Bloomberg Law
March 9, 2017, 9:42 PM UTC

Ex-FCC Enforcement Chief ‘Concerned’ About Future of Agency

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Boies Schiller Flexner announced Thursday that it recruited Travis LeBlanc, the outgoing top enforcement lawyer at the Federal Communications Commission, as a partner who will work on privacy and cybersecurity matters.

While at the FCC, LeBlanc led the charge on enforcement actions related to consumer protection and fraud but he fears the agency will move in a different direction under the Trump Administration.

“I’m concerned that there isn’t going to be enforcement at the FCC in the future,” he said. “I’m really concerned about that.”

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LeBlanc will be based ...

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