These Companies Should Get Coal in their Holiday Stockings

Some notable companies facing deceptive advertising claims.

Vemma Deemed Pyramid Scheme in Italy

TINA.org finds U.S. reforms fall short.

TINA.org Takes Action against TEFL Program Making False Claim

Attorney General in Illinois alerted about teaching English overseas program.

Vemma Facing Class-Action Lawsuit in California

Suit alleges company’s advertising should have indicated it would repeatedly charge for Verve.

TINA.org Complaints Spur Changes to Supplement’s Marketing

Dietary supplement company changes website and promotions for kids product.

Can an Energy Drink Claim to be Healthy?

Vemma markets Verve as a healthy choice. But is it?

The Rise and Fall of Vemma

What led this MLM to a $238 million dollar settlement?

AmmoniaSport 

FDA sends warning letter to smelling salts seller.

1st Phorm’s ‘110% Money-Back Guarantee’

Money-back guarantee comes up woefully short of advertised percentage.

Playful Rewards

This app may play games with your money.

TideWe

Don’t get lost in this outdoor company’s dubious origin story.

Flat Tummy’s Outrageous Marketing Tactics Need to Stop

“Detox” tea company’s influencer-driven marketing claims fall flat.

Discounts at New York & Company at Outlet Stores

New York & Company Stores Discounts

FabKids’ Back-to-School Ads Mislead Parents

Online retailer deceptively advertises members-only prices, TINA.org investigation finds.

LuLaRoe to Pay $4.75 Million to Settle Pyramid Allegations

Settlement avoids a trial that had been scheduled to begin on Feb 16.

Walmart Still Deceptively Marketing Made in USA, TINA.org Reports Company to FTC (Again)

MADISON, CONN. January 20, 2021 – With two years to go on a 10-year commitment to purchase $250 billion in products supporting American jobs, a new investigation by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org)…

Market America Takes Down Deceptive Income Claims in Response to TINA.org

MADISON, CONN. November 2, 2020 A truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) investigation has found hundreds of atypical and exaggerated income claims made by multilevel marketing company Market America on its website and social…

4Amazonia

Tree-planting nonprofit cuts ties with company selling bracelets to benefit Australia with the tagline, “One Bracelet. One Tree.”

Court Rules that Success by Health Was a Pyramid Scheme

Court also finds that defendants made false and deceptive earnings claims.