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.
Artist Arena LLC, United States of America (for the Federal Trade Commission)
Direct Connection Consulting, Inc. also d/b/a Sure Touch Long Distance, and Digicom, LLC also d/b/a DigiTouch Long Distance, et al.
Praxair, Inc. / EPCO Carbon Dioxide Products, Inc.
Proposed Acquisition by Vivendi, S.A. of EMI Recorded Music
Myspace LLC, In the Matter of
Economic Relief Technologies, LLC, et al.
Facebook, Inc. / Instagram, Inc.
Koninklijke Ahold N.V./Safeway Inc., In the Matter of
Koninklijke Ahold N.V., the parent company of Giant Food Stores, LLC, agreed to sell a supermarket outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to settle charges that its proposed acquisition of the Genuardi's supermarket chain from Safeway Inc. otherwise would be anticompetitive. The transaction, if completed, would eliminate competition between Giant and Genuardi's. To preserve competition in the local grocery market, the consent order requires Ahold to sell a supermarket in Newtown, Pennsylvania to McCaffrey's supermarkets.