Less antitrust activism is expected from Timothy Muris, who has b...
Less antitrust activism is expected from Timothy Muris, who has been nominated by President Bush to be chmn. of FTC. Prudential Securities senior analyst James Lucier said Muris served as antitrust adviser to Bush during his campaign and was…
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widely known in antitrust field. Muris would bring different antitrust approach than that of current FTC Chmn. Robert Pitofsky, who said he would step down from agency altogether when his term expired in Sept. Lucier described Muris’s antitrust approach as “here and now” -- that is, he will actively enforce antitrust when consumer faces immediate harm, whereas Pitofsky pursued antitrust action when merger had potential to harm consumers, such as in AOL-Time Warner deal. Muris is former high-level FTC official, having served as dir. of both Bureau of Competition and Bureau of Consumer Protection, and currently is professor at George Mason U. Law School. He won’t become chmn. until Sept. 26, when Pitofsky is scheduled to depart.