FTC Chair Nominee Links Ad Claims Enforcement To Consumers' Loss
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
President Trump nominates as FTC chair Joseph Simons, an antitrust attorney who led its Bureau of Competition under former President Bush. Advertising law attorneys say Simons sees whether consumers incurred economic injury to be central to enforcement on false advertising complaints.
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