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practicing in Florida in the area of business opportunity law and am a member of The Florida Bar's Franchise Law Committee. I am writing to you in response to your Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/public-comment-152
on Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising and Business Opportunity Ventures, 16 CFR 436
Dear Ms. Howard:
We understand the Federal Trade Commission is accepting comment concerning
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19970701-comment-89-public-comment
State compliance has become something of an oxymoron in the Business
Opportunity arena. State laws were adopted for the large part as an enforcement tool with little thought to those legitimate
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19970630-comment-94-public-comment
Because the experience of others who have purchased a franchise or business opportunity is the best indicator of potential earnings and other factors for prospective buyers, "gag orders
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/public-comment-177
Requirements and
Prohibitions Concerning
Franchising and Business Opportunity Ventures
16 C.F.R. Part 436-Comment
62 Fed. Reg. 9115 (February 28, 1997)
Joseph N. Mariano
Senior Vice President &
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/public-comment-176
Lastly, we would suggest that the FTC adopt an exclusion from the definition of business opportunity for all companies that provide for a buy back policy consistent with the DSA Code of Ethics
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19970625-comment-86-public-comment
effective in protecting the investing public than widening the net to encompass more "business opportunities", however defined.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
October 16, 1997
Public Comment
Kat Tidd
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19971016-comment-112-public-comment
As we discussed at the public workshop conference in Chicago, the following are some additional thoughts regarding exemptions from the business opportunity regulation being considered by the FTC
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19970902-comment-106
If you over-legislate the sale of business opportunities, you will have no effect whatsoever on these sleazeballs and scumbags. They already ignore the existing laws, and they will ignore your new
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/public-comment-130
In the last several years, the Division has experienced an increasing number of complaints from Maryland investors in ""business opportunities."" The Division has increased our enforcement
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19970725-comment-99-public-comment
