We’re delighted to welcome Todd Zywicki, one of our earliest coconspirators, back to the blog. Todd is a lawprof at George Mason, and he spent the last year-plus as Policy Planning Director at the Federal Trade Commission (which is why he had to leave us). Here’s what Todd has been up to while at the FTC, from the FTC’s farewell press release:
Zywicki’s leadership of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning yielded impressive results, both in the area of competition and consumer protection advocacy and interagency policy coordination. He headed up FTC’s efforts regarding the filing of comments on the states’ below-cost gasoline rules, over-expansive definitions of the unauthorized practice of law by state bar associations, direct-to-consumer drug advertising, and qualified health claims for food products. In addition, he coordinated the development of the FTC’s comments before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding the application of U.S. Future Exchange, L.L.C., for contract market designation.
During Zywicki’s tenure, the FTC also issued two important reports, “Possible Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce: Wine” and “Possible Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce: Contact Lenses.” Following the issuance of the first report in 2003, Zywicki testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection’s Committee on Energy and Commerce on “E-commerce: The Case of Online Wine Sales and Direct Shipment.” He also participated in the Commission’s efforts to protect consumers through class action reforms.
Todd will be visiting at Georgetown this coming school year.
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