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.
Danaher Corporation, In the Matter of
In 2020, Danaher Corporation agreed to divest assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed $21.4 billion acquisition of General Electric’s biopharmaceutical business, GE Biopharma, would violate federal antitrust law. Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. is the approved divestiture buyer. Sartorius agreed to obtain the Commission’s prior approval if it proposed to acquire Novasep Process SAS’s chromatography equipment business. On Feb. 1, 2022, the Commission announced that it granted Sartorius’s petition to proceed with this acquisition.
Origin USA, Inc.
Neaties Home LLC
Netbrands LLC d/b/a Netbrands Media Corporation, 24 hourswristbands.com, and Imprint.com
BlueHippo Funding, LLC, and BlueHippo Capital, LLC
The Federal Trade Commission alleged that BlueHippo Funding, LLC, and BlueHippo Capital, LLC operated a deceptive computer financing scheme in violation of a federal court order.