Young Living
TINA.org investigated Young Living Essential Oils, a Utah-based multilevel marketing company that sells and markets essential oils, and found that it has used unsubstantiated health and disease-treatment claims to market…
Young Living Essential Oil Products
Case Name (Date)
MacNaughton et al v. Young Living Essential Oils, LC
21-cv-71, N.D.N.Y.
(Jan. 2021)
Product/Service
Young Living Essential Oils
Allegations
Falsely marketing essential oils as “therapeutic” for various ailments in order to charge a premium price when the products do not provide the advertised health benefits
Status
Dismissal affirmed in part and vacated in part; Remanded for further proceedings
Legal Action
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Allegations: Operating an unlawful pyramid scheme
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Allegations: Deceptively marketing essential oils as therapeutic for a variety of ailments when the products do not provide the advertised health benefits
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