Bloomberg Law
April 19, 2018, 2:15 PM UTC

FTC to Tap Covington’s Smith to Lead Consumer Protection Unit

Evan Weinberger
Bloomberg Industry Group

The Federal Trade Commission is expected to tap Andrew Smith, a Covington & Burling LLP partner who has represented consumer credit reporting firms and online lenders, to lead its Bureau of Consumer Protection in the coming weeks, sources with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg Law.

Smith, who previously served as an assistant to the director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection from 2001 to 2005, is expected to take over the bureau in May, the sources said.

The bureau is currently being led on an acting basis by J. Reilly Dolan. It has a full agenda on its ...

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