Blake Schroeder, Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana Inc., parent company of Kannaway, has appointed Blake Schroeder as CEO and president. Schroeder will replace Dr. Stuart Titus, who is semi-retiring. Schroeder joined the company in 2016 and was formerly CEO of Kannaway. He also has worked for Forevergreen and MonaVie.
Joe Miranda, HerbalifeJoe Miranda has joined Herbalife Nutrition in the newly created role of chief digital officer. Miranda has more than 20 years of experience as a global technology executive in the media, financial, and data analytics industries, developing and executing enterprise digital strategy. He previously served as chief digital officer at Thomson Reuters.
JANUARY ISSUE
SARAH SHADONIX, Founder and CEO of Scout & Cellar
Making Tough Business Decisions
For us, it doesn’t matter if it makes business sense on this minute, this day. We do the right thing for the standard of “for the good of the company and for the good of the people.” It might not be easy, but the right thing is always the right thing.
Neora has added Maureen Ohlhausen, former acting chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to its legal team in the company’s case against the FTC. Ohlhausen is currently a partner at Baker and Botts LLP and will bring an expertise in consumer protection and competition to Neora’s upcoming battle. Prior to Baker and Botts LLP, Ohlhausen served as acting FTC chairman from 2017 to 2018 and as a commissioner starting in 2012. She has testified numerous times before Congress and been recognized with several awards, including the FTC’s Robert Pitofsky Lifetime Achievement Award. Neora’s legal team will focus on the FTC recent “attempt to enact a new retroactive interpretation of how direct selling companies can operate,” according to Deborah Heisz, co-CEO of Neora.
The Neora lawsuit against the FTC has been dismissed and effectively transferred from New Jersey to Dallas, Texas, where Neora is headquartered. New Jersey was the preferred venue choice of the FTC when the matter’s dueling cases were filed. Neora requested the dismissal in order to file counterclaims in Dallas and combine into a single case.
See the opinion and order PDF below.