FTC Enforcement Cases Scraper

Scrapes the full FTC Legal Library cases-and-proceedings index and returns structured case records.

What does this actor do?

This actor crawls the Federal Trade Commission Legal Library to extract all enforcement cases and proceedings — approximately 23,000+ cases covering privacy, data security, deceptive advertising, antitrust, and consumer protection actions.

Each record includes:

• Case identification: case ID, matter/file number, docket number
• Case metadata: status (Active, Pending, Under Order, Closed), type of action (Administrative/Federal), last updated date
• Topic classification: bureau (Bureau of Consumer Protection / Bureau of Competition) and enforcement topic tags
• Full case summary: description of the enforcement action
• Legal documents: links to complaints, consent orders, decisions, and other filed documents (PDFs)

Why use this actor?

Existing FTC scrapers on Apify (max 2 users) only scrape press-release feeds — they miss matter numbers, docket numbers, case status, bureau classification, and attached legal documents. This actor scrapes the full Legal Library index: every case from 1970 to present, with all structured metadata.

Use cases:

• Compliance counsel tracking active FTC enforcement against specific companies or industries
• Privacy/adtech risk teams monitoring enforcement topics (data security, privacy, advertising)
• Competition lawyers researching antitrust merger review cases
• Academic/policy researchers analyzing FTC enforcement patterns over time

Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Maximum cases to scrape. Omit to scrape all ~23,000+ cases.
startPage	integer	Page to start from (0-indexed). Useful for resuming runs.

Output

Each dataset item represents one FTC enforcement case:

{
  "caseId": "328433",
  "title": "Centerbridge Seaport Acquisition Fund/BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.",
  "fullTitle": "Centerbridge Seaport Acquisition Fund L.P. a Limited Partnership ...",
  "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/centerbridge-...",
  "matterNumber": null,
  "docketNumber": "C-4829",
  "caseStatus": "Under Order",
  "typeOfAction": "Federal",
  "lastUpdated": "June 10, 2026",
  "tags": ["Competition", "Bureau of Competition", "Merger", "Health Care"],
  "caseSummary": "The FTC took action to protect Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities...",
  "relatedDocuments": "Complaint|https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/...pdf\nDecision and Order|..."
}

Notes

• The actor uses impit Chrome fingerprinting to pass the Akamai CDN gate — no proxy or CAPTCHA solving required.
• Full crawl of all 23,000+ cases runs in approximately 3–5 hours at moderate concurrency.
• Use maxItems for smaller, focused extractions.
• relatedDocuments is newline-separated with Title|URL format per document.