MLMs Are Consistently Leaving Participants Behind
New book explores why MLMs are often associated with harmful outcomes – and what can be done about it.
June 2015: The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s class certification decision.
March 2014: A federal judge refused to certify the class in a lawsuit alleging that Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc. falsely markets VPX Meltdown Fat Incinerator because the named plaintiff did not propose a realistic way to identify individuals who purchased the product. The complaint, which was originally filed in 2013, alleges that, among other things, the company represents that the dietary supplement will help consumers burn fat and lose weight when, according to the plaintiffs, such claims are not true. Later in March 2014, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled. finding that the Court did not have subject-matter jurisdiction. (Karhu et al v. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc., d/b/a VPX Sports, Case No. 13-cv-60768, S. D. FL.).
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.