April 27th, 2018
April 2018: Following the March 2018 settlement agreement and resulting dismissal, plaintiffs filed a notice of dismissal indicating that they would be dismissing the case with prejudice. March 2018: This case was dismissed because the parties reached a settlement agreement, the terms of which have not been disclosed. October 2017: Even though the case was
December 18th, 2017
TINA.org investigation reveals misleading income claims used to market MLM opportunity.
June 22nd, 2017
Class-action lawsuit alleges top distributors feed off the money paid by recruits.
November 1st, 2016
TINA.org investigation reveals illegal health claims used to market MLM supplements.
January 29th, 2021
December 2020: A federal judge dismissed the case concluding that reasonable consumers would not be deceived because the hotel discloses that the advertised room rate does not include taxes and fees, includes details about the taxes and fees added to the advertised price in drop-down menus, and tells consumers the total cost of a room
December 15th, 2020
Deceptive health and income claims, including some tied to COVID-19, persist in wake of warning from the feds.
December 15th, 2020
In 2020, TINA.org investigated the 16 MLMs targeted by the FTC for making deceptive COVID-related claims and found that each of the MLMs has continued to make unsubstantiated health claims and/or deceptive income claims, either directly or through distributors. A majority of the MLMs (10 out of 16) have also continued to put these claims
December 3rd, 2020
Why the MLM industry should avoid the term.
September 14th, 2020
How income claims, even truthful ones, can be deceptive when marketing the MLM business opportunity.
April 27th, 2020
TINA.org complaint comes four years after MLM paid $200 million to settle FTC deceptive advertising charges.
January 9th, 2018
Below are the replies TINA.org has received in response to its DSA income claims investigation and subsequent notification letters, which alerted offending DSA-member companies of TINA.org’s findings. ACN Advocare Amway Arbonne Flavon Forever Living Isagenix Immunotec Jeunesse LifeVantage Limu Morinda New Earth Nu Skin NYR Organic Princess House RBC Life Ruby Ribbon SAS SPURILLA Shaklee Simply Said Stream Sunrider
December 18th, 2017
More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.
November 14th, 2017
Pyramid scheme claims against MLM companies on the rise.
September 20th, 2017
Lawsuit against Herbalife claims attending events is a losing strategy.
August 28th, 2017
More than 1,000 unsubstantiated health claims remain on the internet nine months after TINA.org’s investigation.
August 28th, 2017
Audit results of TINA.org’s investigation of MLM health claims.
December 20th, 2016
Below are the replies TINA.org has received in response to its DSA health claims investigation and subsequent notification letters, which alerted offending DSA-member companies of TINA.org’s findings. 4Life AdvoCare Agel Amway Arbonne Flavon Forever Living FreeLife Herbalife Immunotec Isagenix Jeunesse Jusuru Kyani L’Bri LifeVantage LifeWave Limu Mannatech Melaleuca Morinda Nefful Nikken NYR Organic Sanki Global
November 6th, 2016
TINA.org investigation reveals MLM supplements recommended for everything from cancer to Ebola.
