Bloomberg Law
Oct. 20, 2017, 12:22 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Paul Weiss Partner is Trump Pick to Head FCC

• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison antitrust partner Joseph Simons is President Donald Trump’s pick as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. If confirmed, Simons would be appointed to a seven-year term and take over from Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, who has been running the agency on a temporary basis since January. ( Bloomberg via BLB )

• Angela B. Styles, the outgoing chair of Washington, D.C.-based Crowell & Moring, decided to leave her firm shortly after colleagues voted her out of the top spot. ( BLB )

• The Federal Communications Commission named a new general counsel: Thomas Johnson Jr., a former of counsel ...

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