Jan 24, 2020 | Legal, News
Recent FTC prosecutions of MLMs, Advocare, Nerium/Neora and Success by Health are rightfully applauded by citizens. However, these FTC actions – once again – raise false hopes that the FTC, finally, recognizes the scale of MLM harm and is, finally, going to act...
May 1, 2019 | Ethics, False Profits, Legal, Legalities and Laws
Recently, yet another class action lawsuit has been filed against a “multi-level marketing” company, in this instance, “Young Living Essential Oils”. This Utah-based MLM company (are they all in Utah?) is a digital reproduction of so many other...Oct 3, 2017 | Legal, News
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that it will not hear the appeal by the Texas-based MLM, Stream/Ignite, leaving standing the class action certification granted by the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. After years of evasive court room tactics by Stream, this...
Mar 2, 2017 | False Profits, Legal, News, Pyramid Scheme Politics
Update: The proposed law promoted by the Direct Selling Association to protect “MLM” companies from future regulation, criminal prosecution and class action lawsuits was reintroduced in 2017 with changes, though the intent is the same. It is now called HR...Jan 1, 2016 | Legal, Scheme Alerts
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Talk Fusion. This DSA member is accused of running a pyramid fraud.Oct 28, 2015 | Action Alerts, Legal, News
The following members of the House of Representatives Joined a “Direct Selling” Caucus Organized by the Direct Selling Association, the Lobbyist for “Multi-Level Marketing” A public letter has been sent to each member from...