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.)
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Legal Action
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Lawyers to Pocket $5.25 Million in Unfair Herbalife Settlement
Consumer Group TINA.org Objecting MADISON, CONN. March 17, 2015 — Ad watchdog organization, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), filed a brief on Monday asking the court to reject the proposed settlement of a…
Unfair Herbalife Settlement Leaves Distributors Out in Cold
Objections filed to settlement that gives most distributors $20 or less, while lawyers get $5.25 million and the company continues business as usual.
Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry
Ex-Herbalifer brings questionable lead generation tactics to Vemma.
Herbalife Confirms FTC Has Launched a Probe
Company has been under increasing scrutiny.
Advocates to FTC: Take Aggressive Action on MLMs
Coalition sends letter to agency requesting better safeguards.