LuLaRoe’s Return Policies
January 28th, 2019
January 2019: An arbitrator concluded that the plaintiffs cannot arbitrate their claims as a class but that they can arbitrate
Browsing the "MLM or pyramid scheme" Tag
Kyani Pyramid Scheme Claims
January 28th, 2019
January 2019: Plaintiffs in the Idaho case filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the Court’s decision to compel arbitration. December
AdvoCare’s 24-Day Challenge and AdvoCare Spark
January 24th, 2019
In May 2017, a false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against AdvoCare, a multilevel marketing company that sells dietary supplements.
Premier Financial Alliance Pyramid Scheme Claims
January 24th, 2019
January 2019: A federal judge denied defendants’ motions to compel arbitration concluding that Premier Financial Alliance and the other defendants
Jeunesse Global Pyramid Scheme Claims
January 14th, 2019
January 2019: After the settlement in the Aboltin case was approved, the named plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal regarding
Jeunesse Global
January 14th, 2019
January 2019: A federal judge granted final approval of the settlement agreement. That same month, an objector filed a Notice
7 Signs LuLaRoe Is Sinking
January 14th, 2019
Legging MLM struggles to stay afloat after meteoric rise.
AdvoCare
January 7th, 2019
October 2018: The claims against the six distributor defendants were dismissed because they were not named in the amended complaint.
TINA’s Take: Nerium’s Move To Disappear and Reinvent Itself as Neora
January 7th, 2019
Different name, same inappropriate marketing claims.
Stream Energy and Ignite
November 30th, 2018
October 2018: A federal judge granted final approval of the settlement agreement. June 2018: A federal judge preliminarily approved a
TINA.org Objects to Jeunesse Settlement that Snubs Consumers
November 29th, 2018
TINA.org breaks down unfair and inadequate MLM settlement by the numbers.
Status and Updates
November 27th, 2018
December 5, 2018: The Court grants TINA.org’s Motion for Leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in opposition to
Summary of Action
November 27th, 2018
Between 2016 and 2018, several class-action lawsuits were filed against the Florida-based multilevel marketing company Jeunesse Global alleging, among other things,
Bitconnect
November 15th, 2018
November 2018: This action was transferred to a court in Florida. (Case No. 18-cv-81549, S. D. FL.) February 2018: A
Bitconnect’s Marketing Representations
November 15th, 2018
October 2018: The case was transferred from a court in Minnesota to a court in Florida. (Case No. 18-cv-81329, S.
Nerium Pyramid Scheme Claims
September 20th, 2018
September 2018: A federal judge granted the company’s motion to compel arbitration. The case was stayed and administratively closed pending
Ad Watchdog TINA.org Files FTC Complaint Against Energy Supplier Stream Energy Deceptively Marketing Business Opportunity
September 12th, 2018
MADISON, CONN. September 12, 2018 – Ad watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has filed a deceptive advertising complaint with the Federal Trade
TINA.org Complaint Throws Water on Stream’s Income Claims
September 10th, 2018
TINA.org calls on regulators to put an end to Texas-based MLM's illegal income claims once and for all.
Summary of Action
September 10th, 2018
TINA.org investigated Stream Gas & Electric, Ltd. (“Stream”), a Texas-based multi-level marketing company that resells electricity and gas to customers, as
Status and Updates
September 10th, 2018
September 10, 2018: After seeing limited changes in Stream’s use of deceptive income claims and finding more than 100 additional