Universal Advertising, Inc., a Utah corporation; and Paul E. Porter, individually and as an officer of Universal Advertising, Inc.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062 3228
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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American Renal Associates, Inc., a corporation, and Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., a corporation
The Commission settled charges stemming from American Renal Associates’ (ARA) proposed acquisition of assets from Fresenius AG, which would have made ARA the only operator of dialysis clinics in the Warwick/Cranston area of Rhode Island. The purchase agreement called for the sale of five Fresenius clinics to ARA, including two in the Warwick/Cranston area, and the closure of an additional three Fresenius clinics in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The parties terminated their purchase agreement after FTC staff raised antitrust concerns, but the Commission challenged the closure of the three clinics as a naked agreement to pay a competitor to exit the market, and also alleged a Section 7 violation in the Warwick/ Cranston market for dialysis services. The Commission’s order bars the parties from entering into any agreement to close dialysis clinics, and requires ARA to notify the Commission if it intends to acquire any dialysis centers in the Warwick/Cranston area for a period of 10 years.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0510234
Prochnow, Richard L., individually and d/b/a Direct Sales International; et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
X020054
Duke Energy Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Company, and Duke Energy Field Services L.L.C., In the Matter of
Duke agreed to divest 2,780 miles of gas gathering pipeline in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to settle antitrust concerns stemming from Duke’s and Phillips Petroleum Company’s proposed merger of their natural gas gathering and processing businesses and its proposed acquisition of gas gathering assets in central Oklahoma from Conoco Inc. and Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation. The new company will be known as Duke Energy Field Services, L.L.C.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
001 0080
Docket Number
C-3932
Jarden/K2, Inc., In the Matter of
The Commission charged that the acquisition of K2, Inc, a sporting goods manufacturer, by Jarden Corporation would likely harm competition. The proposed $1.2 billion transaction would have joined two of the nation’s leading producers of monofilament fishing line, the most common type of line used in the United States. The consent order settling the charges requires Jarden to sell all assets related to the manufacture and sale of four varieties of monofilament fishing line to sporting goods company W.C. Bradley/Zebco.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0710168
Docket Number
C-4196
Rite Aid Corporation and The Jean Coutu Group (PJC), Inc., In the Matter of
The Commission charged that Rite Aid Corporation’s $3.5 billion acquisition of competitors Brooks and Eckerd Pharmacies from the Canadian drug store operator Jean Coutu Group, Inc. was anticompetitive and required the sale of retail pharmacies located in 23 cities along the East Coast. According to the Commission’s complaint, the merger would have substantially reduced competition in the sale of pharmacy services to customers in those areas, where customers view stores operated by the two companies as their two best options. The consent order requires Rite Aid to divest pharmacies in those cities to buyers preapproved by the Commission. The investigation, which included cooperation from the state attorneys general of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Maine, was handled by the agency’s Northeast Regional Office.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0610257
Docket Number
C-4191
Service Corporation International, In the Matter of
Consent order permits the acquisition of Equity Corporation International, the fourth largest funeral home and cemetery company in the United States, and requires SCI to divest funeral service and cemetery properties in 14 markets to Carriage Services, Inc. to remedy the anticompetitive effects of the acquisition.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
981 0353
Docket Number
C-3869
Transdermal Products International Marketing Corporation, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
032-3218
Verity International, Ltd., et al.,Defendants
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
002-3386
Kmart Corporation, Kmart Services Corporation, and Kmart Promotions, LLC., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062 3088
Actavis Group hf. and Abrika Pharmaceuticals, Inc., In the Matter of
The Commission prevented a merger-to-monopoly in the sale of generic isradipine capsules by challenging the proposed $235 million purchase of Abrika Pharmaceuticals, Inc., by the Actavis Group, an international generic pharmaceuticals company. To maintain competition in the market for this important generic drug, used to lower blood pressure and to treat hypertension, ischemia, and depression, the consent order requires the divestiture of all rights and assets necessary to produce, market, and sell generic isradipine to Cobalt Laboratories, Inc.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0710063
Netfran Development Corp. d/b/a Netspace, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
042 3225
X050067
Darden Restaurants, Inc., GMRI Inc., and Darden GC Corp., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062 3112
Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Boeing Company, and United Launch Alliance, LLC., In the Matter of
The Commission intervened in the formation of United Launch Alliance (ULA), a proposed joint venture between the Boeing Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. The FTC’s complaint alleged that the formation of ULA as originally structured would have reduced competition in the markets for U.S. government medium to heavy launch services and space vehicles. In settling the Commissions’ charges, the parties agreed to take certain actions (such as nondiscrimination requirements and firewalls) to address ancillary competitive harms not inextricably tied to the national security benefits of ULA.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0510165
Thermo Electron Corporation, In the Matter of
The consent order settled charges that Thermo Electron Corporation’s proposed $12.8 billion acquisition of Fisher Scientific International, Inc. would harm competition in the U.S. market for high-performance centrifugal vacuum evaporators (CVEs). Thermo and Fisher are the only two significant suppliers of high-performance CVEs in the United States and the proposed transaction would eliminate the direct price, service, and innovation competition that exists between them. To settle the Commission’s charges, Thermo is required to divest Fisher’s Genevac division, which includes Fisher’s entire CVE business, within five months of the date the consent agreement was signed.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0610187
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