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Patterson Belknap's preeminence in the field of advertising law has been built on more than four decades of groundbreaking wins for blue-chip clients. The Firm has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in many of the most notable competitor and consumer false advertising lawsuits throughout the nation. The FTC has investigated, sued, and stopped many companies that made false weight loss claims in their ads. One such company, LeanSpa, used fake websites and false news reports to promote their bogus products. Today, the FTC launched a new website, based partly on the LeanSpa case, to help people identify false weight loss claims. FTC Sues Sellers of Weight-Loss Pills for False Advertising On February 8, 2008 the The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged a business operation with violating federal law by falsely claiming that its weight-loss pills cause users to lose weight without dieting or exercise. A supplement company paid a third-party website to write misleading reviews about a weight-loss drug By Nick Statt @nickstatt Feb 26, 2019, 8:46pm EST Share this story
A false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against Iovate Health Sciences in September 2016. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the company markets a line of weight-loss supplements – including Garcinia Cambogia Plus, Garcinia Cambogia Plus Gummies, Coconut Oil, Green Coffee Bean, Matcha Green Tea Plus, Probiotics Plus Weight Loss, Raspberry Ketones Plus, Konjac Root Plus, Xenadrine Core, and Xenadrine Ultimate – as scientifically shown to promote weight loss when it
Dec 30, 2014 "In terms of advertising issues, weight loss fraud is one of the top more consumers fell prey to fraudulent weight-loss products than any other Feb 12, 2010 The Biggest Lawsuit: Jillian Michaels Sued Over Diet Pills Strength Calorie Control" are being sued in a California court for false advertising, May 29, 2013 Such unregulated self-policing has lead to countless lawsuits. In some For diet products that you believe simply don't work, you may be able to sue the maker for false advertising and unfair and deceptive business practices. May 3, 1985 Promises that Herbalife`s herbal products will reduce weight and cleanse the A lawsuit filed on March 6 by three California agencies, including the attorney made false medical claims and misled consumers in its advertisements. internal cleansing and that the herbs themselves promote weight loss.
Two popular types of class action lawsuits brought against dietary supplement companies are those based on false advertising or misbranding. These types of class action lawsuits are based not on the theory that the product is dangerous or has physically hurt someone, but rather, that consumers were defrauded into purchasing the product.
Dishonest advertisers will say just about anything to get you to buy their weight loss products. Here are some of the (false) promises from weight loss ads: Lose weight without dieting or exercising. (You won’t.) You don’t have to watch what you eat to lose weight. (You do.) If you use this product, you’ll lose weight permanently. (Wrong
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Dishonest advertisers will say just about anything to get you to buy their weight loss products. Here are some of the (false) promises from weight loss ads: Lose weight without dieting or exercising. (You won’t.) You don’t have to watch what you eat to lose weight. (You do.) If you use this product, you’ll lose weight permanently. (Wrong Ad agency to pay $2 million for role in deceptive weight loss and “free” offers. We haven’t tried bullhorns or signal flares yet, but aside from that, it’s tough to imagine a tactic the FTC hasn’t taken to warn businesses about the risks of involving themselves in deceptive weight loss promotions. Add to that list of fair warnings the $2 million judgment announced by the FTC and the Maine AG against Marketing Architects, an ad agency that created and disseminated radio ads for diet
May 23, 2018 Judge Engelmayer wrote in his decision, "[E]ven if the word 'diet' may sometimes identify weight-loss products (as in 'diet pills' or other products
A New York man has filed a class action lawsuit against Red Bull North America, Inc., claiming that the energy drink manufacturer has run false and misleading advertisements involving the effects of t 2020/10/20 2019/05/22 Aug 15, 2019 · The FTC has investigated, sued, and stopped many companies that made false weight loss claims in their ads. One such company, LeanSpa, used fake websites and false news reports to promote their bogus products. Today, the FTC launched a new website, based partly on the LeanSpa case, to help people identify false weight loss claims. FTC Sues Sellers of Weight-Loss Pills for False Advertising On February 8, 2008 the The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged a business operation with violating federal law by falsely claiming that its weight-loss pills cause users to lose weight without dieting or exercise.