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What You Should Know about Vemma

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What You Should Know about Vemma

Investigation reveals a number of questionable practices.

Office of Comptroller of the Currency

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Office of Comptroller of the Currency

The OCC is charged with regulating and supervising all national banks and federal savings associations in order to ensure that they comply with relevant laws and treat customers fairly. As…

Rolling Stone Subscriptions

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Rolling Stone Subscriptions

Getting out may not be as easy as signing up.

The Good Feet Store

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The Good Feet Store

Customer testimonials aren’t a good fit for claims that shoe inserts address medical conditions like plantar fasciitis.

Rebate Promotions at Menards Stores

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Rebate Promotions at Menards Stores

Allegations: Customers do not receive the promised savings from its storewide rebate promotion

What You Should Know about LuLaRoe

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What You Should Know about LuLaRoe

Achieving financial freedom from this MLM is as hard as finding those unicorn prints.

Beware of Credit Card Updating Services

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Beware of Credit Card Updating Services

Is your bank giving out information on changes to your credit card accounts?

The Enduring Primacy of Retail Sales in an MLM Context

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The Enduring Primacy of Retail Sales in an MLM Context

POST HIGHLIGHTS • Meaning of Amway rules (1979), especially the “70% rule” and subsequent deterioration • Koscot (1975), Omnitrition (1996), and BurnLounge (2014) provide seminal rulings on the determination of…

Verizon, Sprint to Give $120M Back to ‘Crammed’ Consumers

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Verizon, Sprint to Give $120M Back to ‘Crammed’ Consumers

All told, that’s $290M going back to wireless consumers who federal regulators said were unfairly charged.

Green Coffee Bean Extract Marketer To Refund Customers

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Green Coffee Bean Extract Marketer To Refund Customers

Marketers made millions off “Oz effect” but FTC says there was no proof the supplement worked.

Lawmakers Raise Questions about Deceptive Marketing in Solar Industry

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Lawmakers Raise Questions about Deceptive Marketing in Solar Industry

What are the hidden costs of solar leases?

These Companies Should Get Coal in their Holiday Stockings

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These Companies Should Get Coal in their Holiday Stockings

Some notable companies facing deceptive advertising claims.

Somebody’s Watching You

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Somebody’s Watching You

What you need to know about in-store tracking.

Every Single Auto Insurance Ad

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Every Single Auto Insurance Ad

Want to save money on your auto insurance? Just switch to our company and save about $500, says every single auto insurance company: How is it possible for every single…

Six Examples of How Overstock.com Ripped Off Consumers