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 Leibowitz and Commissioner Rosch, In the Matter of Intel Corporation
Concurring and Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rosch, In the Matter of Intel Corporation
Statement of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz Regarding the Announcement that Arthur D. Levinson Has Resigned from Google's Board
Successful Credit Service Corporation, et al., FTC
Constellation Brands, Inc., a corporation, In the Matter of
Infinity Group Services, also d/b/a IGS et al., and Kahrami Zamani, individually and as an officer of Infinity Group Services
National Prize Information Group Corp. et al.
Thoratec Corporation, and HeartWare International, Inc., In the Matter of
The Commission authorized a preliminary injunction to block Thoratec Corporation’s proposed $282 million acquisition of rival medical device maker HeartWare International, Inc., charging that the transaction would substantially reduce competition in the U.S. market for left ventricular devices (LVADs), a life-sustaining treatment for patients with advanced heart failure. The FTC’s administrative complaint alleges that Thoratec seeks to maintain its monopoly by acquiring HeartWare, thus eliminating the only significant threat to Thoratec’s continued dominance of the LVAD market. In August of 2009, the parties announced they would not to proceed with the proposed acquisition, and the Commission dismissed the Administrative Complaint without filing an motion for preliminary injunction in federal court.