DoNotPay

Allegations: Marketing itself as the “world’s first robot lawyer” that can help with various legal issues when it is neither a robot nor a lawyer and it is actually a…

Policies

Five Reasons the BBB Shouldn’t Be Your Only Stop

Researching a company shouldn’t be one-stop shopping.

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2019

It was another successful year outing deceptive marketing on multiple fronts.

What You Should Know about the FTC’s Action against Vemma

Having combed through the 200-plus pages that the FTC filed against Vemma Nutrition Company, Vemma International Holdings, Inc., Benson K. (B.K.) Boreyko, Tom Alkazin and his wife Bethany (defendants) in…

Worst False Ad Court Actions 2015

Where courts fell short in satisfying consumers who sued companies in false ads cases.

NourishLife speak (Lifetrients)

TINA.org investigated NourishLife (which later changed its name to Lifetrients) and found that it was deceptively advertising a potentially harmful supplement called SpeechNutrients speak by, among other things, claiming it…

How Not to MLM: Market America’s Deceptive Income Claims

MLM Companies & Coronavirus Claims

The Pure Romance Opportunity: How NOT to Market Your MLM

Coronavirus Scammers

Tranont distributor touts MLM’s nutritional supplements as a prevention for the coronavirus.

DoTerra Distributors’ Drug Claims Violate the Law

TINA.org inquiry into essential oils MLM digs up more than 140 examples of unsubstantiated health claims.

7 Signs LuLaRoe Is Sinking

Legging MLM struggles to stay afloat after meteoric rise.

MLM Income Claims

MLM’s Love to Use the “F” Word

What You Should Know about LuLaRoe

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

Federal Lawsuit Alleges AdvoCare is ‘Pyramid Scheme’

Nutritional supplement MLM facing racketeering charges in class-action lawsuit filed by former distributors.

Vemma Reaches $238 Million Settlement with FTC

Company agrees to a ban on pyramid scheme practices to settle charges.

Vemma Frenzy Ends: Judge Limits Vemma’s Operations

Court concludes Vemma likely operating a pyramid scheme.

Former FTC Economist Calls for Federal Pyramid Scheme Rule

FTC case-by-case prosecution of pyramid schemes not enough to deter them.