Law Professor to Lead FTC's Consumer Unit.

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Source: WaPo

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday named Georgetown University law professor David Vladeck as director of the agency's Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Vladeck is co-director of Georgetown Law Center's Institute for Public Representation, a program for civil liberties, open government and regulatory litigation. Previously, he spent nearly 30 years with the Public Citizen Litigation Group. As that group's director, he argued a number of First Amendment and civil rights cases before the Supreme Court, and more than 60 cases before the federal courts of appeal and state courts of last resort, the FTC said.

The appointment comes a month after several public interest and consumer advocacy groups asked FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz to quickly fill the post, which has been called the commission's most powerful consumer protection role. . .

"I think Vladeck's appointment should bring fear into corporate boardrooms across the country," said Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, who also pushed Leibowitz to fill the job promptly. "He knows how to use the courts to go after significant cases and shake up industries."



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