Bloomberg Law
July 20, 2017, 6:17 PM UTC

Shearman & Sterling Lawyer Lands Top FTC Competition Post

By Alexei Alexis, Bloomberg BNA

Antitrust lawyer Bruce Hoffman has been tapped to take over the Federal Trade Commission’s competition team, the agency said July 20.

Hoffman, who recently became a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, has been named acting director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, effective Aug. 7. He is currently global co-head of the firm’s antitrust group.

Hoffman was previously an antitrust partner at Hunton & Williams LLP. He has also served at the FTC as a competition bureau deputy chief and an associate director for regional litigation.

FTC Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen said in a ...

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