Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

LuLaRoe Distributors in Bankruptcy as Founder Touts Financial Freedom

At least 115 current or former LuLaRoe distributors have filed for personal bankruptcy since 2016.

Weeding Out Juice Plus’ Illegal Health Claims

Fruit and vegetable supplement MLM continues to violate the law.

Empower Network

Empower Network says it is a “blogging platform, an intensive training, a secret blueprint on how to earn fifteen grand per month” (Stop right there, this vague description of what…

USA Filing Government Imposter Scam

Tricking consumers into paying hundreds of dollars for services that are available for free.

Multi-level Marketing: The Long and Short of It

The financial appeal of multi-level marketing companies attracts investors and swindlers alike.

Sunshine Week: Utah’s Small Step toward the Light

State moves closer to disclosing vital consumer complaints but there’s more work to be done.

The Enduring Primacy of Retail Sales in an MLM Context

POST HIGHLIGHTS • Meaning of Amway rules (1979), especially the “70% rule” and subsequent deterioration • Koscot (1975), Omnitrition (1996), and BurnLounge (2014) provide seminal rulings on the determination of…

2023 CalerieHealth Income Claims Database

The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow

Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times

An Open Letter to Congress on H.R. 5230

Renowned pyramid scheme expert denounces proposed federal law.

Herbalife: ‘I Thought I was Going to Make it Big’

Former distributor says a class-action settlement isn’t going to help a majority of recruits who lost money.

Exposing Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes

Here’s a list of some key cases.

Pyramid Scheme? The 7 Definitive Questions to Ask

Know the answers to these questions to be sure that MLM isn’t a pyramid scheme.

NBA Says it Never Cleared Vemma’s Biz Structure

Relationship claims questioned.

Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes

More needs to be done to shut down pyramid schemes.

Why even businesses with ‘A’ ratings can’t be trusted

Lisa Fickenscher, New York Post

What You Should Know about LuLaRoe

Achieving financial freedom from this MLM is as hard as finding those unicorn prints.

My Pillow, the infomercial sensation, flunks out of Better Business Bureau

Derek Hawkins, Washington Post

This unique business model is taking over retail –and customers are saying they hate it

Mallory Schlossberg, Business Insider