A Year after Signaling E-Cig Action, FDA Issues First Warning Letters

Sites warned about misleading claims.

How a TINA.org Reader Tip Led to a Record Penalty for False Made in USA Claims

FTC says civil penalty against Williams-Sonoma is “the largest ever in a Made in USA case.”

Jeunesse, Top Leaders Face Second Pyramid Lawsuit

Lawsuit alleges Jeunesse is preying on Chinese-American immigrants.

Will New U Life Finally Admit SomaDerm Doesn’t Contain HGH?

The MLM’s recent marketing changes suggest that it is ready to come clean regarding the product’s actual ingredients.

Fourth Jeunesse Pyramid Scheme Lawsuit Filed

New lawsuit calls Jeunesse a pyramid scheme while taking aim at product line.

FTC Launches Investigation into IML’s Business Opportunity

Agency seeks documents from former instructor and salesperson.

Companies that Get Coal in their 2015 Holiday Stocking

Deceptive advertising allegations spell naughty list for these companies.

Best Reader Tips of 2024

Consumer complaints worth remembering.

MyPillow Pledges to Put Unsubstantiated Health Claims to Rest

TINA.org calls out cure-all pillow marketing.

IM Mastery Academy Can’t Outrun Foreign Financial Actions

A name change is unlikely to alter the fact that this forex trading MLM is not welcome in several countries.

MyPillow Gets a $1 Million Wake-Up Call

California consumer protection officials reach agreement with company to put health claims to bed.

Walmart Website Riddled with Deceptive Made in USA Claims

TINA.org investigation finds more than 100 USA labeling errors.

Cold Products Pay Millions for Misleading Consumers

Unproven cold prevention and treatment claims are nothing to sneeze at.

BMW Needs to Take Its Deceptive Made in USA Claims Off the Road

TINA.org files complaint over USA-made claims for automaker’s X models.

Prevagen Scrubs Memory-Improvement Claims Following Court Order

What led up to brain supplement’s December to remember. 

What You Should Know about Bulletproof School Supplies

TINA.org examines holes in “bulletproof” product claims.

7 Marketers That Get Coal in Their 2019 Holiday Stocking

TINA.org’s annual list includes a pillow maker, a televangelist and a for-profit college.

The Pure Romance Opportunity: How NOT to Market Your MLM

Fortune Hi-Tech Operators Banned from MLMs

Kentucky company agrees to pay $7 million to settle pyramid scheme charges.

Multi-Level Marketing v. Pyramid Schemes

Multi-level marketing (Multilevel Marketing – a way of distributing products or services in which the distributors earn income from their own retail sales and from retail sales made by their…