Joseph Simons | |
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56th Chair of the Federal Trade Commission | |
In office May 1, 2018 –January 21, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Maureen Ohlhausen (acting) |
Succeeded by | Rebecca Slaughter (acting) |
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
In office May 1,2018 –January 29,2021 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Terrell McSweeny |
Succeeded by | Lina Khan |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Cornell University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Joseph Simons is an American attorney who formerly served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
Simons received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and history from Cornell University in 1980 and his Juris Doctor cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1983. [1]
Simons was chief of the Federal Trade Commission's competition bureau from 2001 to 2003. He was a partner at Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton &Garrison LLP. Simons is also a co-developer of “Critical Loss Analysis,”a technique for market definition that has been incorporated into the Department of Justice and FTC Merger Guidelines,as well as applied in numerous court decisions. [1]
On October 19,2017,the White House announced that President Donald Trump would nominate Simons to be chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. [2] He took office on May 1,2018,and was scheduled to depart on January 29,2021;he was replaced as chair on January 21. [3]
Notably,the FTC under Simons filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook in December 2020. [4]
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