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MLM Lawyer and Attorney Guides, Articles and Reference Materials

Seeing the Forest for the Trees
The Preminence of Value
MLM Customer Programs
Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry
Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products or Services
Generic Copy Test of Food Health Claims in Advertising
FTC Guides for Advertising Allowances and Other Merchandising Payments and Services
FTC Policy Statement on Advertising Deception
FTC Policy Statement Regarding Advertising Substantiation
FTC Guides Concerning Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising
FTC Staff Comment on Draft Report of the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels
FTC Guide to the Franchise and Business Opportunity Rule
FTC Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (1998)
A Businessperson's Guide to Federal Warranty Law
FDA Draft Guidance for Industry: Substantiation for Dietary Supplement Claims
Fact Sheet on FDA's Draft Guidance
Questions and Answers on FDA's Draft Guidance
FDA/CFSAN - Letter Regarding Dietary Supplement Health Claim for Antioxidant Vitamins and Certain Cancers
FDA/CFSAN - Letter Regarding Dietary Supplement Health Claim for Fiber With Respect to Colorectal Cancer
FDA/CFSAN Letter Regarding Dietary Supplement Health Claim for Folic Acid With Respect to Neural Tube Defects
Significant Scientific Agreement in the Review of Health Claims for Conventional Foods and Dietary Supplement
Dietary Supplement Strategy 10-Year Plan
FDA's Summary of Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994
Fact Sheet: FDA's Response to the Report of the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels
FDA Compliance Guides
Small Business Guide to FDA
FDA Cosmetics Handbook
Food Labeling Questions and Answers
Import Procedures
Questions & Answers: Nutrition Labeling
Questions and Answers about Obtaining Certificates for Export of Foods and Cosmetics
FDA Regulatory Procedures Manual Securities Law and MLM - What's the Deal?

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 CFR Chapter 9)

Chapter I - Short Title Chapter II - Definitions Chapter III - Prohibited Acts and Penalties Chapter IV - Food Chapter V - Drugs and Devices Part A - Drugs and Devices Part B - Drugs for Rare Diseases or Conditions Part C - Electronic Product Radiation Control

Chapter VI - Cosmetics Chapter VII - General Authority Part A - General Administrative Provisions Part B - Colors Part C - Fees Chapter VIII - Imports and Exports Chapter IX - Miscellaneous

Commercial Practices

Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising and Business Opprotunity Ventures
Cooling-Off Period for Door-to-Door Sales

Cosmetics

Cosmetic Labeling Regulations
Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations Cosmetic Products
Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practice Guidelines

Food & Dietary Supplements

Final Rule 21 CFR Part 101: Regulations on Statements Made for Dietary Supplements Concerning the Effect of the Product on the Structure or Function of the Body 2000)
Food Labeling Regulation, Amendments; Food Regulation Uniform Compliance Date; and New Dietary Ingredient Premarket Notification Food Labeling; Requirements for Nutrient Content Claims, Health Claims, and Statements of Nutritional Support for Dietary Supplements Food Labeling; Nutrient Content Claims: Definition for "High Potency" and Definition of "Antioxidant" for Use in Nutrient Content Claims for Dietary Supplements and Conventional Foods Food Labeling; Notification Procedures for Statements on Dietary Supplements Premarket Notification for a New Dietary Ingredient
Summary of Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994
Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Dietary Supplements; Proposed Rule
FDA/CFSAN Current GMP in Manufacturing, Packing or Holding Human Food (21 CFR Part 110) Iron-Containing Supplements and Drugs: Label Warning Statements and Unit-Dose Packaging Requirements; Final Rule
New RDIs (Reference Daily Intakes) for Vitamin K, Chloride, Chromium, Maganese, Molybdenum, and Selenium
FDA Definition for High Potency Claim and Definition of Antioxidant Use in Nutrient Content Claims

Consumer Products Claims
Environmental Marketing Claims
Distributor Termination
Multilevel Marketing: Federal Trade Commission
Multilevel Marketing: Food & Drug Administration
Multilevel Marketing: U.S. Courts of Appeal
U.S. District Courts
Multilevel Marketing: State Courts
Tax Cases