When Privacy Concerns and Deceptive Marketing Issues Intersect
Why TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed changes to COPPA Rule but pushes for more.
August 2017: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed.
May 2017: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Adore Organic Innovations for allegedly falsely marketing ADORE CELLMAX products as containing an “exclusive Plant Stem Cell Formula” that restores the youthful appearance of skin and provides other anti-aging benefits when, according to plaintiffs, the stem cell formula is not “exclusive” to the products because it is contained in other cosmetics and the products do not provide any anti-aging benefits. (Land et al v. Universal Handicraft, Inc. d/b/a “Deep Sea Cosmetics” d/b/a Adore Organic Innovations, and Segev, Case No. 17-cv-21947, S. D. FL.)
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Why TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed changes to COPPA Rule but pushes for more.
FTC alleges company pressures consumers into overpaying for its tax filing software.
Bogus report leads to unapproved health claims.
Lawsuits take aim at so-called non-disparagement clauses.
The consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has published the results of a yearslong investigation into the multilevel marketing (MLM) industry that found widespread use of deceptive income claims to promote…