Category: Consumer Fraud
Texas Espar Heater Class Action Lawyer
Espar Inc. has been hit with a class action lawsuit from consumers who say they paid more for parking heaters than they should have because Espar was engaged in an illegal price-fixing conspiracy. Overview Parking heaters are devices that heat...
Texas Espar Heater Lawyer
Espar Inc. has pled guilty to criminal charges of price-fixing truck heaters. Consumers who purchased these products may be entitled to a refund or justice through a class action. Espar Pleads Guilty in Price-Fixing Scheme March 12, 2015 -- The...
Texas Lumber Liquidators Shareholder Class Action Lawyer
What is the problem? Lumber Liquidators’ stock price went from $13 a share in 2011 to $119 in 2013. It is almost unprecedented for a commodity business to double its profit margins in two years, which raised red flags....
FDA Warns of Fraudulent Online Pharmacies
September 28, 2012 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a new website to raise public awareness about the dangers of online pharmacies, BeSafeRx (http://www.fda.gov/BeSafeRx). The FDA is concerned that unlicensed pharmacies, often located outside the United...
FDA Warning Letter for Lancôme Anti-Aging Creams
September 12, 2012 -- In a rare warning letter directed at the cosmetics industry, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned Lancôme that advertisements for its anti-wrinkle and anti-aging creams go too far because they suggest that the...
Judge Rules “Pom Wonderful” Juice ads Deceptive, Misleading
May 23, 2012 -- Administrative Judge D. Michael Chappell has issued a cease-and-desist order to the makers of Pom Wonderful, a pomegranate juice product. The order upholds most of a 2010 complaint from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which accused...
Six More Cases Settle in Bogus Acai Berry Weight Loss Claims
January 27, 2012 -- Perhaps now there will be fewer fake “news sites” on the internet promoting expensive products that don’t work. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is forcing six men to pay around $500,000 because they ran deceptive...
FTC Settles Acai Berry Consumer Fraud Lawsuit
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is cracking down on companies making bogus claims that their Acai berry product can help with weight loss, offering “free trials” to consumers, and then charging their debit/credit accounts without authorization and refusing...
Texas Hyperdrol, Superdrol, Slim Xtreme Lawsuit
November 9, 2011 -- Today, the manufacturers of the popular "dietary supplements" Hyperdrol, Superdrol, and Slim Xtreme, were found guilty of misleading and defrauding consumers by selling products containing non-FDA approved steroids, scheduled steroids, and designer stimulants. It is illegal...
Texas Consumer Fraud Lawyer
In Texas, fraud law relates to all forms of business and personal fraud. The law of fraud typically requires that the one accused of fraud be proven to have acted intentionally or with wanton disregard for the results of the...