Multilevel marketing (MLM) programs are a legitimate way of selling products – think Amway, Tupperware and Mary Kay. They become illegal pyramid schemes when the emphasis is on recruiting new ...

Network marketing programs feature a low upfront investment--usually only a few hundred dollars for the purchase of a product sample kit--and the opportunity to sell a product line directly to ...

multi-level marketing (MLM) programs and money-making opportunities.” The proposed changes to the FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule and the new Earnings Claim Rule would permit the FTC to seek ...

As our readers are aware, MLM programs and money-making opportunities have been closely scrutinized by the FTC for quite some time. Over the years, for instance, the FTC has regularly clamped down ...