Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Former FTC Officials Join Sidley Austin, (Apr 3, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:American Bar Association | Bureau of Competition | National Institutes of Health | Sidley Austin, LLP
William Blumenthal, former FTC General Counsel, Kenneth L. Glazer, former Deputy Director of the FTC Bureau of Competition, and Karen Kazmerzak, a former Bureau of Competition attorney, have joined Sidley Austin LLP in its Washington, D.C. office, the law firm has announced. Blumenthal and Glazer will join as partners and Kazmerzak will join as counsel.
As the FTC’s General Counsel, Blumenthal advised the agency’s staff on law and policy, represented the agency in federal and state court, and engaged in discussions with competition regulators worldwide. He has advised clients on a wide variety of competition matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and pricing and distribution practices. Blumenthal has served as the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section’s Vice Chair, International Officer, and Chair of its Mergers and Acquisitions Committee.
Glazer has extensive experience in antitrust practice, and has represented clients before the FTC, the Department of Justice, and foreign antitrust agencies. During his three years as Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, Glazer supervised investigations of and challenges to major mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the FTC, Glazer served as Senior Competition Counsel for The Coca-Cola Company. Glazer has served as a Council Member of the ABA’s Antitrust Section, as the Section’s Chair of its Unilateral Conduct Committee and its International Officer, and as Senior Editor of the ABA’s Antitrust Law Journal.
As an attorney at the Bureau of Competition, Kazmerzak focused on complex merger investigations. Kazmerzak served as a post-baccalaureate fellow at the National Institutes of Health and as a research associate at The National Academies’ Institute of Medicine prior to attending law school. Kazmerzak serves as the Vice Chair of the ABA’s Antitrust Section’s Transportation and Energy Industries Committee.
Sidley Austin LLP is a global law firm with approximately 1,700 attorneys in 18 offices worldwide.
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