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SmartPractice

SmartPractice

According to a warning letter from the FDA, the Danish company, SmartPractice, promoted an allergic contact dermatitis test kit called T.R.U.E. Test® without adequate potential risk information, including that the product…

Can’t Keep a Bad Ad Man Down

Can’t Keep a Bad Ad Man Down

Why can’t the FTC put some hucksters out of business for good?

Football Helmet Makers Overstated Protection

Football Helmet Makers Overstated Protection

Riddell claimed their helmets could reduce its user’s chances of suffering a concussion, but no helmet can prevent concussions.

TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

Truthinadvertising.org alerts federal and state regulators to deceptive marketing.

Drug Companies Pushing Prescription Pills in Ads

Drug Companies Pushing Prescription Pills in Ads

The polio vaccine, penicillin, open-heart surgery, magnetic resonance imaging, chemotherapy, Zoloft, LASIK, statins, heck, even Viagra have all contributed to the advancement of modern medicine. We’ve come a long way…

Scareware Suit Settled but Consumers Don’t Really Win

Scareware Suit Settled but Consumers Don’t Really Win

A little over a year after being sued for “falsely identify[ing] computer problems and characteriz[ing] them as “severe” in an attempt to scare consumers into purchasing its software,” Ascentive, the…

Gwyneth Paltrow Says Goop Magazine Ended After Disagreement With Publisher Over Fact-Checking

Gwyneth Paltrow Says Goop Magazine Ended After Disagreement With Publisher Over Fact-Checking

Harriet Alexander, The Telegraph

The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow

The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow

Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times

When Dental Hygiene Meets False Advertising Suits

When Dental Hygiene Meets False Advertising Suits

Manatt Phelps and Phillips LLP, Lexology

Kid’s Dietary Supplement Forced To Change Deceptive Ads

Kid’s Dietary Supplement Forced To Change Deceptive Ads

Aaron Case, Lawyers.com

Companies Getting Coal in 2021

Companies Getting Coal in 2021

Find out why New Balance, TikTok, Poland Spring and others make the 2021 naughty list.

Subscriptions to The Athletic

Subscriptions to The Athletic

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions

Similac Pro-Advance Infant Formula

Similac Pro-Advance Infant Formula

Allegations: Making misleading claims in the marketing for formulas

Timeline

Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

Boost Glucose Control Supplements

Boost Glucose Control Supplements

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products help manage blood sugar, control glucose, and are “designed for people with diabetes”

Montefiore Ads Pollute NYC Highways

Montefiore Ads Pollute NYC Highways

New York neurosurgery center features deceptive testimonial on billboards and website

JustAnswer

JustAnswer

Cost to ask a question and actually have it answered remains elusive for consumers.

Pencils Down: Princeton Review Revises Marketing following TINA.org Investigation

Pencils Down: Princeton Review Revises Marketing following TINA.org Investigation

SAT test prep company comes clean about its money-back guarantee.

Relaxium

Relaxium

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the supplement as a “clinically proven” sleep aid that was developed by a “sleep expert”

Most Deceptive Ads of 2022

Most Deceptive Ads of 2022

Some of the worst ads TINA.org covered this year.