MLMs Are Consistently Leaving Participants Behind
New book explores why MLMs are often associated with harmful outcomes – and what can be done about it.
In June 2013, a settlement between Boiron, Inc. and consumers who filed a class-action lawsuit against it for allegedly falsely advertising its Children’s Coldcalm’s ability to relieve cold symptoms was preliminarily approved by a federal judge. According to the settlement terms, class members will get a full refund if they have their receipts (even without receipts, though, consumers who purchased Children’s Coldcalm may be entitled to some small reimbursement). (Delarose et al. v. Boiron, Inc., Case No. 10-cv-1569, C.D. Cal.)
New book explores why MLMs are often associated with harmful outcomes – and what can be done about it.
You don’t need to fake your own death to feel love.
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.