A CASE ON VIOLATION OF LAW ON ADVERTISING BY BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS IS CONSIDERED IN KEMEROVO

The Department of the Antimonopoly Service for the Kemerovo region considered the case of violation of the law ‘On Advertising’. The question concerned a TV commercial which said that promoted firm had been an expert in bankruptcy for six years.  However, the representatives of Antimonopoly service considered the arguments in favor of the declared information unconvincing.

The case was triggered by a commercial featuring a regional company that was engaged in the area of debt relief. The video contained information about the company's six-year experience in this area.

To substantiate their position, the representatives of the company presented work record books of one of the employees and director, which contained information about their experience in the field of bankruptcy.

However, both of them were hired by the company only in 2020, and the company itself was registered in the same period.

Thus, the OFAS for the Kemerovo region came to the conclusion that the company violated the advertising legislation, since the length of service in other companies did not play a role in the case under consideration.

The company was issued a warning for the violation. When making a decision, it was taken into account that the organization is a micro-enterprise, and also committed misconduct for the first time.