Bargain Hunters Beware: Is it Really a Sale? Consumer News Bargain Hunters Beware: Is it Really a Sale? Five top retailers who have gotten into hot water over pricing issues.
Google to Refund Millions to Parents Consumer News Google to Refund Millions to Parents Internet giant to refund parents for charges their children ran up playing mobile apps.
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Happy Belly Spices Class Action Happy Belly Spices Allegations: Failing to disclose products contain heavy metals
Herbs and Spices from 365 By Whole Foods Market Class Action Herbs and Spices from 365 By Whole Foods Market Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain, or are at risk of containing, toxic heavy metals
Whole Foods Grilled Over Its ‘No Antibiotics, Ever’ Beef Claim Ad Alert Whole Foods Grilled Over Its ‘No Antibiotics, Ever’ Beef Claim Consumers also have a beef with claim that meat is “animal welfare certified.”
‘Dishwasher Safe’ Nonstick Pans from Granitestone Diamond Ad Alert ‘Dishwasher Safe’ Nonstick Pans from Granitestone Diamond Think twice before sticking nonstick cooking pans in the dishwasher.
CATrends: Marketing Claims for Products Containing PFAS Consumer News CATrends: Marketing Claims for Products Containing PFAS Class-action lawsuits target human and environmentally-friendly claims.
Solimo Melatonin Supplements Class Action Solimo Melatonin Supplements Allegations: Dietary supplements contain more melatonin than advertised
Happy Belly Fruit Bowls and Canned Fruit Products Class Action Happy Belly Fruit Bowls and Canned Fruit Products Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products contain “100% Juice”
Charmast Power Banks Model W1056 Class Action Charmast Power Banks Model W1056 Allegations: Marketing products as safe without disclosing that they pose a fire risk because the batteries in them can overheat and ignite
TINA.org Supports FTC’s ‘Click to Cancel’ Rule against Industry Challenge Blog TINA.org Supports FTC’s ‘Click to Cancel’ Rule against Industry Challenge Companies should not be able to trap consumers into subscriptions that they do not want.
Poland Spring ORIGIN Ad Alert Poland Spring ORIGIN Poland Spring charges consumers a premium for its ORIGIN water. What are they getting in return?
Neuriva’s ‘Clinically Proven’ Ingredients Claims Ad Alert Neuriva’s ‘Clinically Proven’ Ingredients Claims Memory supplement’s “clinically proven” ingredients claims fall apart upon closer inspection of supporting ingredient studies.
TINA.org’s Year in Review 2019 Blog TINA.org’s Year in Review 2019 It was another successful year outing deceptive marketing on multiple fronts.
‘Hillary’s Secret Revenge’ Ad Alert ‘Hillary’s Secret Revenge’ Conspiracy-ridden video from Health Sciences Institute aims to get you to sign up as a member.
Perfect Food, Imperfect Packaging Blog Perfect Food, Imperfect Packaging Is this green super food supplement slack-filled or packed down?
I Propose a National Ordinary Day Blog I Propose a National Ordinary Day Maybe we should re-think all of those national fill-in-the-blank days.. maybe not.