Category Archives: Deceptive Advertising

Baby mattress-maker settles with FTC over alleged false organic claims

Baby mattress-maker settles with FTC over alleged false organic claims By Ally Marotti Baby mattresses maker has agreed to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission alleging that its organic product claims do not stack up. The case, involving Moonlight Slumber, …

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VW attorneys call deceptive ads ‘puffery’

VW attorneys call deceptive ads ‘puffery’ By Howard Fischer  Attorneys for Volkswagen are telling a judge the firm can’t be found guilty of consumer fraud and fined potentially hundreds of millions of dollars because its now-disproved claims of the cleanliness of …

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Casper went to war with a popular mattress reviews site

Casper went to war with a popular mattress reviews site — then financed its takeover By Jason Del Rey In April 2016, the mattress startup Casper sued three popular mattress review sites, claiming they drove business to Casper competitors without …

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Watch out for these “free” kitchen and sports products

Watch out for these “free” kitchen and sports products By Francis Navarro When is free really free? This group of online marketers of “free” and “risk-free” trials of various kitchen and golf products is now in trouble with the Federal Trade …

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Cosmetic clinics fined for false ads

Cosmetic clinics fined for false ads By Kang Seung-woo  The nation’s antitrust watchdog said, Sunday, it has fined or issued correction orders to nine cosmetic surgery clinics for their exaggerated and deceptive advertisements to promote their practices. According to the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), two hospitals — Secret and Faceline plastic surgery clinics located in Gangnam District — were fined 25 million won ($22,000) and …

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California Woman Sues Mike and Ike Company, Claiming Boxes Are Only Half-Full of Candy

California Woman Sues Mike and Ike Company, Claiming Boxes Are Only Half-Full of Candy By Mahita Gajanan Stephanie Escobar sued Just Born Quality Confections, the company that sells the candies common to movie theaters in the U.S., after she says she …

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FTC serves health-app maker massive slice of humble pie—and $1.5M bill

FTC serves health-app maker massive slice of humble pie—and $1.5M bill By Beth Mole The idea was that Pact app users would set their own goals for going to the gym, exercising, logging their food, and/or eating veggies each week. …

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FTC imposes $6.5 million penalty on supplement outliers for making false claims

FTC imposes $6.5 million penalty on supplement outliers for making false claims By Michael Johnsen The FTC and State of Maine charged all nine defendants with making false and misleading claims about the supplements CogniPrin and FlexiPrin. The claims include …

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Just Got Slammed For Deceptive Advertising

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Just Got Slammed For Deceptive Advertising By Stephanie M. Lee Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop routinely draws criticism for its promotion of crystals, supplements, vaginal jade eggs, and all manner of other health products. Now, a consumer watchdog group …

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Judge: Costco must pay Tiffany $19.4 million for advertising knock-off rings

Judge: Costco must pay Tiffany $19.4 million for advertising knock-off rings By Kevin McCoy Tiffany has beaten Costco to the tune of at least $19.4 million in a trademark infringement battle over alleged knock-off rings that pitted the luxury jeweler against the membership warehouse giant. …

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