COVID-19 & Consumer Protection – Global Advertising in a Time of Crisis
Last week, members of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance presented a webinar, “COVID-19 & Consumer Protection — Global Advertising in a Time of Crisis,” which summarised some important coronavirus-related enforcement trends around the world.
The webinar was presented by Donata Codone from Portolano Cavallo (Italy), Jose Antonio Arochi from Arochi & Lindner (Mexico), Jenny Pienaar from Adams & Adams (South Africa), Brinsley Dresden from Lewis Silkin (United Kingdom), and Jeffrey A. Greenbaum (me!) from Frankfurt Kurnit (United States).
Read more on: http://blog.galalaw.com/post/102g6bs/covid-19-consumer-protection-global-advertising-in-a-time-of-crisis
Jenny Pienaar
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