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.
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Boston Scientific Corporation and Guidant Corporation, In the Matter of
The consent order settles charges that the $27 billion acquisition of Guidant Corporation by Boston Scientific Corporation would harm competition and consumers in several significant medical device markets. Guidant Corporation by Boston Scientific Corporation are the largest market shareholders in several coronary medical device markets in the U.S., together accounting for 90% of the U.S. PTCA balloon catheter market and 85% of the U.S. coronary guidewire market.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0610046
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., and Rockstar Games, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
052 3158
Docket Number
C-4162
Perrigo Company and Alpharma Inc., F.T.C.
The Commission authorized staff to file a complaint in federal district court charging that Alpharma, Inc. and Perrigo Company drove up the prices for over-the-counter store-brand children’s liquid ibuprofen through an agreement eliminating competition between the two firms and allowing Perrigo to raise its prices creating higher profits to then be shared between the firms. According to the complaint, while both Alpharma and Perrigo filed for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to sell a generic version of children’s liquid Motrin, Alpharma was eligible to sell its product at least six months before approval would be granted to Perrigo. The two companies entered into an agreement not to compete whereby Perrigo would sell the children’s liquid ibuprofen for seven years and Alpharma, while would not marketing a competing product, would receive an up-front payment and a royalty on Perrigo’s sales of the product. To settle the charges, Alpharma and Perrigo paid a total of $6.25 million in illegal profits and agreed not to enter into agreements not to compete when one party to the agreement is a first filer of an abbreviated new drug application.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0210197
Associated Octel Company Limited, The, In the Matter of
Associated Octel settled charges that its acquisition of Oboadler Company would eliminate direct competition and raise prices in the highly concentrated market for the manufacture and sale of lead antiknock compounds. Under terms of the order, Octel agreed to supply Oboadler's current distributor, Allchem Industries, Inc., with lead antiknock compounds for resale in the United States for 15 years.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910288
Docket Number
C-3913
Integrated Capital Inc., and Alan Wilson, Defendants, United States District Court, District of Nevad
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
Fresenius AG, In the Matter of
Fresenius AG settled charges that its purchase of rival dialysis provider Renal Care Group, Inc. would likely have resulted in higher prices for dialysis services. The consent order requires that Fresenius AG will sell 91 outpatient kidney dialysis clinics and financial interests in 12 more.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
051 0154
Docket Number
C-4159
Williams Companies, The, Inc.
Consent order permits the acquisition of MAPCO, Inc. but requires Williams to lease its pipeline to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, a terminal competitor of MAPCO, to ensure that Kinder Morgan can continue to exist as an independent competitor in the transportation and terminaling of propane in certain Midwest markets. Under terms of the consent order Williams agreed to connect its Wyoming gas processing plant to any new competing pipeline in the future.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
981 0076
Docket Number
C-3817
Basic Research, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
002-3300
Docket Number
9318
Executive Financial Home Loan Corp., d/b/a Executive Home Loan, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0423143
Nations Title Agency, Inc., Nations Holding Company, and Christopher M. Likens., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
052 3117
Time Warner, Inc.; Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.; Tele-Communications, Inc.; and Liberty Media Corporation
Final consent order requiring the restructuring of the acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. settles antitrust concerns that the acquisition would restrict competition in cable television programming and distribution. The order requires Tele-Communications, Inc., the nation's number one cable operator, to divest its interests in Turner; reduces contractual agreements between TCI, Turner and Time Warner to carry certain programming; reduces opportunities for bundling programming; prohibits price discrimination against competing cable systems; and requires Time Warner's cable systems to carry a rival news channel to compete with CNN.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9610004
Docket Number
C-3709
Credit Foundation Of America, et al., U.S. (for the FTC)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
042 3044
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