Direct Sellers Update: Regulation, Law & Policy
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September 16, 2025
|6 min read
The FTC Trades Blanket Non-Compete Bans for Case-by-Case Enforcement
Direct Sellers, time to let out a sigh of relief. On September 5, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission officially dropped its appeal of a federal court’s decision striking down the FTC’s rule banning non-competes.
September 9, 2025
|3 min read
No More Click to Cancel Rule—But FTC Enforcement Actions Keep Coming
The FTC’s much-anticipated “Click to Cancel” Rule was nixed, but the FTC is not backing down. The FTC continues to use Section 5 of the FTC Act and various other regulations to bring enforcement actions against companies that fail to provide clear and conspicuous disclosures about recurring charges and easy-to-cancel options for consumers.
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