TINA.org’s Year in Review 2025
Looking back at our accomplishments
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Opinions on a variety of deceptive marketing topics.
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It’s Now Legal for Scammers to Keep Your Money
Tell your member of Congress to #MakeScammersPay
TINA.org’s Year in Review 2020
Looking back at 2020.
TINA’s Take: Supreme Court Considers Whether Liars Can Keep Money They Stole
TINA.org files brief in critical case concerning FTC authority.
Deceptive Income Claims – How Not to Market Your MLM Business
How income claims, even truthful ones, can be deceptive when marketing the MLM business opportunity.
Court Rules that Success by Health Was a Pyramid Scheme
Court also finds that defendants made false and deceptive earnings claims.
TINA.org’s Year in Review 2019
It was another successful year outing deceptive marketing on multiple fronts.
#RealDirectSellers Don’t Obtain Financial or Time Freedom
Trade organization campaign features deceptive income claims.
Marketers Downplay Consumer Harm Caused by Negative Option Offers
Marketers are attempting to put a positive spin on the negative option.
Alleged Pyramid Scheme Nerium Pens Its Wish List
Declarations in court filing read more like a legislative manifesto than remedies that could appropriately be issued by a court.
Flat Tummy’s Outrageous Marketing Tactics Need to Stop
“Detox” tea company’s influencer-driven marketing claims fall flat.