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5 Reasons Herbalife’s Survey Won’t Save It from Prosecution

5 Reasons Herbalife’s Survey Won’t Save It from Prosecution

Deconstructing Herbalife’s defense that a survey found most people join for discounts.

TINA.org’s Year In Review 2014

TINA.org’s Year In Review 2014

With help from our readers, TINA.org’s second full year of operation was a definite success – helping to empower consumers against false and deceptive ads. Here’s a rundown of what…

Best Buy: Buy It Now with Confidence (and Questions)

Best Buy: Buy It Now with Confidence (and Questions)

The fine print of Price Match Guarantees.

Native Advertising – Just Another Term for Deception

Native Advertising – Just Another Term for Deception

A jury of your peers and a jury of consumers deserve the truth.

Warning: Objects in Mirror Are Later Than They Appear

Warning: Objects in Mirror Are Later Than They Appear

If I ordered the book on a Friday with one-day shipping, what day would you expect it to arrive?

Were Gauguin’s Paintings Part of a Deceptive Marketing Ploy?

Were Gauguin’s Paintings Part of a Deceptive Marketing Ploy?

By the time Paul Gauguin left his wife and five kids to pursue a painting career in Tahiti, Polynesian women were not wandering around the island half naked. In fact,…

Ghost Orchids and Land Scams: A Review

Ghost Orchids and Land Scams: A Review

The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean, leads us through exotic jungles, backyard gardens, and world-famous greenhouses all in search of the rare ghost orchid, Polyrrbiza lindenii. Notably, this endangered flower…

A Lullaby of Deception

A Lullaby of Deception

For Mike Huckabee’s next trick, a supplement that is ‘clinically proven’ to help users fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed.

FTC, FDA Tackle Misleading Marketing of Dangerous Products to Kids — Again

FTC, FDA Tackle Misleading Marketing of Dangerous Products to Kids — Again

First, e-liquids. Now, THC edibles. Will energy drinks be next?

Taco Bell’s New Cantina Chicken Menu Fail

Taco Bell’s New Cantina Chicken Menu Fail

What you see may NOT be what you get.

Should Movie Theaters Be Required to Advertise Actual Start Times?

Should Movie Theaters Be Required to Advertise Actual Start Times?

Under a proposed bill, theaters could be fined for making moviegoers guess.

5 Takeaways from #NAD2021

5 Takeaways from #NAD2021

Checking in on the system of self-regulation in the ad industry.

TINA.org Pushes for New Enforcement Tactic Against MLM Industry

TINA.org Pushes for New Enforcement Tactic Against MLM Industry

And if you don’t know, now you know.

Prevagen: The Dismal Facts & Figures that Led to TINA.org’s Objection

Prevagen: The Dismal Facts & Figures that Led to TINA.org’s Objection

Pending class-action settlement leaves consumers behind.

MLM Income Disclosures: When Average Does Not Equal Typical

MLM Income Disclosures: When Average Does Not Equal Typical

Pyramid scheme experts explain how MLM income disclosures can be deceptive.

TINA.org Urges FTC to Require Funeral Homes to Post Their Prices Online

TINA.org Urges FTC to Require Funeral Homes to Post Their Prices Online

Funeral homes must keep up with the times.

Alleged Pyramid Scheme Nerium Pens Its Wish List

Alleged Pyramid Scheme Nerium Pens Its Wish List

Declarations in court filing read more like a legislative manifesto than remedies that could appropriately be issued by a court.

Sunny Co Clothing: When Social Media Marketing is TOO Successful

Sunny Co Clothing: When Social Media Marketing is TOO Successful

A viral marketing campaign leaves the makers of this swim suit drowning in unfulfilled orders.

FTC Chairwoman Creates Framework for MLM Regulatory Environment

FTC Chairwoman Creates Framework for MLM Regulatory Environment

FTC Seeking to Clean up the MLM Industry

This Gift Basket’s Got Some Shadowy Service Charges

This Gift Basket’s Got Some Shadowy Service Charges

1-800-Flowers.com and its basket of pricing problems.