<p>Every year the FTC brings hundreds of cases against individuals and companies for violating consumer protection and competition laws that the agency enforces. These cases can involve fraud, scams, identity theft, false advertising, privacy violations, anti-competitive behavior and more. The Legal Library has detailed information about cases we have brought in federal court or through our internal administrative process, called an adjudicative proceeding. </p>
Associated Record Distributors, Inc., et al.
Perrigo Company, In the Matter of
Carlsbad Physician Association, Inc.; and William J. Baggs, M.D.; Srichand S. Dara, M.D.; Glen Moore; James J. Purpura, D.O.; Deborah J. Schenck, M.D.; Charles L. Secora, M.D.; Majid A. Syed, M.D.; and Richard L. Zizza, M.D
A New Mexico physician organization settled charges that it and its members entered into agreements to fix prices and to refuse to deal with third party payers and other health care plans except on collectively agreed-upon terms.
Chivers, Brent; d/b/a Credit Card Services and Destyni Enterprises
MSC.Software Corporation
MSC settled charges that its 1999 acquisitions of Universal Analytics, Inc. and Computerized Structural Analysis & Research Corp. eliminated competition between the three firms in the development and application of engineering software. The administrative complaint issued October 2001, alleged that the two acquisitions would eliminate competition for advanced versions of Nastran, an engineering simulation software program used throughout the aerospace and automotive industries. The consent order required MSC to divest at least one clone copy of its current advance Nastran through royalty-free perpetual, non-exclusive licenses to one or two acquirers approved by the Commission.
Efficient Telesales Services Inc., also d/b/a U.S. Credit Services and U.S. Direct Benefits and Savings; and Leonora Khan
Pfizer Inc. and Pharmacia Corporation
A final consent order permits Pfizer Inc.'s acquisition of Phamacia Corporation while requiring the divestiture of various products including extended release drugs used in the treatment of an overactive bladder; hormone replacement therapies; erectile dysfunction; canine arthritis; and motion sickness. Novartis AG, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., Schering-Plough Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Insight Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Cadbury Schweppes are named in the order as potential buyers of the various pharmaceuticals and products.
Institute of Store Planners, In the Matter of
Under the terms of a consent order, The Institute of Store Planners must remove from its Code of Ethics any provision that prohibits its members from providing their services for free and any provision that prohibits competition with other members for work on the basis of price. According to the complaint, these rules unreasonably restrained price and nonprice competition among the members, depriving consumers of the benefits of competition among store planners. Its members provide architectural store design and store and merchandise planning to retail stores.
Bell, Tamara; American Veterans' Council, Inc.; Children's AIDS Council, Inc.; Children's Relief Services, Inc.; et al.
Save Mart Supermarkets
FMC Corporation, Solutia Inc., and Astaris LL, In the Matter of
The consent order requires FMC to divest its phosphorus pentasulfide business in Lawrence, Kansas to Peak Investments, LLC and Solutia Inc.’s phosphate assets in Augusta, Georgia to Societe Chemique Prayon-Rupel to settle charges that the proposed FMC/Solutia joint venture could substantially lessen competition in the United States market for pure phosphoric acid and phosphorus pentasulfide.