Ioana Gorecki

1 week ago | jdsupra.com | Ioana Gorecki |Donnelly L. McDowell

Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Mark Meador as the newest Republican commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission with a 50-46 vote along party lines. Meador’s confirmation solidifies a Republican majority on the Commission, following the recent dismissals of Democratic commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter by President Trump, which we covered here and here. In theory, Meador’s confirmation should not materially change the day-to-day at the FTC.

4 weeks ago | mondaq.com | Donnelly L. McDowell |Ioana Gorecki

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1 month ago | jdsupra.com | Ioana Gorecki |Donnelly L. McDowell

Wednesday, we covered President Trump’s firing of Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter and explored whether a two-member Commission constitutes a quorum for the agency to take formal action. Now we take a look at the FTC’s first 50 days under Chair Andrew Ferguson, reflecting on key developments and early insights relating to the agency’s consumer protection agenda.

1 month ago | socialsellingnews.com | Ioana Gorecki

By Ioana Gorecki, Guest ContributorThere is a perception that the regulatory landscape for direct sellers and multi-level marketers (MLMs) has become increasingly fraught. With numerous federal and state actions targeting the industry—as well as recently proposed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules on earnings claims and increasingly complex labor and employment implications—some companies are questioning whether the MLM model is worth the risk.

Jan 15, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Ioana Gorecki |Donnelly L. McDowell |John Villafranco

The FTC released two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) and an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that would establish a new Earnings Claims Rule and expand the existing Business Opportunity Rule – changes that according to the FTC’s release ​“would strengthen the agency’s tools to curb deceptive earnings claims in industries where they are pervasive: multi-level marketing (MLM) programs and money-making opportunities.” Notably, the proposed Earnings Claims Rule is limited to MLM...