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.
Toysmart.com, LLC, and Toysmart.com, Inc.
New World Bank Services, Inc. and Cory Banks
First Impressions, Inc., d/b/a Air-Land-Sea Reservations, Inc., et al.
Efamol Nutraceuticals, Inc.
Rapp, James J., and Regana L. Rapp d/b/a Touch Tone Information, Inc.
Nationwide Information Service, Inc. and Stevan P. Todorovic
Swedish Match North America Inc., and National Tobacco Company, LP
Alternative Cigarettes, Inc., and Joseph Pandolfino
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.
Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc.
Mega Furniture, Inc., and Candido Cruz
Nueva Furniture, Inc., and Walter Carriel
Simmons Rockwell Ford Mercury, Inc.; Simmons Rockwell Autoplaza, Inc.; Don Simmons, Inc.; Donald M. Simmons, II., and Richard L. Rockwell
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
A consent order settled charges that Fidelity’s acquisition of Chicago Title Corporation would reduce competition for title information services in San Luis Obispo, Tehama, Napa, Merced, Yolo, and San Benito, California. The order requires the divestiture of title plants in each of the six areas.
R.N. Motors, Inc.; Red Noland Cadillac, Inc.; and Nelson B. Noland
VNU N.V
VNU N.V. settled antitrust concerns that its proposed acquisition of Nielsen Media Research, Inc. would restrict competition in the market for advertising expenditure measurement services in the United States. The order requires VNU to divest its Competitive Media Reporting division, the nation's largest supplier in the specialized market.
Kroger Company, The, and Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
The Commission authorized a preliminary injunction action in federal court alleging that Kroger's proposed acquisition of 74 Winn-Dixie supermarkets in would substantially lessen competition in several markets near and in Fort Worth, Texas. The parties soonafter abandoned their merger plans.