Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, AGENCY NEWS: Marina Lao appointed Director of FTC Office of Policy Planning, (Dec 16, 2014)

Professor Marina Lao has been appointed the Director of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, the agency announced today. The Office of Policy Planning helps the FTC develop and implement long-range competition and consumer protection policy initiatives and advises staff on cases raising new or complex policy and legal issues. Appointed by FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Lao will assume her new position in February 2015.

Lao currently teaches at Seton Hall University School of Law focusing on antitrust enforcement. As a member of the advisory board of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI), she has written and spoken extensively on various aspects of antitrust law and policy. She also served as Chair of the Antitrust and Economic Regulation section of the Association of American Law Schools.

In 2007, Lao received a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich, where she taught U.S. Antitrust Law. Formerly a partner at Wilson, Cobb, Lichtenstein & Lao in Atlanta, Lao began her legal career with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, as an Honors Program trial attorney. She earned a Master of Law degree from Temple University School of Law, a law degree from Albany Law School, and a bachelor degree from Stony Brook University.

“I am very pleased to welcome Professor Lao to our leadership team, where her depth of knowledge in the areas of competition and intellectual property law will help the Federal Trade Commission continue to effectively promote competition and protect American consumers,” FTC Chairwoman Ramirez said.

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