is no god." But, as the LA Times reports, The biggest kerfuffle...
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- U.K. Officials Say American Apparel Ad Is Too Close to Child Porn
- The British Advertising Standards Authority has banned an American Apparel ad for simulating child pornography. For anyone who has ever seen an AA ad, this will not come as a surprise. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
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- ASA turns up the heat on British Gas over ad campaign that
- An advertising campaign by British Gas that highlighted the French ownership of a rival company has been banned on the grounds that the connection denigrated the company in the minds of the public. The Advertising Standards Authority condemned the former state supplier for playing up the foreignness...
- Research articles 2005-11-23
- British warning about driving while tired is soporific, motorist warns
- LONDON AFP — In one of the more unusual cases ever presented to Britain's Advertising Standards Authority, a man has complained that a radio advertisement warning motorists against driving while tired is itself likely to send them to sleep. David Briscombe from Newport, Wales, has asked the advertising watchdog...
- Research articles 2005-05-03
- 50 Cent poster gets rap from British ad watchdog
- LONDON AFP — Britain's advertising watchdog slapped down the world's biggest record company for a poster that shows US rap star 50 Cent with a baby in his arms and a pistol in his waist. The Advertising Standards Authority said the "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" advert -- which...
- Research articles 2006-01-04
- Year 2000 Wire/British Advertising Standards Authority Confirms Year 2000 Readiness of Compaq PC Hardware
- HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 20, 1999--
- Research articles 1999-01-20
- British Advertising Standards Authority Confirms Year 2000 Readiness of Compaq PC Hardware
- HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 13, 1999--
- Research articles 1999-01-13
- CAP: CAP welcomes e-advertisers into self-regulatory sy system.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 November 1999-CAP: CAP welcomes e-advertisers into self-regulatory system C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:241199 The Committee of Advertising Practice CAP today approves the Internet Advertising Bureau UK and Ireland's IAB application to join the advertising self-regulatory system. ...
- Research articles 1999-11-25
- Ads for "Sex Nasal Spray" Banned in the U.K.
- British authorities have ordered a company advertising a nasal spray that promises longer-lasting sex to take down 196 billboards. The ads break U.K. law, according to the Guardian, because a medical prescription is required to obtain the spray. Drugs are banned from being advertised in Britain. The...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Fed up with MLC
- * As the wrangle over last year's ads drags on and on, the Danes and the Dutch just wish the MLC would be more positive. And that the ASA would act faster. The Advertising Standards Authority came in for more flak this week as leading pigmeat industry figures wondered...
- Research articles 2001-02-17
- Posing a problem. (Calvin Klein Cosmetics' ad for Obsession for Men pulled from United Kingdom market)
- Calvin Klein Cosmetics' sexy image has run afoul of British advertising regulations. The designer's Obsession for Men ad, featuring a naked Kate Moss lying stomach-down on a sofa, stirred consumer complaints after it appeared in the Mail on Sunday supplement "You." ...
- Research articles 1994-11-14
- easyJet censured over "BA con" advertisement
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Budget airline easyJet has been criticised by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority ASA for an advertisement which appeared in the national and regional press. The ad was headlined "Low fares needn't BA con!" and implied that low fares offered by British Airways...
- Research articles 2003-01-30
- Apple Ad Banned For Misleading Consumers On iPhone's Speed
- A British television ad touting the speed of Apple's 3G iPhone has been banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority for misleading consumers. It's easy to see from the commercial itself, created by ad agency TBWA/London, why the watchdog ruled against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The ad, which received 17...
- External links 2008-11-26
- ASA adjudications for November 2000: airline industry
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has this month ruled on the following complaints related to the airline industry. Go, the low-cost British Airways subsidiary, lodged official objections to two advertisements placed by rival carrier easyJet. In the first, a regional...
- Research articles 2000-11-08
- Latest ASA adjudications concerning the airline industry
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has this week ruled on the following complaint related to the airline industry. easyJet, a UK-based low-cost carrier, objected to a national press advertisement placed by British Airways' low-cost subsidiary Go. The ad compared Go's fare for...
- Research articles 2001-05-16
- Telecom Plus told to amend mailing after complaint from BT - Brief Article
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-26 March 2003-Telecom Plus told to amend mailing after complaint from BTC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The UK's Advertising Standards Authority ASA has upheld a complaint by British Telecommunications plc BT concerning a direct mailing from Telecom Plus plc. The mailing, which was sent to BT customers, stated...
- Research articles 2003-03-26
- Google backs UK efforts to regulate online ad market
- UK watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority ASA is extending its ad monitoring influence by signing a deal with Google. The search giant is agreeing to provide ?vital seed capital? for ASA’s digital media regulation system, which allows ASA to examine complaints about online ads, including search ads. ASA is...
- Articles 2009-11-09
- Need to know: Greggs profits rise ... Citigroup to be sued ... Thorntons credit facility ...
- View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Trade gap: The trade in goods deficit widened in June to £6.45 billion, after a surge in imports of oil. The gap was bigger than the £6.174 billion reported in May. Imports rose by 2.2 per cent, the biggest increase since...
- News items 2009-08-11
- Dunkin' Donuts Caves in to Nuts
- Dunkin' Donuts Caves in to NutsTrue, but...I think you're right, and I actually have the same position with respect to the actions of the company. I think that the core issue is really with the behavior of Michelle Malkin for making the spurious association between Ray and a fashion...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
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