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.
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
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
Beef Products from Tyson Foods, Cargill Meat Solutions, JBS USA Food, and National Beef Packing Company Class Action Beef Products from Tyson Foods, Cargill Meat Solutions, JBS USA Food, and National Beef Packing Company Allegations: Deceptively marketing beef as “Product of the USA”
Reliefband Anti-Nausea Wristband Ad Alert Reliefband Anti-Nausea Wristband Fusing of “FDA cleared” and “clinically proven” claims has potential to mislead consumers.
Gravity Defyer Shoes Ad Alert Gravity Defyer Shoes “Clinically proven” pain relief claims come under fire.
Certified Roofing Ad Alert Certified Roofing A friend of TINA.org forwarded this story about a roofing job gone wrong. The reader hired a roofing company she found advertised in the phonebook: Here’s what happened when the…
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”
Treehuggers Bracelets Ad Alert Treehuggers Bracelets Tree-planting nonprofit cuts ties with another company selling bracelets to benefit Australia.
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.
What’s Wrong with Right Size Smoothies? Ad Alert What’s Wrong with Right Size Smoothies? A company that sells weight-loss smoothie mixes seems to be hiding the real truth in the fine print.
Premier Care in Bathing Ad Alert Premier Care in Bathing Company told to clean up advertising related to competitors and its own financing offer.
FDA Stings Zarbee’s Naturals for Treatment Claims Ad Alert FDA Stings Zarbee’s Naturals for Treatment Claims Agency warns about “likes” on its own Facebook page.
New Law Says You Have a Right to Gripe Consumer News New Law Says You Have a Right to Gripe California becomes first state to ban non-disparagement clauses. Similar federal proposal expected to follow.