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title: Christine Wilson Sworn In as FTC Commissioner Following Maureen Ohlhausen’s Departure
date: 2018-09-27T14:24:09-04:00
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# Christine Wilson Sworn In as FTC Commissioner Following Maureen Ohlhausen’s Departure

  September 27, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/blogs/ad-law-access/2018/01/FTC-150x150.png)Yesterday, Christine Wilson was sworn in as FTC Commissioner. Commissioner Wilson – the fifth and final Trump appointee – joins the FTC from Delta Airlines and assumes former Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen’s seat. Commissioner Ohlhausen announced her departure on Tuesday – the day her term ended, concluding over six years of service as Commissioner, including a year-and-a-half as the agency’s Acting Chair before current Chair Joseph Simons assumed the role.

As we previously reported [here](https://www.adlawaccess.com/2018/04/articles/senate-confirms-full-slate-of-new-ftc-commissioners/), Commissioner Wilson overlapped with Chair Simons during his time as Director of the Bureau of Competition, while she served as Chief of Staff to then-Chair Timothy Muris. The FTC currently is in the middle of [public hearings](https://www.adlawaccess.com/2018/06/articles/ftc-examining-how-consumer-protection-and-privacy-may-be-affecting-innovation-and-competition-seeking-input-and-will-hold-policy-hearings-to-address/) on consumer protection, privacy, and competition policy and enforcement, and we expect these hearings and the public comments received to help shape the Commission’s priorities going forward.

 

 

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