New head of the FTC may amend the Sea
Timothy Muris, he says, then follow the conduct of predecessors Robert Pitofsky, an aggressive enforcer of the cartel of consumers and laws. But consumers and other supporters feared, it also changes the Agency of the ideological direction. Timothy Muris, the new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, observes with his new staff composed of the back of the room overcrowding, last week that his predecessors, Robert Pitofsky, made his farewell speech after address six years, the main agency.
What is it about this small agency, made superstars of the law schools, Supreme Court Employee trade partners of large law firms? “Pitofsky asked hundreds of officials and friends gathered for the occasion.” It is at this point a desire to challenge the most powerful companies in the world, if these companies have done wrong, on behalf of the less powerful.
Pitofsky, after a more aggressive mandate that the implementation of the nation and understanding of consumer laws has been a subtle message issued by Muris.
Many Democrats and Republicans, consumer groups and corporate leaders, see the conduct of change by the Federal Trade Commission as a case study in the differences between the Bush clan, and Clinton administrations in key areas of regulation.
Muris, a senior official of the Commerce Commission for a period of five years, while the Reagan administration, criticized the Agency during the Pitofsky era is not quite sympathetic to the economic benefits of large corporate clients and mergers for cases of monopoly, like those of the Agency against Intel Corp.. And Visx, a maker of laser vision correction.
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