Illinois wants to shut down YTB
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis, MO, USA
05/16/2009
... the suit filed Thursday by the state of IL just might force it out of business.
... IL AG, Lisa Madigan, is asking a court to shut down the ...
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California settles with Internet travel business YTB
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA 5/15/2009
YTB International agrees to pay $1 million in penalties, attorney
costs and restitution to consumers. The settlement ... would
prohibit the company from charging customers $450 each to buy a
personalized website and about $50 a month to operate it ... Chief
Executive Scott Tomer predicted that the settlement could help YTB
to "emerge a better company" by updating its franchise model while
maintaining an effective sales incentive program.
Story link and more on YTB here
$110b direct selling industry eyes ME
11 March 2008 Khaleej Times - Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
The Dh404-billion ($110 billion) global industry of
multilevel marketing, or direct selling, will pry open the
Middle East ... Dubai now allows people to work part-time.
FDA Asks US Marshals to Seize Dietary Supplements -
9/2006
... Ellagimax capsules, Coral Max capsules, Coral Max
without Iron capsules, and Advanced
Arthritis Support capsules distributed by Advantage
Nutraceuticals LLC of ...
You can read all the whole FDA file on Advantage here:
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Victims Of Alleged Pyramid Scam File Class Action Lawsuit
WAVE-TV NBC 3 Louisville (KY) 6/8/06 5:23 PM ... bought from
Phoenix USA, believing it was a legitimate multi-level marketing
operation. "They were told that they could buy this inventory and
re-sell it for handsome" ...
Louisville Pro ... Eli Ohayon ...
FTC Proposes New Business Opportunity Rule April 5, 2006
Jeffrey Babener, Babener and Associates ... FTC released
sweeping proposed change in its FTC Business Opportunity Rule ...
proposal immediately and strongly criticized by representatives
MLM, Direct Sales, Direct Selling, Network Marketing and Party
Plan companies ...
Arizona Attorney General Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (AZ)
5/25/06 1:27 AM Attorney General Terry Goddard on Wednesday
announced a $115,000 settlement with Scottsdale-based Liberty
League International LLC and its principals, Brent Payne and Shane Krider...The consent judgment resolves complaints that the
multilevel marketing corporation tricked customers into spending
substantial amounts of money by promising "sizable commissions" if
they ...
Tahitian Noni, XanGo settle dispute over juice
Daily Herald, UT May 12, 2006 ...
A three-year legal dispute over
intellectual property rights to XanGo's flagship mangosteen juice
supplement has been settled. Details weren't available as the
settlement agreement reached Thursday between Tahitian Noni
International Inc. of Provo and XanGo LLC of Lehi was
confidential, and all court documents concerning the dispute are
sealed. ...
Marketers of gas additive shut down Fort Worth
Star-Telegram (TX) 5/18/06 5:37 AM .. than $1 million
in 14 months in the network marketing industry.
BioPerformance's Web site remained active Wednesday
afternoon despite an order by state District Judge ...
Attorney General To Investigate Little Green Pill Claims
MSNBC (Local News) 5/16/06 11:38 PM ...
Florida Attorney General has launched an investigation into
BioPerformance, the company that markets the little green
pill....
FTC Proposes New Rule to Protect Consumers 4/17/06
4:46 AM Compliance Advisor ... the 1970s, and numerous cases
against work-at-home and multilevel marketing companies under
Section 5 of the FTC Act. Since 1995, the Commission has conducted
12 ...
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