In Brief: FTC
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FTC: Christine Varney to resign her position as one of five FTC commissioners in August, the agency said. Varney, whose term expired in September, joined the Federal Trade Commission in October 1994. She is leaving to pursue her law career with Hogan & Hartson (Washington, D.C.), the firm at which she worked before becoming a commissioner. In February, the President named Sheila Anthony to succeed FTC Commissioner Janet Steiger, but confirmation hearings have been stalled in Congress. Steiger, whose term expired in September 1995, has not indicated when she plans to leave the commission...