MLMs Need to be Included in FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule
TINA.org files comment in support of applying rule to direct selling industry.
RFID Wristbands for Festivals
In July 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Intellitix and Intellipay for allegedly falsely representing that consumers who load money onto Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) wristbands to purchase food, merchandise, and other goods or services at festivals may receive refunds of unused funds when, according to plaintiffs, the companies failed to refund all of their unused funds. (Kovacevic et al v. Intellitix, Inc. and Intellipay, Inc., Case No. 17-cv-3873, N. D. CA.)
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