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.
Western States Gasoline Pricing
Liberty Direct, Inc., Paul L. Wiggs, and David C. Furni
Concurring Statement of Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson, Western States Gasoline Pricing
Statement of Commissioners Sheila F. Anthony, Orson Swindle and Thomas B. Leary Concerning Western States Gasoline Pricing Investigation
Modern Concept Marketing, Inc., et al.
Advanced Public Communications Corporation, et al.
Cerkvenik-Anderson Travel, Inc., et al.
Alaska Healthcare Network, Inc.
An association of 86 physicians practicing in the Fairbanks, Alaska area settled charges that the Alaskan Healthcare Network illegally formulated a fee schedule based on its members’ current prices for use in negotiations with third-party payers in an effort to obtain higher prices for medical services.
H.J. Heinz Company and Milnot Holding Corp
The FTC sought a preliminary injunction to block H.J. Heinz Company's (Heinz) proposed $185 million acquisition of Milnot Holding Company, owner of Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (Beech-Nut), citing concerns that the transaction would reduce the number of competitors in the baby food market from three to two, creating a duopoly. Heinz and Beech-Nut are the nation's second- and third-largest producers of prepared baby food. The district court denied the motion, but the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed the federal district court decision and granted the Commission’s request for entry of a preliminary injunction. Soon after, the parties abandoned the transaction.