The Federal Trade Commission faces a “mortal threat” from the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, former Federal Trade Commission chairman Timothy Muris said during a panel discussion today.
“I fear for the FTC,” said Muris, chairman of the agency from 2001 to 2004 and now of counsel to Kirkland & Ellis and a professor at George Mason University School of Law, because the CFPB could one day make it obsolete. He suggested that FTC leaders selectively criticize the rival agency publicly and privately.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
