Category: Regulatory News

The Q4 edition of the FieldWatch Social Selling Update Quarterly Newsletter is now available! Be sure to check out all of the professional news and insights.

According to a recent article by Scheef & Stone's Brent Kugler in The World of Direct Selling, regulators are taking aim at company compliance practices and direct selling companies should take heed.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision in favor of the FTC to issue a permanent injunction and over $7 million in civil sanctions against people engaged in an illegal MLM scheme. Read this JD Supra article to learn more.

FieldWatch's Lauren Poel delves into the risks of silent social posts, new regulatory compliance challenges, and how identity-based surveillance is the new compliance monitoring standard in this original white paper.

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FieldWatch is proud to once again sponsor and attend the DSA Legal + Regulatory Conference in Washington, D.C. from December 9-11. If you are attending, be sure to connect with our team!

The Q3 edition of the Momentum Factor Social Selling Update Quarterly Newsletter is now available! Don't miss out on all of the professional news and insights.

The DSA announced that the House Committee on Education and the Workforce moved the Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act out of committee in an effort to clarify independent contractor status for direct sellers. Read this article from Business Wire to learn more.

The FTC has dropped its appeals against legal challenges to its noncompete ban and will now continue enforcement against unlawful non-competes on a case-by-case basis. Learn more about this development in an article from HR Dive.

DSU Fall 2025 is returning to Plano, Texas, from October 6-8 and FieldWatch will once again be there as a proud event sponsor! We hope to connect with everyone in attendance for this premier event, which includes DSU's Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Workshop on October 8 presented by FieldWatch.