Verizon: ‘You Dunk It, We Upgrade It’

Except when there’s battery damage.

TINA.org Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

MADISON, CONN. June 21, 2021 – Despite a $2 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in February 2021, publishing giant Monument & Cathedral Holdings, better known as Agora, and…

Agora Still Using Deception and Dark Patterns to Ensnare Seniors

TINA.org refers publishing giant to FTC for enforcement action.

It’s Now Legal for Scammers to Keep Your Money

Tell your member of Congress to #MakeScammersPay

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.

Who’s Allowed to Play Games with the Stock Market?

The misleading advertising of democratizing finance.

TINA’s Take: Supreme Court Considers Whether Liars Can Keep Money They Stole

TINA.org files brief in critical case concerning FTC authority.

Subaru’s Starlink Infotainment System

Timeshares at Westgate Resorts

Prevagen: The Dismal Facts & Figures that Led to TINA.org’s Objection

Pending class-action settlement leaves consumers behind.

Treehuggers Bracelets

Tree-planting nonprofit cuts ties with another company selling bracelets to benefit Australia.

Court Rules that Success by Health Was a Pyramid Scheme

Court also finds that defendants made false and deceptive earnings claims.

What You Need to Know about Metals.com

All that glitters is definitely not gold at this California-based precious metals seller.

FTC Sues Neora (formerly Nerium) Alleging It Was a Pyramid from the Start

FTC complaint also features deceptive health and income claims.

TurboTax Free

Spoiler: Filing your taxes with this product “could cost you money” and those are TurboTax’s words.

Reliant Funding

Direct mail comes deceptively packaged as an “account reminder.”

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

Different name, same inappropriate marketing claims.

Worst False Ad Settlements of 2018

Class-action settlements leave consumers behind.

Cancer Care: The Deceptive Marketing of Hope

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

California Cracks Down on Goop after TINA.org Complaint

Goop to pay $145,000 in penalties and cease deceptive marketing as a result of California action.