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.
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.
Educational Research Center of America, Inc.; Student Marketing Group, Inc.; Marian Sanjana; and Jan Stumacher
Comstar Communications, Inc., a/k/a Communications 2000, and Randall A. Carasco
Comstar Communications, Inc., et al.
Ted Warren Corporation, The; The Ken Roberts Institute, Inc.; The Ken Roberts Company; and Ken Roberts, as an officer of the corporations
Accent Marketing Inc., FTC and State of Maryland
Indiana Household Movers and Warehousemen, Inc., In the Matter of
The corporation that represents household goods movers in Indiana settled charges that it filed collective intrastate rate tariffs with the State’s Department of Revenue on behalf of its members. According to the complaint issued with the consent order, these collective filings reduced competition for household goods moving services within the state, and the conduct was not protected by the state action doctrine because it was not actively supervised by the state.
Gold, Mitchell D., d/b/a U.S. Marketing, Inc., North American Charitable Services, Inc., et al.
Electronic Medical Billing, Inc., d/b/a EMB Marketing and EMB Inc.; et al.
General Supply Centers, Inc., and Mark E. Gershick
Morrone's Water Ice, Inc.; Franchise Consultants Corporation d/b/a Franchise Consultants Group; et al.
Quest Diagnostics Inc.orporated and Unilab Corporation
Quest Diagnostics settled FTC charges that its proposed acquisition of Unilab Corporation would substantially increase concentration in the clinical laboratory testing services market by agreeing to divest clinical laboratory testing assets in Northern California to Laboratory Corporation of America.