What You Should Know about HempWorx

Pot MLM blows smoke when it comes to health and income claims and the purported legality of its CBD oil.

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…

Cat Fight over Pet Food Marketing Claims

Purina and Blue Buffalo in legal feud over by-products.

Vemma Affiliates’ Health Claims Violate FTC Order

Top affiliates touting that products can treat everything from psoriasis to ADD.

Smoking Out E-Cigarette Ad Claims

TINA.org review of more than 150 e-cigarette sites finds a wide variety of questionable claims.

Does Stocking Shelves = Product Promotion?

Texas court lets retailers off the hook for promoting products on shelves.

Few Regulations Govern Alcohol Advertising

Though it may be hard to believe, the alcohol advertising industry is self-regulated.  What does that mean?  It means it’s its own boss and makes up its own rules when…

Pyrex Glass Measuring Cups

Allegations: Falsely marketing Pyrex glass measuring cups as dishwasher safe and failing to adequately disclose the terms of warranties

Are You Infected?

Cyber bandits hijacked more than 4 million computers in an Internet ad fraud scheme before the FBI took them down in November 2011. The massive Estonian-run botnet that had infected…

The Fine Print – Read It

What the ad giveth, the fine print is not supposed to taketh away.

Service Contracts and Extended Warranties

Is it worth it to pay extra for that extended warranty?

He Promised a Dreamy Wedding Proposal. Fans Got a 5-Hour Sale.

Tiffany May, New York Times

Instagram Will Add ‘Paid Partnership’ Tag to Sponsored Posts, After FTC’s Warnings to Celebrity Users

Todd Spangler, Variety

Vemma Health Claims

Low Testosterone Timeline

Safelite

TINA.org investigates after consumer raises concerns that Safelite “may be using fear and disinformation to sell its service.”

Forever Living’s Neverending Deceptive Income Claims

The MLM has been making deceptive earnings claims for the past decade.

Virgin Atlantic: ‘100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel’

Ad regulator finds term potentially misleading in context of radio ad.

Oral-B Charcoal-Infused Toothbrushes

Allegations: Falsely marketing that toothbrushes whiten teeth when they don’t

Step2’s Made in USA Claims

U.S.-origin claims questioned after consumer receives box labeled “Made in Vietnam.”