Chocolate in Starbucks, Mars, and The Quaker Oats Company Products Class Action Chocolate in Starbucks, Mars, and The Quaker Oats Company Products Allegations: Misleadingly representing that cocoa has been harvested following ethical and environmentally responsible standards
Premier Financial Alliance Pyramid Scheme Claims Class Action Premier Financial Alliance Pyramid Scheme Claims Allegations: Operating an illegal pyramid scheme and making deceptive income claims
New Balance’s Made in USA Claims Ad Alert New Balance’s Made in USA Claims Company’s criteria for labeling shoes “Made in the USA” falls short of the legal standard policing such claims.
TINA’s Take: FTC Lets ‘Detox Tea’ Influencers Off with a Warning Consumer News TINA’s Take: FTC Lets ‘Detox Tea’ Influencers Off with a Warning …for now.
Germstar Hand Sanitizer Ad Alert Germstar Hand Sanitizer Company takes down some infection prevention claims in wake of FDA warning letter.
Treehuggers Bracelets Ad Alert Treehuggers Bracelets Tree-planting nonprofit cuts ties with another company selling bracelets to benefit Australia.
G-oops! TINA.org Finds Wellness Company in Violation of Court Order Consumer News G-oops! TINA.org Finds Wellness Company in Violation of Court Order Not even a court order can stop Goop from making deceptive health claims, a new TINA.org investigation finds.
MUSA Recidivists Consumer News MUSA Recidivists 1. New Balance In 1996, the FTC brought an administrative action against New Balance for making deceptive U.S.-origin claims about its sneakers. Since at least 2009, the company has marketed…
UPDATE: Williams-Sonoma to Pay $1 Million to Settle FTC Lawsuit over Misleading Made in USA Claims Consumer News UPDATE: Williams-Sonoma to Pay $1 Million to Settle FTC Lawsuit over Misleading Made in USA Claims Settlement comes after TINA.org alerted FTC to hundreds of products deceptively marketed as American-made.
Seven Figure Publishing Ad Alert Seven Figure Publishing TINA.org breaks down company’s claim that you can collect “extra” money from the Social Security Administration.
1-800-GOT-JUNK? Ad Alert 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Despite claims to offer “upfront pricing,” company does not provide consumers with removal estimates in its ads or on its website.
Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty Diesel Vehicles Class Action Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty Diesel Vehicles Allegations: Deceptively advertising vehicles as the “Cleanest Super Duty Diesel Ever”
Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay Consumer News Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.