Period Stigma and the Deceptive Marketing of Menstrual Products

How negative feelings surrounding menstruation have influenced period product marketing.

#RealDirectSellers Don’t Obtain Financial or Time Freedom

Is Deceptive Drug Marketing Killing Us?

Complaint alleges that painkiller companies schemed to deceive U.S. market.

Payday, Advanced-Fee and Guaranteed-Approval Loans

You’ve seen the ads: “No credit?  No Problem!” or “We’ll get you a loan regardless of your credit” or  “You’ve been pre-qualified!”  And our personal favorite: “We don’t care about…

CATrends: Acetaminophen Medications for Infants

Lawsuits claim infant-specific products aren’t any different than acetaminophen medications for older children.

5 Ad Trends to Be Wary of in 2020

CGI influencers are here.

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

FTC complaint also features deceptive health and income claims.

Herbalife And Its Distributors Face RICO Complaint

Lawsuit against Herbalife claims attending events is a losing strategy.

Are Homeopathic Drugs Misleading Consumers?

FDA revisits a decades-old policy that essentially allows homeopathic drugs to go unchecked into the marketplace.

Is the New Cool a Smokeless Smoke?

All the cool kids are doing it, but are e-cigs a less harmful alternative or just a new way to get addicted to nicotine?

Operation Lost Opportunity: Feds Go after Job Scams

Under a continued crackdown on Too frequently, the term proves to be simply a euphemism for sending your money along to an unknown person or company and then watching your…

Consumer Alert: Menopause Supplements

Proceed with caution when it comes to menopause marketing.

Is that a Real Job Offer? Know the Red Flags of Fake Opportunities

If you’re looking for a job, you need to watch out for ads offering to help you with your resume or help you find employment.  While some of these companies…

FTC Files for Injunction as IML Shuts Down

Agency worries MLM defendants are dissipating assets.

CATrends: Hand Sanitizers Marketed to Prevent Disease

The bottom line: Only FDA-approved drugs can be marketed to prevent disease.

TINA’s Take: FTC Lets ‘Detox Tea’ Influencers Off with a Warning

…for now.

Decoding Cosmetics Claims: ‘Not Tested on Animals,’ ‘Cruelty Free’

TINA.org investigates what’s behind the cruelty-free logos on the labels of cosmetic products.

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

Different name, same inappropriate marketing claims.

TINA.org Objects to Jeunesse Settlement that Snubs Consumers

TINA.org breaks down unfair and inadequate MLM settlement by the numbers.

Ad or Not? Memorial Sloan Kettering and WPIX 11 New York

‘Health news segment’ seems a lot like advertising.