Advertising and marketing regulation
Marketinglaw: October 2025
Published on 9th October 2025
Welcome to the latest edition of Marketinglaw
Welcome to the latest edition of Marketinglaw. This month's coverage includes:
Regulatory updates:
- HFSS advertising restrictions: brand exemption regulations made and government response published
- Don't fail in ticket sales
- Prove it or lose it: ASA clamps down on 'green disposal' claims
ASA rulings:
- Tide turns on green claims in the cruise liner industry
- Dead giveaway: ASA rules on cancelled prize draws and invalid vouchers
- Lighting, pose, styling: ASA assessment of 'unhealthily thin' representation
- Ad sequencing leads to ASA ruling on racial stereotypes in 'before/after' beauty ad
- Trainline's lowest price guarantee derailed by ASA ruling
- Prime time to review misleading consumer journeys
- Contact Solar contacted by the ASA for omitting material information from price claim
- Subscription transparency: ASA says 12 months commitment needs prominence
- Siloed communication: cruise liner makes pricing change not reflected in promotion
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Osborne Clarke Insights:
- CMA puts fake reviews and endorsements in UK under spotlight
- CAP widens the UK ad rules to cover organic posts by licensed gambling brands
- Digital Fairness Act Unpacked: Social Media Influencers
- Digital Fairness Act Unpacked: Unfair Pricing Practices
- Regulatory Outlook September 2025
- Dutch consumer protection authority publishes guidelines on price indications and comparisons
Osborne Clarke Events:
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Autumn 2025
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