Trump to Nominate Simons to Lead FTC, White House Says
Simons is a long-time antitrust attorney with Paul Weiss Rohit Chopra will also be nominated to the commission
President Donald Trump will nominate Washington antitrust attorney Joseph Simons as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the White House said Thursday.
Simons, a partner at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, would be appointed to a seven-year term and take over upon confirmation for Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, who has been running the agency on a temporary basis since Trump’s inauguration in January.-- More...
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