USANA Income Claims Database Evidence USANA Income Claims Database Between June and November 2017, TINA.org investigated every company on the November 29, 2017 Direct Selling Association (DSA) membership list and found that more than 97 percent have made or…
Bayer One A Day Multivitamins Class Action Bayer One A Day Multivitamins Allegations: Falsely marketing that multivitamins provide various health benefits
MLM Companies Income Claims Industries MLM Companies Income Claims TINA.org found that 98% of MLM companies have used atypical income claims to market their business opportunities.
Weight-Loss Products That May Only Trim Your Wallet Consumer News Weight-Loss Products That May Only Trim Your Wallet Is losing weight on your New Year’s resolution list?
Health Claims Evidence Health Claims An ongoing TINA.org investigation has catalogued more than 200 examples of Neurocore claiming that it can treat, cure, or alleviate the symptoms of numerous medical conditions, including ADHD, autism, anxiety,…
FTC, Nevada Sue IM Mastery Academy Consumer News FTC, Nevada Sue IM Mastery Academy Complaint alleges IML was a $1.2 billion scam.
Companies Accused of Greenwashing Consumer News Companies Accused of Greenwashing When companies green it, they better mean it.
BounceBack by Mannatech Ad Alert BounceBack by Mannatech MLM’s health claims face another regulatory challenge.
4Life Health Claims Evidence 4Life Health Claims A TINA.org investigation has cataloged over 100 instances from 2005 to 2016 in which 4Life distributors have either made or referenced claims that the 4Life product line can treat, cure, alleviate the symptoms of,…
2023 Modere Project 23 Health Claims Database Evidence 2023 Modere Project 23 Health Claims Database A 2023 TINA.org investigation has compiled a sampling of more than 200 examples of Modere and its distributors deceptively promoting the company’s Project 23 products as able to balance hormones…
Advertising for UnitedHealth’s Medicare Plans with AARP’s Logo Class Action Advertising for UnitedHealth’s Medicare Plans with AARP’s Logo In November 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed alleging, among other things, that advertising for UnitedHealth’s Medicare Plans with AARP’s logo and name violates California law, which prohibits advertising for…
Health-Ade Kombucha Drinks Class Action Health-Ade Kombucha Drinks 2016: After the Samet case was consolidated with another lawsuit against the company (Hood), the consolidated action was dismissed. 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Health-Ade for allegedly falsely…
Court Rules that Success by Health Was a Pyramid Scheme Blog Court Rules that Success by Health Was a Pyramid Scheme Court also finds that defendants made false and deceptive earnings claims.
ARMRA Colostrum Supplements Ad Alert ARMRA Colostrum Supplements Company distances itself from touted “studies” while continuing to use deceptive health claims.
Zinzino Health Claims Database Evidence Zinzino Health Claims Database A TINA.org investigation has revealed that MLM supplements and products are being recommended for a multitude of maladies without appropriate substantiation. Here is a sampling of TINA.org’s findings for this…
MedStar Health Class Action MedStar Health Allegations: Misrepresenting that it protects patients’ personal information when it failed to do so and there was a data breach in 2023
Cinergy Health Class Action Cinergy Health In July 2012, a class action was filed on behalf of Wisconsin residents claiming that Cinergy Health “intentionally played upon the vulnerabilities of people who either could not qualify for,…
Phillips’ Colon Health Products Class Action Phillips’ Colon Health Products In November 2014, a federal judge allowed some of the false advertising claims in a class-action lawsuit against Bayer to move forward. The complaint, which was originally filed in 2011,…
The Danger of Loosely Regulated Supplements Blog The Danger of Loosely Regulated Supplements How we can protect ourselves from the $40-50 billion supplement industry amid a shrinking government?