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    Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, AGENCY NEWS: Terrell McSweeny confirmed as FTC Commissioner, (Apr 9, 2014)

    Organizations Mentioned:O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

    By John W. Arden, J.D. LL.M.

    Terrell McSweeny was confirmed this afternoon as FTC Commissioner by a Senate vote of 95-1. Senator David Vitter (R, La.) cast the only negative vote.

    The third Democrat of the five-member Commission, McSweeny was nominated on June 21, 2013 to serve t ...

    By John W. Arden, J.D. LL.M.

    Terrell McSweeny was confirmed this afternoon as FTC Commissioner by a Senate vote of 95-1. Senator David Vitter (R, La.) cast the only negative vote.

    The third Democrat of the five-member Commission, McSweeny was nominated on June 21, 2013 to serve the unexpired term of Jon D. Leibowitz, who resigned in February 2013. The term runs through September 26, 2017.

    McSweeny has served as Senior Counsel for Competition Policy at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division since 2012. Prior to that, she was Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden at the White House from 2009 through 2012.

    Before working in government, McSweeny was an associate with O’Melveny & Meyers. She is a graduate of Harvard University (A.B.) and Georgetown University Law School (J.D.).

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