The legal library gives you easy access to the FTC’s case information and other official legal, policy, and guidance documents.
Synopsys, Inc. and ANSYS, Inc., In the Matter of
The Federal Trade Commission will require Synopsys, Inc. and Ansys, Inc., under a proposed consent order, to divest certain assets to resolve antitrust concerns surrounding their $35 billion merger. The proposed consent order settles FTC allegations (link to complaint) that Synopsys’s acquisition of Ansys is anticompetitive across three markets – optical software tools, photonic software tools for designing and simulating photonic devices, and RTL power consumption analysis tools.
2505012 Informal Interpretation
2505011 Informal Interpretation
2505010 Informal Interpretation
2505009 Informal Interpretation
Statement of Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak In the Matter of Non-Alcoholic Beverages Price Discrimination Investigation
Statement of Commissioner Mark R. Meador In the Matter of Non-Alcoholic Beverages Price Discrimination Investigation
Microsoft/Activision Blizzard, In the Matter of
The Federal Trade Commission authorized an administrative complaint against the proposed merger between Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard, Inc., a video game developer that creates and publishes games such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch. Microsoft sells the Xbox gaming console and also offers a video game subscription service called Xbox Game Pass, as well as a cloud-based video game streaming service. The agency alleges that the deal would enable Microsoft to suppress competitors to its Xbox gaming consoles and its rapidly growing subscription and cloud-gaming business. The Commission withdrew the matter from adjudication in July 2023, and returned it to adjudication on September 26, 2023. The evidentiary hearing will commence 21 days after the issuance of the district court's decision in FTC v. Microsoft.
GoDaddy Inc., et al., In the Matter of
Case settles charges that GoDaddy misled customers about the extent of its data security protections and failed to secure its website hosting services against attacks that could harm its customers and visitors to the customers’ websites.
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, In the Matter of
2505008 Informal Interpretation
Growth Cave, LLC
As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, a federal court has temporarily halted the operations of a wide-ranging business opportunity and credit repair scam that has operated under the name “Growth Cave” since at least 2020.
The FTC’s complaint against the operation and its owners and officers, Lucas Lee-Tyson, Osmany Batte (also known as “Ozzie Blessed”), and Jordan Marksberry, alleges that the Growth Cave operation has taken approximately $50 million from consumers using false promises of huge income.
In May 2025, the FTC filed an amended complaint in this case, adding two defendants based on information the FTC learned after the original filing.
The amended complaint names LLT Research as a new defendant in the case and adds as a relief defendant Friendly Solar, Inc.
2505007 Informal Interpretation
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Information Furnishers Rule)
Panda Benefit Services, LLC., FTC v.
In June 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it took action to stop Prosperity Benefit Services, a student loan debt relief scheme that the agency says bilked more than $20.3 million from consumers seeking debt relief by pretending to be affiliated with the Department of Education. The FTC also charged that the company and its operators falsely claimed that they would take over consumers’ student loans to get them loan forgiveness that did not exist. In May 2025, the FTC announced that the operation and its owners are permanently banned from the debt relief industry and required to turn over all assets to resolve allegations that they misled consumers.
FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Testimony Before House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
XCL Resources Holdings, LLC et al, USA v.
The Federal Trade Commission announced that crude oil producers XCL Resources Holdings, LLC (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II LLC (Verdun), and EP Energy LLC (EP) will pay a record $5.6 million civil penalty to settle allegations they engaged in illegal pre-merger coordination, known as gun jumping, in violation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act).