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.
U.S. Grant Resources, et al.
Sainz Enterprises, LLC, a Colorado corporation; et al.
Sherif, Dillon, a/k/a Nuraldin Shareef Karim, Dillon Shareef, and Dillon Nariman, d/b/a ALS, GCI, Grand Alliance Service ("GAS"), et al.
First American Payment Processing, Inc.; et al.
Mark Nutritionals, Inc., et al.
9094-5114 Quebec, Inc., et al.
Rosario Partnership, Funes, Inc., et al.
Piedmont Health Alliance, Inc., et al., In the Matter of
With an administrative complaint issued on December 22, 2003 the Commission charged Piedmont Health Alliance, Inc. with collectively setting prices it demanded for physician services with third party payers. According to the complaint, the physician-hospital organization entered into signed agreements on behalf of its member physicians to participate in all contracts negotiated and to accept the negotiated physician fees. The complaint further alleges that these practices eliminated price competition among physicians in the North Carolina counties of Alexander, Burke, Caldwell and Catawba. The complaint also names ten individual physicians who participated in the alleged price fixing services. On August 10, 2004, the organization and physicians agreed to settle charges. Also refer to settlement entered with Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Frye Regional Medical Center, Inc.).