BBB National Programs’ Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC), in partnership with the Direct Selling Association (DSA), today released new Guidance on Earnings Claims that defines and identifies earnings claims to ensure all representations made by direct-selling companies or members of their salesforce comply with legal and self-regulatory standards.

The 8-1 decision is a victory for the federal government and its power to "disgorge" money from those who obtained it illegally.

Once again, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent out a round of letters to a new list of MLM companies warning them to stop their field from posting that their products can cure the Novel Coronavirus/ SARS-CoV2.They are giving the companies 48 hours to prove they have put actions into place to address their concerns. These posts include mentions of eliminating vaccines, boosting immunity, using a stimulus check to make more money, and much more.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced it has sent 10 letters warning multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) to remove and address claims that they or their participants are making about their products’ ability to treat or prevent coronavirus disease or about the earnings people who have recently lost income can make, or both.

In the past weeks we’ve all been flooded with emails and scary news, much of it causing angst and confusion. Yes, this is pretty awful. But we will get through it. We will be temporarily banged up, but we will definitely get through it, together.

A federal court granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) request to temporarily shut down an alleged pyramid scheme known as “Success By Health,” and to freeze the assets of the company and its executives.

It's fall and you know what that means — it's time to get the team ready for Salt Lake City in January! The 2020 Direct Selling Legal & Compliance Summit (DSLC) is coming fast!

In a case that is sure to reverberate across the direct selling industry, AdvoCare and its former CEO are required to pay $150 million in fines for allegedly operating a pyramid scheme. Join Momentum Factor's CEO Jonathan Gilliam and prominent direct selling attorney Spencer Reese on October 9 for a webcast as they provide you concrete steps to protect your company from what could be a new FTC approach to the industry.

The Direct Selling Legal & Compliance Summit (DSLC) is BACK and this year we'll be hosting this extraordinary conference in Salt Lake City! Save the date - January 19-21, 2020.

The bottom line for direct sellers is that if the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) loses its 13(b) authority, it loses its punch. Legitimate direct selling companies do not fear squaring off against the FTC so long as they are not blind-sided.