MLM Law Library

Power Index:
A Comprehensive Index of Articles

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The Power Index has the following categories:

The MLM Business

• General Topics
• Advertising
• The Personal Use Issue
• Restrictions on Distributors
• Distributor Behavior
• Distributor Rights
• MLM Evaluation
• MLM Startup Issues
• MLM Consulting
• MLM Recruiting
• Taxes
• Technology and the MLM
• International MLM

Legislation and Litigation

• State Statutes
• State Cases
• Federal Cases
• IRS
• Postal Service
• Food and Drug Administration
• Federal Trade Commission

General

• FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule - Analysis
• FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule - Press Release
• FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule - Actual Text
• FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule - DSA Response
• MLM Company Startup Essentials: Part One of Three
• MLM Company Startup Essentials: Part Two of Three
• MLM Company Startup Essentials: Part Three of Three
• MLM International Consulting: Singapore and Asia Open For Business
• MLM International Consulting: Market Entry, Practical Issues
• MLM Software: Direct Sales Communication
• MLM and Identity Theft
• MLM Raiders!
• Direct Sales: Misperceptions
• MLM Presentations: Secrets to Success
• Proposed New Federal MLM Statute: Personal Use OK
• Is This A Pyramid or a Legitimate MLM?
• Passion for Your Business
• How To Build A Successful Direct Selling Company
• Party Plans: Can You Score 5 Points?
• How To Choose an MLM Software Provider
• Meta Tags - MLM Subliminal Marketing
• MLM Sales on the Internet
• MLM Law - Protecting Your Copyright
• Patent 101 for MLM Executives
• Dot Com or Dot Scam?
• MLM Software
• Binary Plans - A Time Gone By?
• The Electronic MLM
• How To Analyze Compensation Plans
• MLM In The New China
• Your Time Is Now
• MLM In Cyberspace
• Industry Applauds New Montana Legislation
• MLM Going International
• High Tech Meets MLM
• Smile! - You're On eBay
• MLM: Opportunities Abound
• Payment Plans
• Boost Your Business by Joining an MLM Association
• Getting the Home Business Up and Running
• Identifying Illegal Pyramid Schemes
• Network Marketing - ¿Es Para Tí?
• Forget the Saturation Theory
• Noncompetition Agreements: Enforceable?
• Who Owns the Downline?
• Updating Your Marketing Plan: A Practical Checklist
• A Corporate Look at the MLM Option
• New Protection for MLM Distributors
• Networking Through Nonprofit
• Enroller / Coding Bonuses
• Trend Tracking 1998
• Join the Club
• MLM Recruiting Machine
• Affinity MLM Recruiting
• Look for "Value" in the MLM
• Ten Common Distributor Mistakes (and how to overcome them)
• Incorporating the Network Marketer
• MLM Startup Capital: The Business Plan
• MLM Recruiting & Communication

Power Index

Advertising

• Meta Tags - MLM Subliminal Marketing
• FTC and Advertising
• MLM In Cyberspace
• Chasing the Competition
• MLM Earnings - How Much?
• Who Controls Marketing Materials?
• It's Our Name - Live With It
• Direct Sales: Misperceptions
• MLM Presentations: Secrets to Success

The Personal Use Issue

• Proposed New Federal MLM Statute: Personal Use OK
• Industry Applauds New Montana Legislation
• FTC v. Direct Sellers - The Snail That Got Mugged
• FTC v. Equinox
• FTC v. Futurenet
• FTC v. JewelWay - New Concerns for the Industry
• The AuQuest Case - A Wake-Up Call to the Industry
• The 70% Rule: What's It All About?
• The Omnitrition Appeal - An Industry Issue
• Personal Use - A Call to Action

Power Index

Restrictions on Distributors

• Who Owns the Downline?
• MLM Raiders!
• Noncompetition Agreements: Enforceable?
• MLM Cross-Sponsoring Rules
• Selling Sales Tools
• MLM Earnings - How Much?
• Who Controls Marketing Materials?
• It's Our Name - Live With It
• Smile! - You're On eBay

Distributor Rights

• Dialogue As an Agent for Change

Distributor Behavior

• Is This A Pyramid or a Legitimate MLM?
• MLM and Identity Theft
• Payment Plans
• Getting the Home Business Up and Running
• Networking and Time Management
• Networking Through Nonprofit
• MLM Raiders!
• MLM Presentations: Secrets to Success
• Look For "Value" in the MLM
• Ten Common Distributor Mistakes (and how to overcome them)
• Incorporating the Network Marketer

MLM Evaluation

• Pyramid: Yes or No?
• Binary Plans - A Time Gone By?
• Analyzing MLM Compensation Plans
• The Landmark Amway Case
• MLM In The New China
• MLM: Opportunities Abound
• Identifying Illegal Pyramid Schemes
• Network Marketing - ¿Es Para Tí?
• Offshore MLM - US v Fortuna
• Boost Your Business by Joining an MLM Association
• Forget the Saturation Theory
• Investigating a Network Marketing Opportunity
• Is This A Pyramid or a Legitimate MLM?
• Look For "Value" in the MLM
• Network Marketing: Legal Issues
• The Inside Track on Network Marketing
• Direct Sales: Misperceptions

Power Index

MLM Startup Issues

• MLM Company Startup Essentials: Part One of Three
• MLM Company Startup Essentials: Part Two of Three
• MLM Company Startup Essentials: Part Three of Three
• How To Build A Successful Direct Selling Company
• Party Plans: Can You Score 5 Points?
• MLM Startup Capital: The Business Plan
• Starting a Network Marketing Company
• Why Join an MLM Trade Organization?
• MLM Presentations: Secrets to Success

MLM Consulting

• Taxes in the New Millennium
• MLM Software: Direct Sales Communication
• How To Build A Successful Direct Selling Company
• Taxes and the Network Marketer
• Passion for Your Business
• MLM International Consulting: Singapore and Asia Open For Business
• MLM International Consulting: Market Entry, Practical Issues

Recruiting and Lead Generation

• MLM Recruiting & Communication
• MLM Recruiting Machine
• Affinity MLM Recruiting
• MLM Presentations: Secrets to Success
• MLM Software: Direct Sales Communication
• MLM Raiders!

Taxes

• Taxes in the New Millennium
• Taxes and the Network Marketer
• MLM Sales on the Internet
• MLM and Sales Taxes
• April Showers - Taxes Rain on Networkers
• Incorporating the Network Marketer
• Personal Use - A Call To Action
• Distributor Privacy: Social Security Numbers

Technology and the MLM

• Selecting an MLM Software Provider
• MLM By The Numbers
• MLM and Identity Theft
• Choosing an MLM Software Provider
• Meta Tags - MLM Subliminal Marketing
• MLM Sales on the Internet
• MLM Law - Protecting Your Copyright
• Patent 101 for MLM Executives
• MLM Software
• MLM Software: Direct Sales Communication
• Dot Com or Dot Scam?
• The Electronic MLM
• Your Time Is Now
• MLM In Cyberspace
• High Tech Meets MLM
• Networkers on the Information Highway
• Smile! - You're On eBay

International MLM

• MLM In The New China
• MLM Going International
• Offshore MLM - US v Fortuna
• UK - Crossroads America to Europe
• MLM International Consulting: Singapore and Asia Open For Business
• MLM International Consulting: Market Entry, Practical Issues

Power Index

Legislation and Litigation

State Cases

• Renaissance, Tax People - Kansas Windblown
• Industry Applauds New Montana Legislation
• The 70% Rule: What's It All About?
• NSA Settlements: Enormous Industry Impact
• Networkers Meet Business Opportunity Statutes
• Texas: The Sun Shines Bright
• MLM and Sales Taxes
• Personal Use - A Call To Action
• New Protection for MLM Distributors
• Louisiana - Industry Triumph
• State by State Statutes Reviewed

Power Index

Federal Cases

• Proposed New Federal MLM Statute: Personal Use OK
• FTC v Skybiz - $20 Million Settlement
• The Landmark Amway Case
• Deja Vu - FTC v. Equinox
• Offshore MLM - US v Fortuna
• The AuQuest Case - A Wake-Up Call to the Industry
• The 70% Rule: What's It All About?
• SEC: We Hate Pyramids
• The Omnitrituion Appeal - An Industry Issue
• April Showers - Taxes Rain on Networkers
• Personal Use - A Call To Action
• FDA Health Claims: The Final Rules
• The FDA and Health Claims
• FDA Regulations on Statements for Dietary Supplements
• Distributor Privacy: Social Security Numbers
• Market America v. Ray Rossi, et al.

Power Index

Internal Revenue Service

• Renaissance, The Tax People - Dust in the wind
• Official Publication for Network Marketers (Download in PDF Format)
• Good News for Home Office Deductions

Food and Drug Administration

• FDA Health Claims: The Final Rules
• The FDA and Health Claims
• FDA Regulations on Statements for Dietary Supplements

Federal Trade Commision

• FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule - Analysis
• FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule - Press Release
• FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule - Actual Text
• FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule - DSA Response
• FTC v SkyBiz: Stipulated Final Judgment
• FTC Challenge: Historic Opportunity
• FTC Says SkyBiz is SkyScam
• FTC v. Bigsmart - A Slap And A Leash
• FTC and Advertising
• FTC v. Direct Sellers - The Snail That Got Mugged
• FTC v. JewelWay - New Concerns for the Industry
• The Landmark Amway Case
• FTC v. Amway (1979) Actual Text
• FTC v. Equinox - Deja Vu
• FTC v. Futurenet
• FTC v. Futurenet - Settlement
• FTC v. World Class Network, Inc. News Release
• Fortuna Alliance: The FTC Sends A Message
• The FTC Three-Day Customer Rule
• FTC Deceptive Practices Acts
• FTC Dietary Supplements Advertising Guide
• FTC v. New Vision International - Complaint
• FTC v. New Vision International - Analysis
• FTC v. New Vision International - Agreement

Power Index

United States Postal Service

• USPS Lottery Statutes
• Going Postal
• Postal Service v. Unimax - Complaint
• Postal Service v. Unimax - Decision
• USPS v. HOPE - Decision
• Complaint Against Nest Egg Society Today (NEST)
• Complaint Against Collegedale Enterprises (1982)
• Complaint Against Collegedale Enterprises Appeal (1983)

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