The Federal Trade Commission was created to champion the rights of American consumers and ensure that they have access to the widest variety of goods and services at the most competitive prices. We investigate and recommend cases to the Commission, and engage in litigation before administrative law judges and in federal district courts. We issue reports to Congress, reach out to consumers and businesses, and coordinate our enforcement activities with local, state, and regional authorities.

Our attorneys consult with economists, interview witnesses, draft pleadings, lead depositions, recommend enforcement action, and participate in investigations and litigation on a wide range of complex antitrust matters. Attorneys are assigned to one of four areas:

• Mergers & Acquisitions, where we identify and challenge anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions that likely would lessen competition and lead to higher prices, reduced availability of goods, lower quality products and services, and less innovation.
• Anticompetitive Practices, where we investigate and litigate anticompetitive conduct in the marketplace, including monopolization, collusion, agreements not to compete, and abuses of standard-setting organizations.
• Healthcare Services, where we investigate and litigate mergers and conduct cases relating to players in the healthcare industry.
• Compliance, where we work with investigation and litigation teams to develop appropriate merger and conduct remedies.