Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Ex-FTC Commissioner Rosch joins American Antitrust Institute board, (Mar 18, 2014)
Organizations Mentioned:American Antitrust Institute | Latham & Watkins, LLP
Former FTC Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch has joined the advisory board of the American Antitrust Institute, according to a recent announcement. Rosch is currently Of Counsel to Latham & Watkins.
After serving as FTC Commissioner from 2006 to 2013, Rosch returned to Latham & Watkins, where he previously had been a partner in the firm’s Global Antitrust and Competition Group and the managing partner of the San Francisco office. He was director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection from 1973 to 1975 and a member of the Special Committee to Study the Role of the FTC in 1989.
Rosch was honored as Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the California State Bar Antitrust Section in 2003 and has been a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers for more than 20 years. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, he has served as Chair of both the ABA Antitrust Section and the California Bar Association.
The American Antitrust Institute is a nonprofit education, research, and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to increase the role of competition, assure that competition works in the interests of consumers, and challenge abuses of concentrated economic power in the U.S. and world economy. Founded in 1998, the Institute’s contributors include foundations, law firms, corporations, associations, individuals, and public entities.
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