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Don’t Let Some Ads Get the Best of Your Pet

Don’t Let Some Ads Get the Best of Your Pet

The market for pet-related products has soared in the past decade. The American Pet Products Association (APPA) estimates that the industry now generates over $50 billion in sales annually, an…

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…

Seeking the Truth in Food Labels

Seeking the Truth in Food Labels

When cruising down the aisle of your favorite local supermarket, you may depend greatly on the packaging and labeling when deciding what food and beverage items or brands to buy. …

Penny Auctions Will Cost You

Penny Auctions Will Cost You

All is not what it seems for that item sold at a quarter of its retail price in a penny auction.

Operation Lost Opportunity: Feds Go after Job Scams

Operation Lost Opportunity: Feds Go after Job Scams

Under a continued crackdown on Too frequently, the term proves to be simply a euphemism for sending your money along to an unknown person or company and then watching your…

Are Tobacco Ad Regulations Doing Enough to Deter Smoking?

Are Tobacco Ad Regulations Doing Enough to Deter Smoking?

How tobacco companies can advertise is heavily regulated. For example, ads for tobacco products are banned from TV and radio, and all advertising for cigarettes and packaging of the product are…

Court Clears Way for Off-Label Promotion of Drugs

Court Clears Way for Off-Label Promotion of Drugs

Court rules pharmaceutical salesman’s promotion of off-label drug use for Xyrem was not false or misleading.

TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

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

Unilever Ends Mayogate by Dropping Lawsuit

Unilever Ends Mayogate by Dropping Lawsuit

In the end, the company that makes its mayonnaise with eggs was left with the ingredient on its face.

Puff Bar Flavors Resurface Following FDA Ban

Puff Bar Flavors Resurface Following FDA Ban

FDA says it is aware of the situation but declined to comment on the regulatory status of disposable e-cigarette brand.

Wellesse Glucosamine Settlement Doesn’t Cure Ad Issues

Wellesse Glucosamine Settlement Doesn’t Cure Ad Issues

TINA.org, continuing its efforts to oppose unfair settlements, files an objection.

Influencers Defy FTC Rules on Disclosure Despite Warnings

Influencers Defy FTC Rules on Disclosure Despite Warnings

TINA.org finds 95 percent of social media influencers previously put on notice by the FTC breaking the law.

Ad or Not? Khloe Kardashian and Calvin Klein

Ad or Not? Khloe Kardashian and Calvin Klein

An official ad campaign announcement has us taking a second look at another big reveal.

TINA.org to Team National: Take Down Questionable Income Claims

TINA.org to Team National: Take Down Questionable Income Claims

TINA.org’s #TNTruth social media campaign exposes company’s inappropriate income claims.

Heart-Healthy Certification: The Price is the Right

Heart-Healthy Certification: The Price is the Right

And it’s a hearty fee that food manufacturers pay for the right to display the AHA’s heart-check mark.

Ad or Not? Influencers Invade Coachella

Ad or Not? Influencers Invade Coachella

Brands and their paid endorsers cash in at the music festival, sans disclosure.

Monat Global Class Actions Piling Up

Monat Global Class Actions Piling Up

Lawsuits mount against hair care MLM Monat.

What You Should Know about iMarketsLive

What You Should Know about iMarketsLive

Questionable leaders and international bans are just the tip of the iceberg for this forex trading MLM.

TINA.org Fast-Tracks Team National’s Checkered Income Claims to FTC

TINA.org Fast-Tracks Team National’s Checkered Income Claims to FTC

The truth is — and the MLM admits — the vast majority of distributors make no income at all.

What You Should Know about HempWorx

What You Should Know about HempWorx

Pot MLM blows smoke when it comes to health and income claims and the purported legality of its CBD oil.