November 7th, 2016
MADISON, CONN. November 7, 2016 – Calling into question the Direct Selling Association’s commitment to consumer protection, a truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) investigation has revealed that 97 percent of DSA member companies selling nutritional supplements have distributors deceptively marketing their products with unsubstantiated health claims. Though the industry trade group representing multilevel marketing (MLM) companies states that it
November 6th, 2016
TINA.org investigation reveals MLM supplements recommended for everything from cancer to Ebola.
October 31st, 2016
FTC Seeking to Clean up the MLM Industry
September 6th, 2016
Company struggled under court-mandated customer-focused business structure.
August 3rd, 2016
Few Jeunesse products are ever sold to anyone but distributors, lawsuit contends.
June 7th, 2016
MADISON, CONN. June 7, 2016–The Direct Selling Association (DSA), the national trade association for multi-level marketing companies, honors 22 companies that purportedly “serve as examples of direct selling at its best” at its national conference in Phoenix, Arizona tonight. However, an investigation by ad watchdog, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has revealed that numerous award winners are engaged
June 7th, 2016
Why is this industry group honoring MLMs making illegal marketing claims?
February 29th, 2016
Despite the availability of the data, MLM earnings statements fail to disclose crucial information to recruits, writes guest blogger William Keep.
December 21st, 2015
What we did this year at TINA.org.
December 18th, 2015
At what point do teams start selling their very name in homage of the all-mighty dollar?
December 14th, 2015
Where courts fell short in satisfying consumers who sued companies in false ads cases.
November 19th, 2015
Regulators send united message about deceptively marketed supplements.
November 2nd, 2015
Guest blog by Peter Vander Nat and William Keep.
October 13th, 2015
Readers have told us to look into these MLMs.
September 18th, 2015
Court concludes Vemma likely operating a pyramid scheme.
September 18th, 2015
See the FTC’s track record when it comes to pyramid cases.
August 31st, 2015
FTC case-by-case prosecution of pyramid schemes not enough to deter them.
August 26th, 2015
Ad Watchdog’s Investigation Spurs FTC Action MADISON, CONN. August 26, 2015 — Vemma Nutrition, an Arizona-based dietary supplement and energy drink company, was quietly shut down by the Federal Trade Commission after the agency filed a complaint under seal accusing Vemma of running an illegal pyramid scheme. The FTC’s actions come after consumer advocacy organization,
August 20th, 2015
MLM and pyramid scheme experts say more must be done to educate and raise student awareness.
August 6th, 2015
Vemma leader’s defection to another MLM may not be the end of the story.
