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  1. false advertising
    Floribama Shore Season 4 Pauses Production After Positive Coronavirus Test… and it’s not even filming in Floribama!
    By Rebecca Alter
  2. false advertising
    Melania Trump Threatens to Sue Over Billboards Advertising Her English SkillsThe Croatian company that used the First Lady’s picture to advertise its English classes was forced to take its ads down.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  3. news you can booze
    Lawsuit Says Walmart’s New Craft-Beer Brand Is a ‘Wholesale Fiction’Trouble Brewing is mass-produced by Genesee and meets “none of the criteria” for craft beer.
    By Clint Rainey
  4. false advertising
    Uzbekistan Has Barred a Film for Not Featuring Morgan Freeman As PromisedDo not dangle the gift of Morgan Freeman if you do not plan to follow through.
    By Karen Brill
  5. lawsuits
    Lawsuit Claims McDonald’s Extra Value Meals Are Actually a RipoffAn Illinois man is pissed about a combo that’s 41 cents more than buying the items individually.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. lawsuits
    Lean Cuisine Sued for Putting ‘No Preservatives’ on Products Full of ThemMultiple “healthy” frozen dinners actually contain citric acid.
    By Clint Rainey
  7. lawsuits
    Distraught Customer Sues Krispy Kreme Over Fake IngredientsHe wasn’t expecting blueberry “gumbits” or imitation maple flavoring.
    By Clint Rainey
  8. Sweetened Deals
    Walmart Told Customers a Fake ‘Sugar Tax’ Was Making Their Coke CostThe “tax” equaled the amount discounted by an ad.
    By Clint Rainey
  9. Video Feed
    Watch a Guy Ask Fast-Food Workers to Remake His Burgers to Look More Like Ad“It looks kinda sad and dry. Can you make one that looks like the picture?”
    By Clint Rainey
  10. sell-ulite
    Women Sue Lingerie Company Over CelluliteMaidenform’s caffeine-infused underwear didn’t have the promised effects.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  11. false advertising
    Zero Dark Thirty’s Split-Personality Ad CampaignThey’re simultaneously marketing it as a thoughtful drama and a jingoistic action ass-kicking of Osama.
    By Jesse David Fox
  12. zomg shoes
    People Get Money for Believing in Toning ShoesCongrats!
    By Hilary Moss
  13. false advertising
    Skechers Will Pay $40 Million for False Claims About ‘Toning’ ShoesCustomers who bought the shoes are entitled to refunds.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  14. resetting the tone
    Reebok Plans to Bring Their ‘Toning Shoes’ BackThey’re not going to let little things like FTC settlements get in the way.
    By Alex Rees
  15. false advertising
    Reebok Forced to Refund Customers for ‘Toning Shoes’ That Don’t Work [Updated]Those EasyTone shoes do not, in fact, reduce the size of your butt.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  16. false advertising
    Much to Your Chagrin, You’ll End Up Paying Service Fees on ‘No Service Fee Wednesdays’Nice try, Live Nation, but we’re onto your scamming ways.
    By Mark Graham