The Negative Option Rule was scheduled to go into effect on May 14. The FTC has now deferred enforcement of the Rule through July 2025.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint for permanent injunction, monetary judgement and other relief against IYOVIA, also known as International Markets Live, Inc. (IML) and IM Mastery Academy Ltd.

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) said it “applauds” the efforts of US Senator John Curtis for raising concerns about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recently proposed rules that target the direct selling industry and the small business owners involved in the channel.

The Federal Trade Commission is making it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions. In a final “click-to-cancel” rule, the Commission announced it will prohibit sellers from misrepresenting facts while using negative option marketing and will require sellers to provide important information before obtaining billing details or charging customers.

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) efforts to ban noncompete agreements continues. This past weekend, on October 18, 2024, the FTC filed a notice of appeal challenging the August 2024 ruling by a US District Court judge in Texas, which effectively blocked the final rule that would implement the Commission’s noncompete ban.

How the dismantling of the Chevron deference doctrine could impact the direct selling channel and its interactions with the Federal Trade Commission In 1984, the US Supreme Court established a precedent: when faced with ambiguity, courts should defer to the government agency with the most expertise. The original lawsuit Chevron USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, known simply as the Chevron […]

The Federal Trade Commission believes MLM income disclosures can be misleading. In its recent FTC Staff Report: Multi-level Marketing Income Disclosure Statements, the Commission emphasized that many MLM income disclosures lack clarity and present income data in confusing and ambiguous ways.

US District Judge Ada Brown has officially blocked the US Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning noncompete agreements. Brown had temporarily blocked the rule in July, stating the FTC did not have rulemaking authority.

After a Texas federal judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission and its Rule seeking to end noncompete bans for workers, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled in the FTC’s favor.

The Federal Trade Commission’s April vote to approve a final rule banning noncompete clauses received swift and significant pushback from corporations who deemed the agreements necessary to their operations.

At a time when legislative gridlock in Congress means fewer regulations created by statute as well as increasing incidents of regulatory rule interpretation and expansion, direct selling companies are wise to step up or step into government affairs and advocacy at this time in order to proactively protect themselves. After all, once the Federal Trade Commission comes knocking, it really is too late.

The Federal Trade Commission voted to approve a final rule banning noncompetes nationwide. The commission expects the ban will promote more than 8,500 new startups each year, boost worker wages and innovation, and will protect “the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs.”