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Confidential binding arbitration clauses in MLM disputes

| August 18, 2022 | Articles

When disputes arise due to confidential arbitration clauses in multilevel marketing matters, potential litigants must wrestle with what to fight. Nicole Westbrook, Jones & Keller in Denver, Colorado, and Spencer Reese, Reese & Richards in Utah, offer up some considerations for these situations.   By Nicole Westbrook and Spencer Reese Confidential arbitration clauses present an uphill… Read more »

MLM Defense: FTC Earnings Claims and Nonsolicitation Clauses

| August 03, 2022 | Articles

Nicole Westbrook, Jones & Keller in Denver, Colorado, and Spencer Reese, Reese & Richards in Utah, discuss FTC proposed rules on earnings claims and nonsolicitation clauses for network marketing companies and their independent distributors.   Watch Video Now By Nicole Westbrook and Spencer Reese Nicole Westbrook, commercial trial attorney at Jones & Keller in Denver, Colorado,… Read more »

Cool Under Pressure: Managing Distributor Contract Clashes with MLMs

| January 13, 2022 | Articles

Litigator Nicole Westbrook answers three common questions regarding multilevel marketing companies, their distributors and the policies and contracts that can lead to disputes. By Nicole Westbrook Multilevel marketing (MLM) companies are a different breed. These direct sales companies do not have employees so much as they have independent contractors or distributors, which leads to more… Read more »

Fishy MLM Contract Provisions to Watch For

| July 28, 2021 | Articles

When MLM companies fail to deal conscionably with the large array of legal issues and personalities along the growth curve, especially when its distributors circle the globe, the ramifications are commonly heaped onto the shoulders of the distributors. By Nicole Westbrook and Al Sahlstrom When it comes to network marketing companies, commonly referred to as… Read more »