FTC Competition Chief Hoffman to Leave Agency in November, Simons Says
FTC Competition Bureau Director Bruce Hoffman will leave the agency in November, Chairman Joe Simons announced Friday. Deputy Director Ian Conner is expected to succeed Hoffman, who joined in July 2017. Hoffman departs months after the agency confirmed it's investigating…
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Facebook on antitrust grounds. He led the creation of the agency’s Technology Task Force, which is now the bureau’s Technology Enforcement Division. Hoffman’s exit was a planned departure, a spokesperson said. “Bruce has done an outstanding job leading the FTC’s vigorous antitrust enforcement efforts for the last two years,” Simons said. Simons listed the FTC’s victory against Qualcomm at the district court level in an antitrust lawsuit as one highlight of Hoffman's tenure.