Herbalife Claims No Harm, But FTC Hails 'Unprecedented' Settlement's Impact
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
In addition to imposing a $200m fine, the settlement requires the direct seller to determine compensation for its distributors based on actual retail sales, rather than on the number of additional distributors they bring into their networks, and to show at least 80% of its revenues are to end-users.
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