07 Jun, 2020 FTC Sends Second Round of Warning Letters to Multi-Level Marketers Over COVID-19 Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it sent a second round of warning letters to multi-level marketers, telling them to stop...
25 Apr, 2020 FTC Sends Two More Rounds of Warning Letters Over Coronavirus-Related Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sent another two rounds of warning letters, telling marketers to stop making false and misleading...
02 Oct, 2019 Business Opportunity or Pyramid Scheme? By Terri Seligman Following from the guidance to multi-level marketers issued by the FTC last year, the FTC has just announced a $150 million settlement...
25 Feb, 2019 Plaintiffs Claim Defendants Engaged in Racketeering In Promoting Business; Defendants Assert Puffery By Terri Seligman A recent article in Law360 caught my eye: it described a pending motion to dismiss in a deceptive marketing case in which the Doe class...
05 Jan, 2018 FTC Issues Guidance to Multi Level Marketers By Terri Seligman Companies like Mary Kay, Amway and Herbalife will be paying close attention to today's news from the FTC. In a series of Q&As, the FTC...