Category: Affiliate Marketing

The Q1 edition of the Momentum Factor Social Selling Update Quarterly Newsletter is ready to kick start 2025! Don't miss out on all of the professional news and insights.

The FTC is proposing Business Opportunity Rule changes as well as a new rule to deter deceptive earnings claims by multi-level marketers and money-making opportunity sellers. Read the full press release here.

Amending the Negative Option Rule, the FTC announced its final "Click-to-Cancel" Rule in order to ease consumers ability to end recurring subscriptions and memberships. Read the FTC's press release here to learn more.

A recent Texas District Court decision has prevented the FTC's Non-Compete Ban from taking effect nationwide on the scheduled date of September 4. Check out this JD Supra article to learn more.

The FTC recently finalized a rule to ban fake reviews and testimonials, including those generated by AI. According to the new rule, the maximum civil penalty for those using fake reviews is $51,744 per violation.

In an important decision for the gig-economy business model, the California State Supreme Court handed Uber, Lyft and others a win with a ruling to treat drivers as contractors on Thursday, July 25. Read this article from the Wall Street Journal to learn more.

The U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Innovation, Data & Commerce held a hearing on Tuesday, July 9, regarding the 2025 FTC budget that also delved into congressional oversight of the agency following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overruled the Chevron case in June.

After proposing a rule back in January of 2023 to potentially ban noncompetes, the FTC voted to ban noncompete agreements nationwide on Tuesday, April 23.

The FTC has published inflation-adjusted civil penalty amounts for 2024 where the maximum civil penalty amount is now $51,744 per violation.

The FTC has issued warning letters to a pair of trade associations and at least a dozen influencers regarding improper social media posts. Notably, each letter also included the FTC’s notice of penalty offenses concerning misleading endorsements and indicated that the recipient could face civil penalties of up to $50,120 per violation.