Companies that Get Coal in their 2013 Stockings Consumer News Companies that Get Coal in their 2013 Stockings Be careful, deceptive marketers — Santa was watching.
Moneytree Ad Alert Moneytree Payday lender faces $550,000 in fines for allegedly hiding the true cost of its services.
Oasis Legal Finance Ad Alert Oasis Legal Finance Exorbitant interest rates lurk behind these convenient loans.
Earnin App Class Action Earnin App Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that users can get immediate access to earnings “with no loans, fees, or hidden costs” when they are charged undisclosed fees
Mortgage Insurance Scam Goes Blue Ad Alert Mortgage Insurance Scam Goes Blue The color changes but the deceptive marketing stays the same.
PennyMac’s COVID-19 Forbearance Plans Class Action PennyMac’s COVID-19 Forbearance Plans Allegations: Deceptively representing that a deferred payment program would be available to veterans after their forbearance plans ended
It’s Now Legal for Scammers to Keep Your Money Blog It’s Now Legal for Scammers to Keep Your Money Tell your member of Congress to #MakeScammersPay
Deceptive Cancer Care Marketing By the Numbers Consumer News Deceptive Cancer Care Marketing By the Numbers
Do You Know what Big Data Knows about You? Blog Do You Know what Big Data Knows about You? FTC report highlights lack of transparency in data tracking.
NADA Sues FTC Over Risk-Based Pricing Regulations and Gets… Nada! Consumer News NADA Sues FTC Over Risk-Based Pricing Regulations and Gets… Nada! The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) was not very happy when the FTC wanted to implement rules that would require car dealers to disclose credit score information to consumers when…
It’s National Consumer Protection Week. Celebrate by Reporting a Deceptive Ad Consumer News It’s National Consumer Protection Week. Celebrate by Reporting a Deceptive Ad It might just help the FTC obtain consumer refunds in a deceptive marketing case.
TurboTax Free Ad Alert TurboTax Free Spoiler: Filing your taxes with this product “could cost you money” and those are TurboTax’s words.
2017 Nu Skin Enterprises Income Claims Database Evidence 2017 Nu Skin Enterprises Income Claims Database TINA.org investigation reveals misleading income claims used to market MLM opportunity.
U.S. Department of Education Consumer Basics U.S. Department of Education The U.S. Department of Education (ED), which was created in 1980, is divided into several different offices. One of its offices, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), is charged with…
Taxes Shouldn’t Be This Taxing Blog Taxes Shouldn’t Be This Taxing How tax preparation services may actually make your life harder.
The FTC Needs to Implement a Deceptive Earnings Claims Rule Blog The FTC Needs to Implement a Deceptive Earnings Claims Rule Consumers can’t afford to go it alone when it comes to atypical income claims.
TINA’s Take: FTC Bars TurboTax Owner from Deceptively Advertising “Free” Tax Prep Consumer News TINA’s Take: FTC Bars TurboTax Owner from Deceptively Advertising “Free” Tax Prep It’s not the first time the company has been accused of pulling a bait and switch.
What You Should Know about Kalshi Consumer News What You Should Know about Kalshi Prediction market faces legal challenges on multiple fronts.
Gravity Defyer Shoes Ad Alert Gravity Defyer Shoes “Clinically proven” pain relief claims come under fire.