Reuters: Politics: Obama to nominate McSweeny to Federal Trade Commission

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Obama to nominate McSweeny to Federal Trade Commission Jun 21st 2013, 23:28 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News U.S. should review practices of 'patent trolls': FTC head Thu, Jun 20 2013 Supreme court says FTC can sue over deals that delay generic drug sales Mon, Jun 17 2013 U.S. clears GenCorp, Rocketdyne deal after Defense Department request Mon, Jun 10 2013 Chairman of U.S. energy regulatory commission to depart Wed, May 29 2013 Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source Thu, May 23 2013 Analysis & Opinion SCOTUS pay-for-delay ruling: New scrutiny for nonpharma patent deals? The Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington on March 4, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron WASHINGTON | Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:28pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate Terrell McSweeny, a veteran of Vice President Joe Biden's staff, to be a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, the White House said on Friday. McSweeny, now chief counsel for competition policy at the Justice Department's antitrust division, would fill a Democratic slot on the five-member commission, which enforces antitrust law and laws against deceptive advertising. The FTC normally has five commissioners, and no more than three can be from the same party. The current vacancy was created when Edith Ramirez, a law school classmate of Obama and a Democrat, was elevated to the chairmanship after Jon Leibowitz departed in February. The commission's other Democrat is Julie Brill. Rounding out the group are Republicans Maureen Ohlhausen and Joshua Wright. The position requires Senate confirmation. Because of the vacancy, there has been concern about deadlocks leading to inaction. In the case of a 2-2 vote by commissioners, the FTC takes no action. The commission is in the process of considering several key mergers, including the proposed Office Depot Inc deal to buy rival OfficeMax Inc; and the television ratings company Nielsen Holdings NV plan to buy Arbitron Inc, which dominates radio ratings. (Reporting by Diane Bartz and Jeff Mason; Editing by Xavier Briand) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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