The Robinson–Patman Act (RPA) of 1936 is a United States federal law that prohibits anticompetitive practices by producers,specifically price discrimination.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction over federal civil antitrust enforcement with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. The agency is headquartered in the Federal Trade Commission Building in Washington,DC.
Michael Pertschuk was an American attorney and advocate for consumer protection and public health. He served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1977 to 1984,and served as FTC Chair from 1977 to 1981. During his tenure,Pertschuk worked to strengthen the FTC's consumer protection powers.
Gigi Beth Sohn is an American lawyer who is the co-founder of Public Knowledge. She previously worked for the Ford Foundation. In 2013,Tom Wheeler hired her into a senior staff position at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She left there shortly after Donald Trump's election in 2016. In July 2017,she held fellowship positions with Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law &Policy,Open Society Foundations,and Mozilla.
Christine A. Varney is an American antitrust attorney who served as the U.S. assistant attorney general of the Antitrust Division for the Obama Administration and as a Federal Trade commissioner in the Clinton Administration. Since August 2011,Varney has been a partner of the New York law firm Cravath,Swaine &Moore,where she chairs the antitrust department.
Jonathan David Leibowitz is an American attorney who served under President Barack Obama as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2009 to 2013. Leibowitz was appointed to the commission in 2004,and resigned in 2013. During Leibowitz's tenure,the FTC brought privacy cases against Google,Facebook and others for violating consumer privacy,as well as enforcement against "pay-for-delay" deals in which pharmaceutical companies paid competitors to stay out of the market. Prior to joining the FTC,Leibowitz was Vice President for Congressional Affairs from 2000 to 2004 of the MPAA.
Edith Ramirez is an American attorney who served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission from 2010 to 2017. Ramirez served as FTC Chair from 2013 to 2017,the first person of color to lead the agency.
Julie Simone Brill is an American lawyer who serves as Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Vice President for Global Privacy and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft. Prior to this,Brill served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2010 to 2016.
Terrell McSweeny is an American attorney who served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission from 2014 until 2018.
Rohit Chopra is an American consumer advocate who is the 3rd director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and previous member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Prior to this,Chopra served as Assistant Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),a federal agency tasked with consumer protection in the financial sector. Chopra also served within the CFPB as the agency's first Student Loan Ombudsman,an office created by the Dodd–Frank Act.
Lina M. Khan is a British-born American legal scholar serving as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission since 2021. While a student at Yale Law School,she became known for her work in antitrust and competition law in the United States after publishing the influential essay "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox". She was nominated by President Joe Biden to the Commission in March 2021,and has served since June 2021 following her confirmation. She is also an associate professor of law at Columbia Law School.
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is an American attorney who is a current commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. Slaughter was previously the acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission from January 21,2021,to June 15,2021.
The GeorgetownCenter on Privacy and Technology is a think tank at Georgetown University in Washington,DC dedicated to the study of privacy and technology. Established in 2014,it is housed within the Georgetown University Law Center. The goal of the Center is to conduct research and empower legal and legislative advocacy around issues of privacy and surveillance,with a focus on how such issues affect groups of different social class and race. In May 2022,the Center's founding director Alvaro Bedoya was confirmed as a commissioner of the United States Federal Trade Commission.
Jennifer Sung is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Jonathan Seth Kanter is an American antitrust attorney who has served as assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division since November 16,2021. Prior to this,Kanter worked as an antitrust attorney at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and in private practice.
Holly Aiyisha Thomas is an American attorney serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2018 to 2022.
Christine Smith Wilson is an American attorney who serves on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Wilson was appointed to this position in 2018 by President Donald Trump and was confirmed by the Senate in April 2018. She replaced Maureen Ohlhausen. Since the resignation of Noah J. Phillips in October 2022,Wilson has been the sole Republican on the FTC.
Noah Joshua Phillips is an American attorney who served on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2018 to 2022. Phillips was appointed to this position in 2018 by President Donald Trump,and was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate. During the Biden Administration,Phillips was one of two Republicans on the FTC,along with fellow commissioner Christine S. Wilson.
George Warren Douglas was an American economist who served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from December 27,1982,until September 18,1985. Though a member of the Democratic Party,Douglas was widely known as a conservative economist,and was known as a supporter of President Ronald Reagan's economic agenda.
Arianna Julia Freeman is an American lawyer from Pennsylvania who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
