This posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.
The U.S. Senate on December 30, 2012, confirmed William Baer to serve as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. The vote was 64 to 26.
Baer was nominated by the President on February 6. His nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 20.
“Bill is a highly-skilled and well-respected antitrust lawyer who understands the importance of promoting competition in order for consumers to reap the benefits of lower prices and better quality products and services,” said Attorney General Holder in a December 30 statement welcoming the confirmation. “I have no doubt that he will lead the Antitrust Division effectively in its vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws.”
Recently, Baer has headed the antitrust group at the Washington, D.C. office of Arnold & Porter, LLP. Baer held a number of high-level positions at the FTC, including a stint as Director of the agency's Bureau of Competition in the 1990s. After earning a J.D. at Stanford Law School, Baer began his legal career in 1975 as a trial attorney for the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Baer takes the helm from Renata B. Hesse, who was appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division in November 2012.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Hesse Appointed Acting Chief of Antitrust Division
This posting was written by John W. Arden.
In the wake of Joseph Wayland’s resignation last week, Renata B. Hesse has been appointed Acting Assistant General in charge of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
She is the third acting antitrust chief appointed since Christine Varney left the position of Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division on August 5, 2011. Sharis A. Pozen served as Acting Assistant Attorney General through April 2012, when Wayland took over. William J. Baer was nominated as antitrust chief in February 2012, but the nomination has been stalled.
Hesse has served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal and Civil Operations in the Antitrust Division since August 2012. Previously, she was a Special Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, chief of the Division’s Network & Technology Enforcement Section, and an attorney in its Merger Task Force and Transportation Energy & Agriculture Section. She received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award in 2005.
She served as Senior Counsel to the Chairman for Transactions at the Federal Communication Commission, where she oversaw the Commission’s investigation of AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. Before joining the Commission, Hesse was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Wellesley College in 1986 and her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkley, in 1990.
In the wake of Joseph Wayland’s resignation last week, Renata B. Hesse has been appointed Acting Assistant General in charge of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
She is the third acting antitrust chief appointed since Christine Varney left the position of Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division on August 5, 2011. Sharis A. Pozen served as Acting Assistant Attorney General through April 2012, when Wayland took over. William J. Baer was nominated as antitrust chief in February 2012, but the nomination has been stalled.
Hesse has served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal and Civil Operations in the Antitrust Division since August 2012. Previously, she was a Special Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, chief of the Division’s Network & Technology Enforcement Section, and an attorney in its Merger Task Force and Transportation Energy & Agriculture Section. She received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award in 2005.
She served as Senior Counsel to the Chairman for Transactions at the Federal Communication Commission, where she oversaw the Commission’s investigation of AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. Before joining the Commission, Hesse was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Wellesley College in 1986 and her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkley, in 1990.
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