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.
30 Minute Mortgage, Inc., Gregory P. Roth, and Peter W. Stolz
Maine Health Alliance, The, and William R. Diggins, In the Matter of
A network of doctors, hospitals, and its executive director, William R. Diggins, settled charges that they illegally engaged in price-fixing activities that raised health care costs in five Maine counties by negotiating jointly with third-party payers in a effort to obtain higher compensation and more advantageous contract terms for its members.
Carlsbad Physician Association, Inc.; and William J. Baggs, M.D.; Srichand S. Dara, M.D.; Glen Moore; James J. Purpura, D.O.; Deborah J. Schenck, M.D.; Charles L. Secora, M.D.; Majid A. Syed, M.D.; and Richard L. Zizza, M.D
A New Mexico physician organization settled charges that it and its members entered into agreements to fix prices and to refuse to deal with third party payers and other health care plans except on collectively agreed-upon terms.
Premier-escrow.com
Andrews, Anthony W.; et al.
Statement of Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson - FTC v. Citigroup Inc., et al.
Larsen, Arnold W., also known as Arnold Larson
Hearst Trust, The, The Hearst Corporation, and First DataBank, Inc.
The Commission negotiated an agreement with The Hearst Corporation (Hearst) to settle a permanent injunction action filed by the FTC alleging that Hearst failed to provide documents required by premerger notification law and then consummated a merger that monopolized the integrated drug information database market. Under the terms of the order, Hearst divested the Medi-Span business to Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. , a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer, n.v., disgorged $19 million in profits, and to complied with certain other obligations.