The Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC) of BBB National Programs referred certain representative product performance and earnings claims to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for possible enforcement action after Bulavita, a direct selling company offering…
FTC served its justice: AdvoCare is banned from multi-level marketing because of its pyramid scheme practices, and it owes the FTC $150 million. Two of their top-level reps are also banned from multi-level marketing for…
The FTC has prohibited the sale of Vemma drinks in the US because its Marketingplan is accused as Snowball Scheme. Please read : https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/08/ftc-acts-halt-vemma-alleged-pyramid-scheme
Under competition law aspects, where certain requirements are fulfilled email advertising targeted at existing customers may be admissible even without the customers’ consent. Under data privacy aspects, this has been decided differently up to now.…
The German Higher Administrative Court in Baden-Württemberg found in its decision of 23 May 2013, file no. 6 S 88/13, that countdown auctions are inadmissible as illegal gambling. Actually, this decision has Germany-wide effect.
The German Government is obligated to implement the new rules until December 13th. 2013 The new consumer protection law becomes valid for contracts concluded after June 13th 2014. Summary of new provisions: Withdrawel period is…
21.06.2012. The European Commission has given Germany two months to comply with European Union rules protecting consumers in door-to-door contracts According to the opinion of the EU Commission, Germany adds in its legislation a requirement…
The modification of Art 246 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code (EGBGB) will become effective on the 1st. of August 2012. According to this, commercial sellers offering products to final customers via internet,…
For the consideration of the legality of a compensation plan of a MLM Company, the Court took into account the whole compensation plan as a unity, instead of checking its individual components. The…
