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Following on from our article last week regarding a Dennis Windsor v. Neora settlement, on May 23rd the parties advised the court a partial settlement has been reached.

Since the filing of Mark and Tammy Smith’s Californian lawsuit against Neora (then Nerium), the company has moved swiftly to have the matter resolved via arbitration in Texas. To that end Neora filed an arbitration demand in July 2018. Describing Neora’s response as “retaliatory and vexatious attempts to litigate against Plaintiffs in Texas”, the Smiths’ [Continue reading…]

Dennis Windsor’s long-running lawsuit against Neora might be coming to an end, following representation to the court that a settlement is on the horizon.

In early January Nerium announced it would be rebranding itself as Neora. The announcement was certainly strange, considering Nerium is an established brand with a seven-year history. For their part, Nerium claims it rebranded because it is no longer focused on an ingredient in its flagship product. When Nerium International launched in 2011, the company [Continue reading…]

John Harris’ lawsuit arguing Nerium affiliates were ‘denied proper classification as to employee status’ has been dismissed.

On June 27th Nerium Skincare and Jeff Olson filed a Joint Settlement Report. The report detailed a fourth mediation session, held on June 12th. After the one-day session, settlement negotiations continued, unsuccessfully, until June 22nd. This was the parties’ fourth mediation. As before, the parties negotiated and made good faith efforts to settle the case. [Continue reading…]

A recently filed lawsuit alleges Nerium and Jeff Olson profited “substantially” from the sale of Brand Partner Launch Kits. A company and its owner profiting when affiliates sign up isn’t anything new, except for the fact Nerium explicitly claims it sells the kits “at cost”.

Our last update on Christina Swiatek’s lawsuit against Nerium International and Nerium Skincare detailed settlement with the latter defendant. Nerium International were still holding out, however it appears they’ve since settled with Swiatek.

Nerium Skincare’s lawsuit against Nerium International dates back to 2016. Based on an agreement, Nerium International is supposed to only market and sell products developed by Nerium Skincare. In their lawsuit, Nerium Skincare allege Nerium International stopped honoring the agreement in 2014. Tracking the case has proven difficult, mostly due to the majority of filings [Continue reading…]

Nerium Internationals’ fight against former Master Distributors Mark and Tammy Smith continues, with the latest seeing a raiding injunction granted against the Smiths.