Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras to Leave FTC in Late March

CHAIRMAN DEBORAH PLATT MAJORAS TO LEAVE FTC IN LATE MARCH
[SOURCE: Federal Trade Commission press release]
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras announced her decision to leave the FTC in late March. Majoras was appointed by President George W. Bush and sworn into office on August 16, 2004. Previously, Majoras served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. Prior to her government service, Majoras was a partner in Jones Day’s antitrust section. Majoras will handle antitrust issues for Procter & Gamble. She will join the consumer products manufacturer as vice president and general counsel June 1, a company spokeswoman said. During her tenure at the FTC, the agency cleared P&G's $57-billion acquisition of rival consumer products company Gillette. In Majoras' new position, she will direct P&G's antitrust and litigation practices from the company's Cincinnati office.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/02/majleave.shtm

* FTC chief to take post in private sector (Associated Press)
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-ftc29feb29,1,3791017....

* FTC Chairman Set to Leave Post
A successor will likely be one of the two other Republican commissioners, William E. Kovacic and J. Thomas Rosch. Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour is an independent, and Jonathan Leibowitz is the panel's lone Democrat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR200802...