1. Jonathan David Leibowitz was born on June 17,1958 and is an American attorney who served under President Barack Obama as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission from 2009 to 2013.
24 Facts About Jon Leibowitz
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Jon Leibowitz serves as Vice-Chair of the National Consumers League, a consumer advocacy organization.
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Jon Leibowitz grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, where he attended Dwight Morrow High School.
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In 1986, Jon Leibowitz joined the staff of Senator Paul Simon.
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In 1989, Jon Leibowitz became chief counsel for Senator Herb Kohl, serving in the position until 2000.
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In 2004, President George W Bush appointed Leibowitz to serve as a member of the Federal Trade Commission, replacing Mozelle W Thompson.
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Jon Leibowitz was sworn in to the position on September 3,2004, and on March 2,2009 was chosen to serve as FTC Chair by President Barack Obama.
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Jon Leibowitz resigned as both chair and as a member of the FTC on February 15,2013.
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Jon Leibowitz was active in preserving competition in the health care and pharmaceutical sectors.
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Jon Leibowitz criticized of "pay-for-delay" settlements in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Jon Leibowitz has published articles on this issue and advocates bringing cases against firms that engage in these practices.
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The findings prompted Jon Leibowitz to ask Congress' "Super Committee" to restrict these deals, stating that it could help reduce the deficit and lower the nation's healthcare costs.
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Jon Leibowitz said the revisions were in response to the rapid changes in technology.
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Jon Leibowitz urged the Commission to "name names" of advertisers who paid to advertise through so-called nuisance adware, software that displays or downloads advertisements on consumers' computers without their consent.
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Jon Leibowitz has advocated for balanced "Net Neutrality" rules and for the right of municipalities to offer broadband to consumers free from restrictive state laws.
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Jon Leibowitz has called for strong industry self-regulatory initiatives to help combat childhood obesity and ensure that only healthier foods and beverages are marketed to America's children.
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Jon Leibowitz has advocated continued review of entertainment industry marketing practices to prevent children from being exposed to inappropriate content.
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Jon Leibowitz suggested that the plausible explanation for the increase in gasoline prices, that the Commission found, was not necessarily the only explanation.
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Jon Leibowitz advocated for re-invigorated enforcement of the FTC Act as a way to stop anticompetitive behavior that can no longer be reached under prevailing judicial interpretation of the antitrust laws.
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Jon Leibowitz is founding Co-Chair of the "21st Century Privacy Coalition," a coalition of telecommunications companies and trade associations focused on relaxing federal privacy laws.
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Jon Leibowitz formerly served as co-chair of the 21st Century Privacy Coalition, a group that has advocated for a strong federal privacy law to protect American consumers, but has been criticized for trying to loosen regulations on how companies have to protect consumer's sensitive information.
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The 21st Century Coalition and Jon Leibowitz were strong advocates behind April 2017 legislation passed by President Trump that repealed many of the Obama-era regulations on internet privacy, allowing ISPs to sell its users' data.
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Jon Leibowitz justified his position by claiming that the law would allow a new set of rules for the entire industry.
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Jon Leibowitz is married to journalist Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post.