ADT

Home security company sought to secure only positive reviews.

FTC Social Media Actions

See the FTC’s track record when it comes to social media influencer cases.

ITT Educational Services Shutters Operations

Students may be eligible for loan forgiveness.

INRatio Products

DSA Award Winners Are Ethics Code Violators

Why is this industry group honoring MLMs making illegal marketing claims?

FDA & Dietary Supplements: By the Numbers

Is the FDA doing enough to monitor the supplement industry?

Investigation by Ad Watchdog TINA.org Reveals What You Should Know About Jeunesse

MADISON, Conn., Oct. 20, 2015 — Ad watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has filed a deceptive advertising complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Florida Attorney General against Jeunesse Global, LLC, a multi-level marketing…

$3 Blue Pill

Save tons of money on Viagra? What to know before you jump at this radio ad for the “blue pill.”

A Year after Signaling E-Cig Action, FDA Issues First Warning Letters

Sites warned about misleading claims.

Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes

More needs to be done to shut down pyramid schemes.

Five Companies that Fail the Name Game

What’s in a name? Sometimes not what you expect.

Somebody’s Watching You

What you need to know about in-store tracking.

ADT Agrees to Reveal whether it Paid Experts to Boost Service

FTC settles suit with company over charges of deceptive reviewers.

Full Time Receptionist/Clerk

A reader responded to a generic receptionist job ad on Craigslist and received this response: From: Orpha Home <orphafunds01@outlook.com> Date: November 12, 2013 at 9:20:09 AM EST To: Subject: RE:…

Ads Hopscotching across Platforms

Consumers are gaining control over TV ads, but more are popping up in social media.

Is that a Real Query Result or a Paid Ad?

FTC tells search engines to distinguish sponsored results.

U.S. Department of Transportation

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), which began operation in 1967, deals with, you guessed it, transportation.As part of that mission, the ACPD is responsible for, among other things, ensuring…

Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is made up of several local chapters in the United States and Canada that all work through their parent corporation, the Council of Better Business…

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU)

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), a unit of the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council, is the advertising industry’s primary self-regulatory organization responsible for monitoring ad content – across all media channels…

FTC’s authority to help consumer fraud victims is in question before the U.S. Supreme Court

Stephanie Zimmermann, Chicago Suntimes