Everyone has one of “those” friends: the neighborhood mom who sells leggings, or maybe it’s cookware, or makeup. Their aspirational (and, frankly, annoying) social media posts suggest that other women ...

Targeting multi-level marketers (MLMs) and other “money-making opportunity sellers” has been among the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) top priorities in recent years. The FTC has pursued several ...

MLMs as a whole aren't considered to be pyramid schemes, even though they're structured very similarly. This is because they involve selling actual products. However, the FTC has gone after several ...

When the DSA invites a speaker they should listen to what gets said. FTC Chairwoman Ramirez reminds the MLM industry that, indeed, Herbalife will have a new business model. New "guidance" for the MLM ...

The FTC released two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) and an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that would establish a new Earnings Claims Rule and expand the existing Business ...