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.
Rapp, James J., and Regana L. Rapp d/b/a Touch Tone Information, Inc.
Nationwide Information Service, Inc. and Stevan P. Todorovic
Swedish Match North America Inc., and National Tobacco Company, LP
Quigley Corporation
Alternative Cigarettes, Inc., and Joseph Pandolfino
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.
Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Puerto Rico
The dental association with a membership of more than 1800 dentists practicing in Puerto Rico agreed not to encourage its members to enter into agreements that set or fixed the fees charged or terms and conditions under which dentists would deal with health insurance plans or other payers in an attempt to obtain higher reimbursement rates for dental services.
Ceridian Corporation, In the Matter of
A consent order requires Ceridian to grant licenses to new and existing firms that provide commercial credit cards (known as "trucking fleet-cards") used by over-the-road trucking companies to make purchases at retail locations. The order settles charges that Ceridian's consummated acquisitions of NTS Corporation and Trendar Corporation gave Ceridian the power to control the markets for the provision of trucking fleet cards and the systems used to read them at truck stops throughout the country.
Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc.
Mega Furniture, Inc., and Candido Cruz
Nueva Furniture, Inc., and Walter Carriel
Simmons Rockwell Ford Mercury, Inc.; Simmons Rockwell Autoplaza, Inc.; Don Simmons, Inc.; Donald M. Simmons, II., and Richard L. Rockwell
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
A consent order settled charges that Fidelity’s acquisition of Chicago Title Corporation would reduce competition for title information services in San Luis Obispo, Tehama, Napa, Merced, Yolo, and San Benito, California. The order requires the divestiture of title plants in each of the six areas.
Chrisman, Michael G. and Michelle R. Chrisman, individually and d/b/a DayTrading International, In the Matter of
Coleman, Ellery, individually and d/b/a Granite Investments
R.N. Motors, Inc.; Red Noland Cadillac, Inc.; and Nelson B. Noland
CompuTrade LLC and Bernard Lewis
VNU N.V
VNU N.V. settled antitrust concerns that its proposed acquisition of Nielsen Media Research, Inc. would restrict competition in the market for advertising expenditure measurement services in the United States. The order requires VNU to divest its Competitive Media Reporting division, the nation's largest supplier in the specialized market.