TINA.org Wants More Teeth in Class-Action Settlement

Sonicare AirFloss settlement doesn’t adequately compensate consumers.

Reader Poll: Settlements Should Provide Cash

Coupons are not the preferred choice in false ad class actions.

TINA.org Wants More Teeth in Class-Action Settlement

Philips Sonicare Airfloss Settlement Doesn’t Adequately Compensate Consumers MADISON, CT., Oct. 16, 2013 — TINA.org (truthinadvertising.org) has filed a legal brief taking aim at a recent class-action settlement that compensates…

Judge Approves Facebook Settlement

Agreement gives members used in sponsored stories ads enough for nice lunch.

Decoding Cosmetics Claims: Eyelashes

Do eyelash growth products work?

Ticketmaster Entertainment Rewards

SmartPractice

According to a warning letter from the FDA, the Danish company, SmartPractice, promoted an allergic contact dermatitis test kit called T.R.U.E. Test® without adequate potential risk information, including that the product…

Can’t Keep a Bad Ad Man Down

Why can’t the FTC put some hucksters out of business for good?

Football Helmet Makers Overstated Protection

Riddell claimed their helmets could reduce its user’s chances of suffering a concussion, but no helmet can prevent concussions.

TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

Truthinadvertising.org alerts federal and state regulators to deceptive marketing.

Drug Companies Pushing Prescription Pills in Ads

The polio vaccine, penicillin, open-heart surgery, magnetic resonance imaging, chemotherapy, Zoloft, LASIK, statins, heck, even Viagra have all contributed to the advancement of modern medicine. We’ve come a long way…

Scareware Suit Settled but Consumers Don’t Really Win

A little over a year after being sued for “falsely identify[ing] computer problems and characteriz[ing] them as “severe” in an attempt to scare consumers into purchasing its software,” Ascentive, the…

Gwyneth Paltrow Says Goop Magazine Ended After Disagreement With Publisher Over Fact-Checking

Harriet Alexander, The Telegraph

The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow

Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times

When Dental Hygiene Meets False Advertising Suits

Manatt Phelps and Phillips LLP, Lexology

Kid’s Dietary Supplement Forced To Change Deceptive Ads

Aaron Case, Lawyers.com

Companies Getting Coal in 2021

Find out why New Balance, TikTok, Poland Spring and others make the 2021 naughty list.

Subscriptions to The Athletic

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions

Similac Pro-Advance Infant Formula

Allegations: Making misleading claims in the marketing for formulas

Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.