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.
Statement Regarding Request for Public Comment on Protecting Workers from Illegal Business Practices
Statement Regarding Request for Public Comment on Mergers and Acquisitions
Statement Regarding Request for Public Comment on Predatory Pricing
Statement Regarding Request for Public Comment Re: Surveillance Pricing Practices
Scott Shell, In the Matter of
Caremark Rx, Zinc Health Services, et al., In the Matter of (Insulin)
The FTC filed a lawsuit against the three largest prescription drug benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark Rx, Express Scripts (ESI), and OptumRx—and their affiliated group purchasing organizations (GPOs) for engaging in anticompetitive and unfair rebating practices that have artificially inflated the list price of insulin drugs.
FBA Machine/Passive Scaling, FTC v.
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, In the Matter of
Concurring Statement of Commissioner Andrew N. Ferguson Joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak In the Matter of US Anesthesia Partners/Guardian Anesthesia
Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan and Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya In the Matter of Non-Alcoholic Beverages Price Discrimination Investigation
Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Joined by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya In the Matter of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Guardian Service Industries, Inc., In the Matter of
The Federal Trade Commission ordered building services contractor Guardian Service Industries, Inc. (Guardian) to stop enforcing a no-hire agreement that prohibits building owners and managers from hiring Guardian’s employees. In a complaint filed against Guardian, the FTC alleges that Guardian—which operates in New York and New Jersey—includes no-hire agreements in its customer service agreements with residential building owners. These agreements prohibit building owners and competing building service contractors from hiring Guardian’s employees.