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FTC vs. AdvoCare: A Teachable Moment for Direct Selling
FTC vs. AdvoCare: A Teachable Moment for Direct Selling By Jeffrey A. Babener © 2019 (First Published in World of Direct Selling) History is Written by the Victor Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance Guidelines, Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Direct Selling Association, Distributor Education, Earnings Claims, For MLM Executives, FTC, Headlines, MLM, MLM Companies, MLM in the News, Network Marketing, Press Releases, Pyramid, Recruiting
Tagged Advocare, direct selling, ftc, mlm, network marketing, news, settlement
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Have You Signed Up for the MLMLegal.com Newsletter?
MLMLegal.com Launches New Newsletter: MLM News Global This newsletter offers recent news, videos, company profiles, and weekly articles delivered to your inbox on a timely basis. Each newsletter contains top news stories in the network marketing industry, the most recent … Continue reading
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Vemma vs. FTC: 10 Quick Bullet Points
On August 17, 2015, the FTC filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Arizona, seeking a permanent injunction against Tempe-based Vemma International Holdings, Inc., a long-time direct selling marketer of health-related products. The FTC was successful in obtaining a … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance Guidelines, Consultants, Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, FTC, Headlines, Home-Based Business, Law Cases, Legal, MLM, MLM Startup, Party Plan, Pyramid, Raiding, Recruiting
Tagged Burnlounge, direct sales, direct selling, ftc, mlm, network marketing, Vemma
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Carl Icahn says he made $1 billion on winning Herbalife trade against Ackman
Legendary investor Carl Icahn: I thought Ackman would get out of Herbalife sooner 1:32 PM ET Thu, 1 March 2018 | 03:24 Five years after his on-air verbal brawl with Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman over Herbalife, Carl Icahn said he made a billion dollars … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, Carl Icahn, Direct Selling News, Herbalife, legal, mlm, news, trade
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U.S. Supreme Court Sales Tax Reversal… Where To From Here? – New Article
U.S. Supreme Court Sales Tax Reversal… Where To From Here? © 2018 by Jeffrey A Babener (First Published in World of Direct Selling) The future ain’t what it used to be. Yogi Berra Or maybe it is. In ancient Egypt the pharaohs … Continue reading
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Tagged direct sales, direct selling, mlm, network marketing, online sellers, party plan, sales tax, Tax, tax rules and regulations, U.S. Supreme Court
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FTC Offers Guidance: Business Guidance Concerning Multi-Level Marketing
Do you have questions about multi-level marketing? The FTC staff has guidance to help members of the MLM industry apply core consumer protection principles to their business practices. Multi-level marketing is a diverse and varied industry, employing many different structures … Continue reading
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Tagged business guidance, direct sales, direct selling, ftc, law, legal, legal tips, mlm, MLM legal questions, network marketing, Pyramid, questions and answers, Startup
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The New FTC Direct Selling Guidance… Imperfect, But a Good Start – New Article
by Jeffrey A Babener (First Published in World of Direct Selling) Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in Leonard Cohen… Anthem The new FTC Direct Selling … Continue reading
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Tagged direct selling, Federal Trade Commission, ftc, HR 3409, law, legal, mlm, network marketing, new article, Pyramid, Pyramid Scheme
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FTC and Direct Selling Come to the Table as Stakeholders: H.R. 3409
by Jeffrey A Babener (First Published in World of Direct Selling) Everything dies baby, that’s a fact. But maybe everything that dies someday comes back. Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City By Jeff Babener, Copyright 2017 What a difference a year makes. In a well-received … Continue reading
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Tagged direct selling, Federal Trade Commission, ftc, law, Legal Cases, mlm, Multilevel marketing, network marketing
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Search for Certainty in Direct Selling… A Legal and Business Rationale for H.R. 3409
By Jeffrey Babener, © 2017/2018 (First Published in World of Direct Selling) Executive Summary: The legal environment and the accepted business model of leading direct selling companies has been relatively stable for 50 years. That equilibrium was upset by the regulatory … Continue reading
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Tagged direct selling, H.R. 3409, law, legal, legislation, mlm, Multilevel marketing, network marketing
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Is the FTC ramping up regulation of the MLM Industry?
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez argued on October, 2016 at the DSA Policy Conference that it was time to ratchet up regulation of the direct selling industry, and not a time to “put the brakes” on more regulation of the … Continue reading
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