DSA – Direct Selling Association

2015 1030 - Letter - DSA to Direct Selling Caucus - Congress - 1p
- Recently, you received a letter and may have also noticed an op-ed in The Hill newspaper from Robert FitzPatrick representing a group calling itself the International Coalition of Consumer Advocates (ICCA).
- His well-documented agenda of fear mongering and lack of credibility on direct selling issues has remained constant for years.
  - If consumer protection was truly at the heart of ICCA, it would attempt to reach the general public where it actually resides, not where investment pros go for insight into billion-dollar decisions.
  - Furthermore, FitzPatrick is critical of short sellers, which he says harm the public interest, yet it is he and his ICCA cohorts who are partially responsible for aiding the irresponsible tactics of Pershing Square.
2023 0301 - Letter - DSA to Member of Congress - 2p
- On behalf of more than 7.3 million active direct sellers who sell to 44.6 million preferred customers, discount buyers and many other consumers, we oppose re-introduction of the current version of the Protecting the Right to Organize ("PRO") Act.
- Direct sellers contributed $42.7 billion in estimated retail sales to the American economy in 2021 Sales increased 6.4% from 2020-2021 and have grown almost 22% since 2019.

1990s

1990 - LC - Amway v Director of Revenue, State of Missouri, No. 72155 - Amicus Curiae of Direct Selling Association (DSA) - 13p
1990 - LC - Amway v Director of Revenue, State of Missouri, No. 72155 - Amicus Curiae of Direct Selling Association (DSA) - 13p
1991 - LC - Debi Eyerman vs Mary Kay Cosmetics
- No. 91-3083, United States Court of Appeals - Sixth Circuit -
- Amicus - DSA - In Support of Mary Kay Cosmetics - 13p
  - DSA is concerned that Appellant and her amici curiae
    are seeking to expand Ohio's employment discrimination law beyond the scope intended by the legislature. Specifically, Appellant attempts to stretch the scope of the employment law to cover nonemployee independent contractors. This could have serious repercussions for direct sales businesses and independent contractors by causing confusion about the scope of numerous employment-related statutes which, in the past, have not applied to independent contractors.
1996 0422 - LC - Shaun Webster and Robert Ligon vs Omnitrition International, Inc., Jim Fobair, Roger Daley, Charles Ragus and Jerry Rubin - [Herbalife] -

2010s

2015 1030 - Letter - DSA to Direct Selling Caucus - Congress - 1p
2017 - DSA - Academic of the Year - Brenda Cude, Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator at University of Georgia, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Direct Selling Association - p21
- As the recipient of DSEF’s Academic of the Year honor, the Foundation recognized Brenda Cude for her outstanding service to direct selling through her leadership, personal involvement, teaching and research.
- Cude has helped DSEF broaden the understanding of the direct selling channel as a powerful go-to-market strategy, distribution model and entrepreneurial option among DSEF academic fellows, university students and the public.
- 2017 - DSA - Looking Beyond: DSA Annual Meeting 2017 Wrap Up - issuu.com/directsellingassoc/docs/am2017wrapupbookletemail

2020s

2020 - LC - CC Just Energy Marketing Corp. v. Davina Hurt and Dominic Hill
- No. 20-1093
- Supreme Court of the United States
- 2021 0315 - LC - Brief of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Federation of Independent Business, and the Direct Selling Association [DSA] as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners - 27p
2023 0301 - Letter - DSA to Member of Congress - 2p

Direct Selling Caucus Members - dsa.org/advocacy/caucus/
- Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY)
- Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
- Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)