On March 1, 2012, a three decade rulemaking process of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) will result in the implementation of the final FTC Business Opportunity Rule. Although the FTC’s summary of the Rule explicitly states that it is not the intent of the Rule to apply to companies that offer opportunities in the channel of distribution alternatively referred to as MLM/Multilevel Marketing/Direct Selling/Network Marketing, the actual Rule seemingly covers many areas of support provided by MLM companies, leaving the FTC rhetoric at odds with the actual Rule that has been adopted. The quasi- assurance of MLM industry exemption, granted in the summary text of the Final Business Opportunity Rule, is unfortunately taken back in the “footnotes” to the Rule and the Rule itself.
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