Former FTC Chief Joins Hogan Lovells to Lead Antitrust Group

By Alexei Alexis, Bloomberg BNA

Former Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has joined Hogan Lovells LLP, where she’ll be focused on antitrust and privacy issues, the firm announced Sept. 6.

Ramirez, a Democrat who served in the Obama administration, will be co-head of Hogan Lovells’ global antitrust, competition, and economic regulation practice and will also play an active role in the privacy and cybersecurity group, according to the firm. She will be based in Washington and Los Angeles. She previously was a litigation partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, but she won’t be returning to her old law ...