This act is a clear case of misleading advertising, a practice prohibited by the Brazilian Consumer Defense Code.

On December 19, 2019, São Paulo's Public Prosecutor's Office and Google Brasil Internet Ltda. signed an Agreement to extinguish a Public Civil Action filed by the Public Prosecutor's Office ...

In a recent decision (Decision No. 911 of 09.10.2025, the “Decision”), the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition (the “CPC”) set out important conclusions regarding the distinction between product...

This summer, the Competition Bureau released The Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest. The Digest, the first of what is intended to be a series of periodic communications, is in furtherance of the Bureau's mandate of transparency.

The “public interest” private right of access to the Competition Tribunal has become very popular since it came into force last June, with six applications for leave to date. For background, private litigants...

Copyright owners can now direct a notice to alleged infringers via the ISP or host of a website containing the allegedly infringing material.

The Competition Bureau has resolved its first public enforcement action alleging that a marketer engaged in astroturfing.

The Province of Quebec is the only jurisdiction in Canada that administers a registration regime regulating contests and sweepstakes.

Ad Standards is now reviewing and pre-clearing medical device advertising and has updated its Guidelines for Consumer Advertising of Health Products - for Nonprescription Drugs...

Note that these requirements are outside of the general prohibition against advertising to children in Quebec.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is requiring online streaming services to contribute 5% of their Canadian revenues to the country's broadcasting system...

On June 5, 2024, the Competition Bureau announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with SiriusXM Canada over an investigation into SiriusXM's drip pricing practices.

The final chapter of what started with the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act of 2011 in Australia remains to be seen, with a complaint presented by Ukraine, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Indonesia before an arbitration panel at the WTO still pending.

A much awaited update on our Data Protection Law is currently being discussed in Chilean Congress.

Many brands have already introduced marketing campaigns in China in connection with the country's upcoming 70th anniversary.

Tthe Ministry of Health and Social Security, issued the Decree 3929 which regulates the health requirements that fruit drink producers shall disclose about content.

A TV commercial launched in August 2016 gave rise to an intense discussion over the fundamental right of consumers to access information regarding health risks produced by sugary drinks...

Consequently, judges will have to study carefully this case and determine whether the non- profit organization arguments are solid or well-founded, which will not be a simple task.

Inspectors of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) succeeded in proving unfair commercial practices carried out by the seller of food supplements BEAUTY LINE s.r.o...

The Czech Ministry of Health is currently taking steps to restrict alcohol and cigarette consumption.