With Personalized Pricing, Disclosure Is a Start, But Not a Finish Line
TINA.org and other consumer advocates file comment with FTC.
May 2014: A federal judge dismissed this action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
October 2013: A class-action lawsuit was filed against AST Sports Science, Inc. for allegedly deceiving consumers by advertising that the body-building supplement Anabolic Rush contains citrulline malate – which is supposed to provide “Energy,” “Strength,” “Size,” and “Power” – when that ingredient is not actually in the formula. (Jones et al. v. AST Sports Science, Inc. and DOES 1-10, Case No. 13-cv-2434, S. D. CA.).
TINA.org and other consumer advocates file comment with FTC.
New book explores why MLMs are often associated with harmful outcomes – and what can be done about it.
Marketing and reality are not in sync.
New study opens the floodgates to class-action litigation.
Agency alleges MLM misled recruits about earnings, pressured distributors to buy products and encouraged fake retail sales.