Wake Up Call: Covington Lawyer to Equifax, Uber, to Lead FTC Consumer Bureau

• The Federal Trade Commission has a new leader of its Bureau of Consumer Protection, after voting along party lines yesterday to appoint former Covington & Burling corporate partner Andrew Smith to the job. Smith’s clients included Equifax, Facebook, Uber, and a payday lender convicted of racketeering. ( New York Times ) ( The Intercept )

• University of Denver Sturm College of Law agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and female professors. ( Above the Law )

• Kirkland & Ellis has been a frequent poacher of other firms’ legal ...