ITT Educational Services Shutters Operations

Students may be eligible for loan forgiveness.

Mount Ida College

Pot Ad Regs: Overly Restrictive or Too Lax?

Lawmakers struggle with branding initiatives.

Le Cordon Bleu

InterCoast Career Institute’s LPN Program

Evolv Express

FTC investigates marketing of AI weapons scanner.

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Have you ever been the victim of a false ad or a deceptive marketing scheme? Perhaps there was a time when a very compelling ad convinced you to buy a…

DeVry University’s Advertised Employment and Income Rates

Breaking Down the Relationship between Brands and Teens

Today’s teenagers are uniquely positioned in the marketing world.

Check Out that For-Profit College Before Enrolling

Before enrolling in a for-profit college, check out this government investigation of 15 colleges that  revealed questionable practices that potential students should be mindful of when considering where to enroll. …

Can an Energy Drink Claim to be Healthy?

Vemma markets Verve as a healthy choice. But is it?

MyPillow

TINA.org investigated My Pillow, a Minnesota company that has sold millions of foam-filled bed pillows across the country, and found that the company was making deceptive and unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims…

Is Cheerios Protein Misleading Consumers?

New class-action lawsuit accuses General Mills of deceptively marketing Cheerios.

Group Challenges Rainforest Alliance Earth-Friendly Seal of Approval

Nonprofit says certification label appearing on such goods as Chiquita bananas misleads consumers.

Feds Sue Corinthian Colleges over Deceptive Advertising

Lawsuit seeks to recoup more than $500 million in relief for borrowers.

An Open Letter to Congress on H.R. 5230

Renowned pyramid scheme expert denounces proposed federal law.

Policies

Herbalife

TINA.org investigated Herbalife, a California-based multilevel marketing company that sells nutritional supplements, and found that the company has used unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to market its products, as well as atypical…

The Direct Selling Association on Pyramid Schemes: Truth and Truthiness

Guest blog by Peter Vander Nat and William Keep.

What You Should Know about LuLaRoe

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