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.

Investigation by truthinadvertising.org Reveals Eight Things You Should Know About Vemma

MADISON, CT, July 10, 2013 — Vemma Nutrition Company promises it will “transform lives through ultra premium products and a generous compensation plan.” The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company, which touts that…

Direct Selling Association is Honoring Ethics Code Violators According to TINA.org

MADISON, CONN. June 7, 2016–The Direct Selling Association (DSA), the national trade association for multi-level marketing companies, honors 22 companies that purportedly “serve as examples of direct selling at its…

Deceptive Income Claims – How Not to Market Your MLM Business

How income claims, even truthful ones, can be deceptive when marketing the MLM business opportunity.

DSSRC’s Arbonne Decision Gets It Wrong

Council blesses MLM’s use of unsubstantiated earnings claims.

LuLaRoe Called Pyramid But Sued For Return Policy

Latest class action slams LLR’s “bait-and-switch” return policy.

FTC v. Vemma Pyramid Lawsuit Documents

Herbalife And Its Distributors Face RICO Complaint

Lawsuit against Herbalife claims attending events is a losing strategy.

TINA’s Take: Nerium’s Move To Disappear and Reinvent Itself as Neora

Different name, same inappropriate marketing claims.

Settling Up: Vemma

A Vemma settlement with the FTC will likely take this form.

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2020

Looking back at 2020.

What You Should Know about Elomir

What you need to know before you #hitthestrip.

Rank Makers University

TINA.org digs into MLM coach’s marketing pitch.

LuLa-NO: Clothing MLM Violating Court Order

TINA.org alerts Washington AG’s office to deceptive income claims and more.

TINA.org Answers Your MLM Questions

TINA.org participates in its first Reddit AMA.

Regulatory Inquiries Put Essential Oils MLM doTerra on the Defensive

MLM’s health claims fail to stand up to an increased level of scrutiny amid a worldwide pandemic.

Is the DSA Ignoring Illegal Health Claims?

TINA.org investigation reveals MLM supplements recommended for everything from cancer to Ebola.

Wellness MLM’s Fulvic Acid Product Raises Red Flags

“The mudman” has apparently found a new MLM to sell his “magic dirt.”

TINA.org Investigation Finds Pervasive Deceptive Earnings Claims in MLM Industry

The consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has published the results of a yearslong investigation into the multilevel marketing (MLM) industry that found widespread use of deceptive income claims to promote…

What You Should Know about Super Patch

TINA.org takes a closer look at this MLM offering “braille for your brain.”