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.
Statement of Chairman Robert Pitofsky and Commissioners Sheila F. Anthony, Mozelle W. Thompson, Orson Swindle, and Thomas B. Leary - In the Matter of Time Warner Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment Inc.; Capitol Records, Inc., d.b.a. "EMI Music Distribution";
American Bioscience, Inc., v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and Does 1- through 10, Inc.lusive
Consolidated Cigar Corporation
Swedish Match North America, Inc.
Swisher International, Inc.
General Cigar Holdings, Inc.
Havatampa, Inc.
John Middleton, Inc.
Lane Limited
Performance Capital Management, Inc.
Action Loan Company, Inc., et al.
American International Travel Services, Inc., et al.
Med Resorts International, Inc., et al., FTC and The Commonwealth of Virgini
Novartis Corporation and Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals Opinion Denying Novartis's Petition for Review of Final Order of the Commission (D.C. Cir. August 18, 2000)
Crooked Oak Investments, Inc., et al.
Conso International Corporation, MP Holdings, Inc. and The McCall Pattern Company
Conso International Corporation, owner of the Simplicity brand of home sewing patterns, abandoned its proposed acquisition of McCall Pattern Company after the Commission filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint charged that the acquisition would reduce the number of United States sewing pattern designers and producers from three to two, creating a firm with more than 75% of the domestic unit sales of domestic home sewing patterns.