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Muris to Chair FTC

George Mason University law professor Timothy Muris has been appointed by President Bush to chair the Federal Trade Commission. Muris� appointment establishes a republican majority on the five-member commission. It is reported that Muris will relax antitrust and online privacy enforcement.

Muris Appointment to Usher In Changes In FTC's Antitrust, Web-Privacy Policy, Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2001 (subscription required).
Bush Pick for FTC Was on '80s Staff, Washington Post, March 22, 2001.