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.
Bigsmart.com L.L.C.; Mark Tahiliani; and Harry Tahiliani
H.J. Heinz Company/Vlasic Foods International, In the Matter of
Great Pacific Vending Corp. and Collie Wainer
Government Careers Network, Inc., Government Careers Center, Inc., Government Careers Center, Inc., et al.
US Information Center, Inc., United Labor Services, Inc., et al.
Boeing Company, The
The consent order permits the acquisition of Hughes Space and Communications, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation, but prohibits Boeing from providing systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) to the U.S. Department of Defense for a specific classified program. According to the complaint, Boeing is the sole supplier of SETA programs and Hughes is one of two competing contractors.
American Information Labor Services, Inc., American Data Bureau, LLC, et al.
Tim Cho Investment Corp., et al.
Sharp Electronics Corp
Jore Corporation
Corporate Supplies, Inc., Larry Sarchenko and Robert Henkel
Indigo Investment Systems, Inc.
Car Wash Guys Intl., The, Inc., et al.
Crescent Publishing Group, Inc., et al.; Bruce A. Chew; and David Bernstein
OPCO International Agencies, Inc., et al.
Philip Morris Companies, Inc., and Nabisco Holdings Corp
The consent order permits the merger of Philip Monis and Nabisco Holdings Corporation while settling charges that the merger of the two food companies would reduce competition in the already highly-concentrated food product markets. Under terms of the order, the parties are required to divest Nabisco's dry- mix gelatin, dry-mix pudding, no-bake dessert, and baking powder assets to The Jet Sea Company and Nabisco's intense mints assets to Hershey Foods Corporation.