Consumer Information

• Buying a Janitorial Services Franchise [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Consumer Guide to Buying a Franchise [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Could Biz Opp Offers Be Out for Your Coffers? [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Franchise & Business Opportunities [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Franchise and Business Opportunity FAQS [TEXT]
  
  
• The Gifting Club "Gotcha" [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Guide to the Federal Trade Commission [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Lotions and Potions: The Bottom Line About Multilevel Marketing Plans [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Medical Billing Opportunities: Worth a Second Opinion [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Multilevel Marketing Plans [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• 'Net Based Business Opportunities: Are Some Flop-portunities? [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• State Disclosure Requirements: Franchises [TEXT]
  
  
• State Disclosure Requirements: Business Opportunities [TEXT]
  
  
• The Seminar Pitch: A Real Curve Ball [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Take This Scheme and Stuff It: Avoiding Envelope-Stuffing Rip-Offs [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Thinking of Buying a Business Opportunity? [TEXT]
  
  
• Top Ten Dot Cons: Consumer Information [TEXT]
  
  
• Work-at-Home Schemes [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Your Legal Rights: Guide To The FTC Franchise Rule [TEXT]

Business Information

Reports

• Franchise and Business Opportunity Program Review 1993-2000 - [PDF]

Rules and Acts

• Franchise Rule Text: 16 CFR Part 436 [TEXT]
  
  
• Staff Report on the Franchise Rule
  16 C.F.R. Part 436: Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising: Staff Report of the Bureau of Consumer Protection to the Federal Trade Commission and Proposed Revised Trade Regulation Rule (August 2004)
• Press Release
• Staff Report [PDF 1.7M]
• Federal Register Notice [PDF 17k]
• Comments
  
  
• NPR Comments [TEXT]
  
  
• Federal Register Notice: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Franchise Rule) [TEXT] [PDF]
  
  
• Regulatory Reform: Franchise Rulemaking [TEXT]
  
  
• Regulatory Reform: Franchise Rule Review [TEXT]

Staff Comments and Letters

• How To Comply: Recent Staff Advisory Opinions [TEXT]
  
  
• Summary of Recent Enforcement Cases [TEXT]

Workshops

• Public Workshops on Franchise Rulemaking (1997) [TEXT]

Business Resources

www.business.gov

www.firstgov.gov

En Español

• Cómo Comprar Una Franquicia De Servicios De Limpieza [TEXT] [PDF]
  Buying a Janitorial Services Franchise
  
  
• Cuando una "Oportunidad de Negocio" Llama a Su Puerta [TEXT]
  Answering the Knock of a Business Opportunity
  
  
• Fraudes de Trabajo en el Hogar [TEXT] [PDF]
  Work-At-Home Schemes
  
  
• Oportunidades de Facturación Médica: Merecen una Segunda Opinión [TEXT] [PDF]
  Medical Billing Opportunities: Worth a Second Opinion
  
  
• Oportunidades Inoportunas ¿Le Estarán Vaciando Su Alcancía? [TEXT]
  Could 'Biz Opp' Offers Be Out For Your Coffers?
  
  
• Oportunidades de Negocios en Internet: Cómo Evitar Enredarse en la Red de Engaños [TEXT]
  'Net Based Business Opportunities: Are Some Flop-portunities?

Last Updated: Thursday, September 2, 2004