Browsing the "Legal Action" Category
Status and Updates
July 10th, 2019 | by .
July 17, 2019: Snow Teeth Whitening no longer claims on its website that its teeth whitening kit is “FDA approved.”
Summary of Action
July 10th, 2019 | by .
In July 2019, based on a consumer tip, TINA.org investigated Snow Teeth Whitening’s marketing and determined that it is improperly
Comment at FDA Public Meeting on Dietary Supplements
May 23rd, 2019 | by .
Comment made by TINA.org executive director, Bonnie Patten at the FDA’s public meeting on Responsible Innovation in Dietary Supplements held
Summary of Action
May 21st, 2019 | by .
In June 2018, the FTC sent a closing letter to Williams-Sonoma following an investigation into the company’s marketing of certain
PBteen Database
May 21st, 2019 | by .
PBTEEN MADE IN USA MARKETING Below is a sampling of PBteen marketing materials that claim, either expressly or implicitly, that
Williams-Sonoma Database
May 21st, 2019 | by .
WILLIAMS-SONOMA MADE IN USA MARKETING Below is a sampling of Williams-Sonoma marketing materials that claim, either expressly or implicitly, that
Pottery Barn Database
May 21st, 2019 | by .
POTTERY BARN MADE IN USA MARKETING Below is a sampling of Pottery Barn marketing materials that claim, either expressly or
Williams-Sonoma Home Database
May 21st, 2019 | by .
WILLIAMS-SONOMA HOME MADE IN USA MARKETING Below is a sampling of Williams-Sonoma Home marketing materials that claim, either expressly or
West Elm Database
May 21st, 2019 | by .
WEST ELM MADE IN USA MARKETING Below is a sampling of West Elm marketing materials that claim, either expressly or
Rejuvenation Database
May 21st, 2019 | by .
REJUVENATION MADE IN USA MARKETING Below is a sampling of Rejuvenation marketing materials that claim, either expressly or implicitly, that
Pottery Barn Kids Database
May 21st, 2019 | by .
POTTERY BARN KIDS MADE IN USA MARKETING Below is a sampling of Pottery Barn Kids marketing materials that claim, either
Status and Updates
May 20th, 2019 | by .
May 21, 2019: TINA.org sends a complaint letter to the FTC requesting that it re-open its investigation into Williams-Sonoma’s Made
MyPillow 2019 Database
April 23rd, 2019 | by .
In 2019, TINA.org found that MyPillow is violating a 2016 Stipulated Judgment (entered in a lawsuit filed against the company
Revised 2019 Sprinter Marketing
April 9th, 2019 | by .
On March 22, 2019, TINA.org sent a warning letter to Mercedes-Benz notifying it of TINA.org’s findings that the company was engaged
Summary of Action
April 9th, 2019 | by .
TINA.org investigated the marketing for the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, which revealed that Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) was running a multimillion-dollar
2019 Sprinter Origin Database
April 9th, 2019 | by .
In connection with its Mercedes-Benz Sprinter investigation, TINA.org collected Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) associated with each vehicle in its sampling
Status and Updates
April 9th, 2019 | by .
March – first week of April 2019: Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) removes several deceptive marketing materials from publication, including a national
2019 Sprinter Built in the USA Marketing
April 9th, 2019 | by .
Below is a sampling of Mercedes-Benz marketing materials that claim, either expressly or implicitly, that its 2019 Sprinter van is
VIN Decoding
April 9th, 2019 | by .
A Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is a unique 17-digit code assigned to each motor vehicle in the United States. The