Career
Office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG)
Harbour's early career included serving in the Office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG) for 11 years. [9] In October 1996,she became the Deputy Attorney General of the Public Advocacy Division. [1] While employed by the Office,Harbour prosecuted antitrust and consumer protection violations,including national price-fixing conspiracy cases. [10]
During this period,Harbour served as lead counsel in multi-state cases. In October 1997,Harbour argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of 35 states in State Oil Co. v. Khan,a resale price maintenance (RPM) case. [11] [10] In 1999,Harbour was appointed Assistant First Deputy Attorney General. [1] After leaving the Office of the NYAG,Harbour worked at Kaye Scholer LLP as an antitrust partner. [9]
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
In 2003,Harbour was nominated by President George W. Bush to replace Sheila F. Anthony,whose term expired in September 2002,as a member of the FTC. [12] On August 4,2003,Harbour was officially sworn in as a member of the FTC,and would serve in the position until her term expired in September 2009. [9]
In 2007,she was the sole commissioner to dissent from the FTC's decision to approve Google's acquisition of DoubleClick. [6] Harbour expressed concerns regarding consumer data privacy. [6] She later wrote an op-ed published by The New York Times ,noting Google as the "Web's emperor" due to the company's market dominance in data collection. [13]
Following the expiration of her term in office,President Barack Obama appointed Julie Brill to replace her on the FTC. [14] As of 2021,Harbour is one of just three African-Americans to serve on the FTC:The other two were A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. (served from 1962-1964) and Mozelle W. Thompson (served from 1997-2004). No African-Americans have been appointed to serve on the commission since. [3] Additionally,Harbour is one of the just three political independents to have ever served on the body,along with Philip Elman (who served from 1961 to 1970) and Mary Azcuenaga (who served from 1984 to 1998). [4]
Post-FTC career
After Harbour left the FTC in 2010,she became a partner in Fulbright &Jaworski L.L.P.’s antitrust and competition practice. [15] [7] She was the head of the firm's Privacy,Competition and Data Protection practice group. [10] In October 2014,Harbour was hired by Herbalife Nutrition as Senior Vice President,Global Member Compliance &Privacy. [7] In February 2016,she became the company's legal officer. [5]
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