FTC Should Ban Individual Impersonation Scams
TINA.org submits comment in support of FTC’s proposal to ban fake celebrity endorsements, romance scams and other impersonation scams.
Shea Moisture and Nubian Heritage Hair Growth Products
August 2016: The named plaintiffs dismissed all of her claims. The reasons for the dismissal have not been disclosed.
July 2016: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Sundial Brands and Nubian Heritage alleging that they market the Shea Moisture and Nubian Heritage brands of hair growth products as able to promote hair growth when, in reality, the products do not stimulate or cause hair growth. (Padilla et al v. Sundial Brands LLC and Nubian Heritage, Inc., and Does 1-25, Case No. 16-cv-4193, N. D. CA.)
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