On January 4, 2018 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provided written guidance to the multilevel marketing (MLM) industry. This matters because: a) although the entire MLM industry (e.g., Amway, Nu Skin, Herbalife, LuLaRoe, Primerica, etc.) accounts for less than 1% of total US retail sales, the industry claims to involve approximately 8% of the US…