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 United Service Corporation d/b/a Titan Business Solutions and Scott Ford
Consumer Repair Services, Inc., et al.
Forum Marketing Services, Inc., et al.
Visions Group of America, Inc., SOHO Technologies, Inc., Mark Colosi, Rex Judd, and Greg Kazimer
Business Services Center, Inc., et al.
Dominion Resources, Inc., and Consolidated Natural Gas Company
A final order permits Dominion's acquisition of Consolidated Natural Gas Company but requires the divestiture of Consolidated's Virginia Natural Gas, Inc. The complaint alleged that the merger would combine the dominant provider of electric power in Virginia with the primary distributor of natural gas in southeastern Virginia.
QBI, Inc., and Jeffrey Allen Donohue
Sovo Tec Diagnostics, Inc.; Amhad Shirzadi; and Deborah Colby
BP Amoco p.l.c., and Atlantic Richfield Company
The Commission authorized staff to file a motion in federal district court to prevent the merger of BP Amoco p.1.c. and Atlantic Richfield Company. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleged that the merger would reduce competition in the exploration and production of Alaska North Slope crude oil and its sale to West Coast refineries, and in the market for pipeline and storage facilities in Cushing, Oklahoma. Under the terms of the order, BP Amoco was required to divest all of ARCO's assets relating to oil production on Alaska's North Slope (ANS) to Phillips Petroleum Company or another Commission-approved purchaser. BP Amoco also would have to divest all ARCO assets related to its Cushing, Oklahoma crude oil business within four months.