FTC Takes Decisive Action Against Amway
Agency alleges MLM misled recruits about earnings, pressured distributors to buy products and encouraged fake retail sales.
UPS Shipping Boxes
August 2015: The case was sent to arbitration.
July 2014: A class-action lawsuit against United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) was transferred from state court to federal court. The complaint, which was originally filed in May 2014, alleges that UPS misleadingly markets its boxes using the interior dimensions when the company actually calculates the shipping charges using the exterior dimensions of the boxes. (Simoni et. al v. United Parcel Service, Inc. and DOES 1-10, inclusive, Case No. 14-cv-04374, D. NJ.).
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Consumer Alert: Need a Passport? Read this first.
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