31 Oct, 2019 ASA applies strict liability to Paramount for YouTube Pet Sematary pre-roll ad By Brinsley Dresden Paramount Pictures have suffered a Halloween nightmare at the cold, dead hands of the Advertising Standards Authority. They are latest in...
31 Oct, 2019 Twitter bans political ads By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor In a bold move, which will have an impact on the upcoming snap election in the UK as well as the loooooong run up to the US elections,...
29 Oct, 2019 Legal Tech - preventing legal claims and reducing the cost of payouts By Larry Fenelon This Forbes article on what will actually disrupt the legal industry is pretty much what we at LexTech are doing. Once upon a time a...
29 Oct, 2019 How to create a new sporting format ? By Passle Group Rugby X is a new format of rugby union being launched tonight in the O2 arena, London. 5 a-side full contact rugbyhalf-sized pitch.10...
29 Oct, 2019 No Fault Divorce – Who'd Have Thunk It By Alan Kaufman The present, very temporary, government has reintroduced a bill providing for no-fault divorce in the Queen's Speech. No fault divorce...
24 Oct, 2019 Just Another FAKE NEWS Story? By Passle Group It has recently been reported that the Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has applied to trade mark the...
22 Oct, 2019 Urgent feedback needed for ASA review of competitor complaints procedures By Brinsley Dresden We recently received a letter from the ASA asking for feedback about their competitor complaints procedure. We are planning to make our...
22 Oct, 2019 Same-sex Coca-Cola ads fall flat in Hungary By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor An ad campaign by Coca-Cola in Hungary which featured same sex couples has been banned. The reason? According to the Hungarian...
21 Oct, 2019 Does the Slovak employment contract need to be in Slovak? By Martin Oross Dušan Nitschneider "All documents and written communication with legal effect in the employment or a similar working relationship shall be executed in the...
16 Oct, 2019 Any Brexit Means #NoDeal For Services, But An Irish Base Can Help By Simon Deane-Johns I went to a great event at the Institute of Directors in London last week, on the impact of Brexit on the trade in services. That's...
14 Oct, 2019 Legal Innovators 2019 - People are at the centre of Innovation and Automation By Charles Cousins Last week Passle attended the Legal Innovators 2019 event and we had the pleasure of hearing from a mixed panel - tech vendors and...
11 Oct, 2019 Mixed Budget for Start ups and SMEs By Passle Group There has been a mixed reaction to the measures included in the Budget for Irish start ups and SMEs. Despite some intensive lobbying by...
10 Oct, 2019 Why not re-schedule the RWC games ? By Passle Group 2 Matches cancelled, another in doubt. Why not simply reschedule the games to Monday ? Tournament Rules RWC has a list of “Tournament...
09 Oct, 2019 The Future of Financial Regul-AI-tion By Tim Fosh We are proud to have contributed to a report on the opportunities afforded by artificial intelligence in the financial and professional...
07 Oct, 2019 Building a Data Business By Shearman FinTech Barney Reynolds Shearman & Sterling partners Emma Maconick, Nathan Greene and Barney Reynolds and counsel Sara Ashall discussed the business-planning...
04 Oct, 2019 Curl up this weekend with the September issue of the Ads & Brands Law Digest By Brinsley Dresden As the long autumnal nights draw in, what could be better than snuggling up next to a roaring fire to enjoy September's Ads & Brands law...