6/7/2020 1:25:01 PM 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...
4/25/2020 12:51:03 PM 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...
10/2/2019 11:22:23 PM 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...
2/25/2019 2:31:04 PM 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...
1/5/2018 12:00:00 AM 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...