Herbalife
TINA.org investigated Herbalife, a California-based multilevel marketing company that sells nutritional supplements, and found that the company has used unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to market its products, as well as atypical…
Herbalife Live Events
In September 2017, a false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against Herbalife (a multi-level marketing company) and many of its top-earning distributors for, among other things, allegedly running “a predatory scheme” and misrepresenting that individuals who attend live events will “get rich” and are guaranteed a “significant income, a better life style, and even happiness” when, according to plaintiffs, there is no correlation between event attendance and success with Herbalife. To read the complaint, click here. (Rodgers et al v. Herbalife, LTD. et al, Case No. 17-cv-23429, S. D. FL.)
For more information about TINA.org’s coverage of Herbalife and TINA.org’s coverage of the company, click here.
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Herbalife
November 2015: A judge dismissed the complaint because plaintiffs failed to adequately allege material misrepresentations or scienter (intent or knowledge of wrongdoing). The dismissal was When a complaint is dismissed…
Herbalife
May 2015: After a final fairness hearing, a federal judge granted final approval of the proposed settlement of this class-action lawsuit. March 2015: TINA.org filed an (Latin for “friend of…
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