Banana Boat Kids SPF 50 Sunscreens

AdvoCare

Allegations: Operating a pyramid scheme and luring distributors into the scheme by telling them they can achieve financial success

GSA Advantage

TINA.org investigated the U.S. General Services Administration’s online shopping system, GSA Advantage!®, which supplies products and services to federal agencies, the District of Columbia, state and local governments, and certain…

Naples Soap Company

From “cruelty free” to “Made in the USA,” TINA.org finds personal care company’s marketing awash with questionable labels.

AppleCare and AppleCare+ Plans

Allegations: Misrepresenting that replacement devices under warranties will be new devices when they are actually refurbished, reconditioned, and secondhand

Premier Care in Bathing

Company told to clean up advertising related to competitors and its own financing offer.

Medicare Benefit Update, aka Unified Health

Deceptive mailer targets Medicare recipients.

Cancer Care: The Deceptive Marketing of Hope

TINA.org files complaint against CTCA and puts 42 cancer centers on notice for marketing atypical testimonials.

The Enduring Primacy of Retail Sales in an MLM Context

POST HIGHLIGHTS • Meaning of Amway rules (1979), especially the “70% rule” and subsequent deterioration • Koscot (1975), Omnitrition (1996), and BurnLounge (2014) provide seminal rulings on the determination of…

L’Oréal

TINA.org objected to a settlement that sought to resolve claims filed by the FTC against L’Oréal for deceptively advertising its Lancôme Génifique and L’Oréal Paris Youth Code skincare products by…

Mary Kay Off-Roads into Deceptive Income Claims

The pink Cadillac is just one of many things top-selling distributors tout but few distributors achieve.

ADD-care Told to Subtract ‘Help’ Claims

Self-regulatory body says research supporting ADD and ADHD health claims is unreliable.

‘Free’ or ‘Low Cost’ Back and Knee Braces

FTC alerts consumers to Medicare scam.

MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims

TINA.org investigation finds 98% of MLMs using misleading income claims.

Insurance Marketplaces and Your Personal Information

Lisa Zamosky, WebMD

Sony Music

TINA.org joined other consumer advocates including UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice and Consumer Action in filing an amici curiae brief in a case against Sony Music alleging…

New Nordic Skin Care Collagen Filler

Skin care claims referred to federal officials.

The 2022 Benefits Helpline

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Medicare Coverage Helpline

This helpline may be trying to sell you something.

Acure Organics

Don’t let the URL fool you; the vast majority of these personal care products are not certified organic.