One hundred and thirty six years of direct selling history in the United States absolutely establish that the most important factor is the value of the products, making value not only a business issue, but one of the most important factors affecting the legality of any network marketing program...

The very beginning approach to Direct Selling needs to be right. See why in this article, "The Thinkin' Needs Fixin'".

By Jeffrey A. Babener © 1998 The Famous Trademark Clauses. A networking distributor cannot help but being blurry-eyed as he or she reads through the dense language of the policies and procedures and contractual agreements of a network marketing company.

This article discusses the timely topic of what legal problems are associated with override bonuses on training programs.

We Attack Pyramid Schemes and Abusive MLM Companies NEWS & WARNINGs. MLM is Good - the last hope for the "little" guy.

By Jeffrey A. Babener © June 1996 It would be absurd to hold that a manufacturer could sell a branded product to a distributor without restriction and then tell the distributor that it could not resell the branded goods without either paying for a trademark license or removing the trademark

By Jeffrey A. Babener © August, 1989 The question of "rights in the downline" is one which is clearly headed for the courts within the next few years. Many MLM companies take the position that they are the sole owners of "downlines." Many key distributors market their "downline structures" from one MLM company to another as if downline structure was a piece of property which could be marketed at will.