UPDATE: doTerra Distributors Ordered to Pay $15K Each Over COVID Claims Consumer News UPDATE: doTerra Distributors Ordered to Pay $15K Each Over COVID Claims Civil penalties follow a 2022 TINA.org investigation and complaint to the FTC.
What You Should Know about Market America Consumer News What You Should Know about Market America MLM takes down hundreds of deceptive income claims following TINA.org investigation.
Worst False Ad Settlements of 2019 Consumer News Worst False Ad Settlements of 2019 TINA.org’s annual list of class-action settlements that left consumers out in the cold.
What You Should Know about iMarketsLive Consumer News What You Should Know about iMarketsLive Questionable leaders and international bans are just the tip of the iceberg for this forex trading MLM.
Is the New Cool a Smokeless Smoke? Consumer News Is the New Cool a Smokeless Smoke? All the cool kids are doing it, but are e-cigs a less harmful alternative or just a new way to get addicted to nicotine?
Promise of Big Bucks is Really a Pyramid Scheme Consumer News Promise of Big Bucks is Really a Pyramid Scheme Resorts360 at center of complaints filed by truthinadvertising.org.
FTC Cracks Down on “Free Gift” Text Spam Consumer News FTC Cracks Down on “Free Gift” Text Spam Agency charges 29 with alleged scams.
Baby Products Under Fire for Ad Claims Consumer News Baby Products Under Fire for Ad Claims Better Sleep? Natural? Baby products are facing suits for false marketing.
Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web Consumer News Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web Over 200 million people in the U.S. are now Internet users. Many of our daily activities – reading the news, watching movies, paying bills, buying products, and even catching up…
Are Apple’s Ads about Siri Misleading? Consumer News Are Apple’s Ads about Siri Misleading? A lawsuit filed against Apple claims that the company “. . . has conveyed the misleading and deceptive message that the iPhone 4S’s Siri feature, a so-called voice-activated assistant…
Worst False Ad Settlements of 2021 Consumer News Worst False Ad Settlements of 2021 Class-action settlements leave consumers behind.
Modere Exploiting Women’s Hormonal Health Issues for Financial Gain Consumer News Modere Exploiting Women’s Hormonal Health Issues for Financial Gain New supplement line targets women with deceptive and illegal health claims.
TINA’s Take: Supplement Maker Sued for Alleged ‘Review Hijacking’ on Amazon Consumer News TINA’s Take: Supplement Maker Sued for Alleged ‘Review Hijacking’ on Amazon Company to pay $600,000 for allegedly manipulating product pages.
TINA’s Take: IM Mastery Academy Reinvents Itself as IYOVIA Consumer News TINA’s Take: IM Mastery Academy Reinvents Itself as IYOVIA Different name, same game.
CATrends: Loot Boxes in Video Games Consumer News CATrends: Loot Boxes in Video Games Class-action trend likens purchasing loot boxes in video games to pulling a lever on a slot machine.
California Cracks Down on Goop after TINA.org Complaint Consumer News California Cracks Down on Goop after TINA.org Complaint Goop to pay $145,000 in penalties and cease deceptive marketing as a result of California action.
Check Out these Debt Collection Claims Before Payment Consumer News Check Out these Debt Collection Claims Before Payment There are laws on what collectors can say or do, as the country’s top two debt buyers recently found out.
Ad or Not? New York Magazine Consumer News Ad or Not? New York Magazine Hype or editorial content regarding this hyperpigmentation serum?
Sale or Not? MyPillow’s BOGO Offer Consumer News Sale or Not? MyPillow’s BOGO Offer Is this BOGO a no-go?
Unfair Herbalife Settlement Leaves Distributors Out in Cold Consumer News Unfair Herbalife Settlement Leaves Distributors Out in Cold Objections filed to settlement that gives most distributors $20 or less, while lawyers get $5.25 million and the company continues business as usual.