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.
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.; MacMillan, Inc.; The Hearst Corporation, and William Morrow and Co., Inc.; The Putnam Berkley Group, Inc. Simon & Schuster, Inc. and Random House, Inc., In the Matter of
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.; MacMillan, Inc.; The Hearst Corporation, and William Morrow and Co., Inc.; The Putnam Berkley Group, Inc.; Simon & Schuster, Inc.; and Random House, Inc., In the Matters of
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Mary L Azcuenaga in Harper & Row Publishers Inc, MacMillan Inc, The Hearst Corporation, Putnam Berkley Group Inc, Simon & Schuster Inc, and Random House Inc
Federal News Service Group Inc., a corporation, and Cortes W. Randell, an individual., In the Matter of
Reliance Group Holdings, Inc., U.S.
First City Financial Corporation Ltd. and Roxboro Investments (1976) Ltd, U.S.
Bell Resources Ltd., et al., U.S.
ByteDance, LTD., US v.
An investigation from the Division of Enforcement and the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection found TikTok/ByteDance violated a 2019 consent order for infringing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The DOJ is bringing a lawsuit on behalf of FTC for flagrantly violating COPPA and violating the 2019 order.