HairMax LaserComb: Magic Bullet for Baldness or Follicle Fallacy?

How one company turned a clearance into a sales pitch.

SEC asked to Strengthen Hedge Fund Advertising Rules

Increasing numbers of hedge funds are tweeting and establishing websites.

Did Miller Just Say it Invented Light Beer?

Why yes it did. But you should know that there’s a certain spin to this tale featured in current ads.

Bumble Bee’s Tuna Salad Kit and More

Hollister’s Gift Cards

Made in the USA? Come again?

FTC settles with Made in the USA Brand over certification seal.

HARP Refinance Lender: Not what You May Think it Is

Website with name similar to government mortgage program is filling inboxes. What is it after?

Fake It Until You Make It

Learn how to spot fake reviews.

Are the Oscars Just a Test of Commercial Success?

The expanded “Best Picture”

Congress Members call on FTC to Investigate Deception at Outlet Stores

Will the government finally take notice of misleading marketing and pricing?

Big Tobacco to Set Record Straight on Perils of Smoking

Corrective ad agreement comes eight years after originally ordered.

Sony Xperia SP

The ASA has found Sony’s advertising for the Xperia SP phone to be misleading.

LEGO Lord of the Ring Pirate Ship Ambush

Perhaps you’ve braved the Paths of the Dead under the White Mountains and summoned the oathbreakers, the Dead Men of Dunharrow cursed by Isildur to remain in Middle-earth after failing…

Maibec Shingles

Pyramid Scheme? The 7 Definitive Questions to Ask

Know the answers to these questions to be sure that MLM isn’t a pyramid scheme.

Rebranded Drugs

Some drugs are the same except for their names and packaging. For example: Sarafem, marketed as a treatment for Premenstrual Dysphoria Disorder, is the same drug as Prozac, marketed as…

Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse 12 Grain Bread

This bread from Pepperidge Farm is “12 Grain,” but it’s made mostly with refined white flour. Whole grain is not the same as 12 grain or multigrain, and consumers looking…

Are You Being Fooled by Sugar?

Sugar wars: Who has the right to call an ingredient sugar?

Be Wary of Health Ads with Amazing Claims

Consumers are reminded that dietary supplements are regulated differently from drugs, which are approved by the FDA.

A Fish by any Other Name Is a Problem

Study finds consumers are served mislabeled fish.