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title: FTC Staff Report on MLM Income Disclosures - Many Observations Lead to Many Questions
date: 2024-09-18T00:00:00-04:00
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# FTC Staff Report on MLM Income Disclosures - Many Observations Lead to Many Questions

  September 18, 2024 | 9 min

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess "Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast") · [FTC Staff Report on MLM Income Disclosures - Many Observations Lead to Many Questions](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/ftc-staff-report-on-mlm-income "FTC Staff Report on MLM Income Disclosures - Many Observations Lead to Many Questions")

 [Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ftc-staff-report-on-mlm-income-disclosures-many-observations/id1457734764?i=1000669981882) [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/ftc-staff-report-on-mlm-income?si=76787b7e04bd4843a4a6d4b21caa4efb&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dXjKCQvkfHuPHw2BGybvE?si=dQKb9-9oTqGIbNFYbXT6Jg) 

 

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report documenting its review of 70 publicly available income disclosure statements from a wide range of multi-level marketing (MLM) and direct selling companies highlighting the ​“common formats or methods that might affect the messages they convey to consumers.”

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