The Direct Selling Association hosted its 2024 Legal & Regulatory Conference in Washington, D.C., uniting key industry leaders, policymakers and consumer advocates to address regulatory trends impacting direct selling.

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) held its fall board meeting as well as Day on Capitol Hill. Together, DSA Chairman and 4Life President and CEO Danny Lee, along with more than 100 direct selling executives and independent contractors, met with representatives from both the House and Senate to discuss the potential of direct selling and […]

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) hosted its third annual DSA Social Media Day: Field Edition, welcoming more than 5,500 distributors across North America.

The House Education and Workforce Committee passed H.J.Res. 116, a resolution that would provide for congressional disapproval of the Department of Labor’s Independent Contractor Rule.

The Federal Trade Commission issued a letter to the Direct Selling Association to restate its position on the interpretation of the Koscot test. The letter was sent by Lois Greisman, Associate Director, who expressed concern about a 2004 FTC letter that addressed the commission’s stance on compensation based on personal consumption.

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) released a statement saying it strongly supports the bicameral Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution introduced by Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) that would overturn the Department of Labor’s (DOL) recent worker classification rule. The DSA, who believes the rule “threatens the ability for millions of […]

Danny Lee, 4Life President and CEO and Chairman of the Direct Selling Association (DSA), joined a coalition of direct selling executives for a CEO Congressional briefing at the US Senate Office Building.

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) hosted its sixth session in its Women’s Entrepreneurship Roundtable Series, this time meeting with Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Davenport, Iowa.

Effective March 11, 2024, the US Department of Labor’s Final Rule, called the Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, is expected to create further limitations for millions of entrepreneurs classified as independent contractors.

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) Women’s Entrepreneurship Roundtable Series held a meeting with Senator Ted Budd, inviting six direct sellers from his home state of North Carolina to discuss the direct selling value proposition and how it has positively impacted their families and communities. Participants shared how the flexibility and built-in community inherent to direct […]

The Direct Selling Association released a statement regarding Neora’s lengthy battle with the Federal Trade Commission. The trade association applauded Neora's strong compliance efforts and reported that it filed two amicus briefs during the case to remind the courts of the legal standard to follow.

The Direct Selling Association hosted its annual Legal & Regulatory Seminar in Washington, D.C., bringing together policymakers and regulators, former senior government officials and legal experts for an informative discussion on data privacy, an economic analysis of compensation structures, and the current legal, regulatory and compliance trends within the direct selling industry.