Pyramid scheme. It’s a dirty word, especially here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hometown of the Amway Corporation, which has been accused of being one for years. But what is a pyramid scheme, and what makes it so wrong? Generally, a pyramid scheme (also called franchise fraud) is a business model that involves promising participants payment,
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The Network Marketing Phenomenon: Differentiating Multilevel Marketing from Pyramid Schemes By Raquel Salas on August 6, 2011
California Judge Stands Up For The Constitution By Raquel Salas on September 11, 2010
As some of you may recall, this past May Avanti filed a class action lawsuit against Ottawa County and the Ottawa County clerk challenging a policy that required couples getting married to provide each of their social security numbers. After we successfully settled the Ottawa lawsuit, many critics opposed our position; we received threatening emails
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