Jon Leibowitz

Type: Person

Name: Jon Leibowitz

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Donald Trump Fires Back Against Jon Stewart's Mean-Spirited Swipe

Donald Trump is nothing if not predictable. If you take a verbal swing at him he's going to counter-punch--hard. Jon Stewart of The Daily Show fame found that out when he dashed off a lazy swipe at the real estate mogul during Wednesday's Comedy ... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 06 2013]

Entities: Donald Trump, Jon Stewart, Jonathan Leibowitz, Rosie O'Donnell, Jon Leibowitz

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Study Produced Increased Auditing of Credit Bureaus

advises consumers to review their individual credit report for any irregularities, based on an FTC audit of the three major credit bureaus. This year marked the completion of an eight year long study conducted by the Federal Trade Commission that found ... [Published PRWeb - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Federal Trade Commission, Credit Report, Jon Leibowitz, TransUnion LLC

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Public Citizen

What you need to know about Obama's new regulatory czar

Howard Shelanski, left, currently is chief economist for the . Speaking is former FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.Antitrust expert Howard Shelanski is President Barack Obama's choice to be his , filling the void left by last summer's departure of Cass Sun ... [Published Twin Cities Business Journal - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Cass Sunstein, Jon Leibowitz, Public Citizen

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 3 reports

Google Inc

FTC: Chairman was unaware of Google’s donation to ceremony celebrating his work during investigation

The FTC has responded to yesterday’s controversy regarding Google and its director stating that he knew nothing at the time of the donation in question. This implicitly states that the funds therefore had no impact on the decision of the agency regarding ... [Published The Next Web - Mar 01 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Donations, Jon Leibowitz

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 2 reports

Harvard University

Obama To Tap Harvard Law Colleague for FTC Post

FTCRight place, right time: When Barack Obama was president of the Harvard Law Review, two editors at the student-run publication were Julius Genachowski and Edith Ramirez. Mr. Genachowski, who graduated from Harvard Law in 1991 along with Mr. Obama, ... [Published Law Blog - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Harvard University, Barack Obama, Julius Genachowski

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 02 2013 - 12 reports

FTC Still Seems More Interested In Making Headlines Than Really Protecting Privacy

So, the FTC got some press today for announcing a high profile "settlement" with social networking startup Path . You might think that this is entirely about the news that came out a year ago, about Path uploading entire user address books to its ... [Published Techdirt - Feb 02 2013]

Entities: Startup, Social Network, Jon Leibowitz

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 02 2013 - 2 reports

Leibowitz, a Consumer Champion, Leaving the FTC

After a four-year tenure marked by an increased focus on privacy and aggressive consumer protection, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz has announced that he is stepping down on February 15. Fittingly, he capped off his departure -- "before ... [Published Law.com - Newswire - Feb 02 2013]

Entities: Jon Leibowitz, Federal Trade Commission

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 2 reports

Google Submits European Antitrust Proposal, Leibowitz Resigns From FTC

Google has submitted its settlement proposal to the European Union Competition Commission, Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters. The details of the proposal have yet to be made public, so it’s hard to speculate on what this might mean for Google ... [Published WebProNews - Feb 01 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Jon Leibowitz, Joaquin Almunia, Antitrust

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 2 reports

FTC Chair Announces Resignation One Month After Settling Google Antitrust Case

FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz announced on Thursday that he will resign, one month after the agency reached a settlement with Google after a 20-month investigation into the tech giant’s alleged anticompetitive behavior. The resignation had been expected ... [Published TechCrunch - Feb 01 2013]

Entities: Jon Leibowitz, Resignation, Google Inc

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 3 reports

FTC’s Chairman Jon Leibowitz set to announce his departure Friday

In an interview earlier today, the FTC ‘s Chairman Jon Leibowitz stated that he’ll formally announce his departure from the agency tomorrow. Leibowitz first joined the agency in 2004, eventually being dubbed Chairman in 2009. Whispers of his imminent ... [Published SlashGear - Feb 01 2013]

Entities: Jon Leibowitz, Julie Brill, Antitrust

First reported Jan 31 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 2 reports

Leibowitz to Leave Trade Commission

FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will leave the agency in mid-February, setting the stage for a race among two FTC commissioners and two outsiders for the appointment. ... [Published WSJ.com: What's News Asia - Feb 01 2013]

Entities: Jon Leibowitz, Appointment, Appointed

First reported Jan 02 2013 - Updated Jan 04 2013 - 12 reports

Google, FTC settle antitrust case

Google has agreed to change some of its business practices, including allowing competitors access to some standardized technologies, to resolve a U.S. Federal Trade Commission antitrust complaint against the company. Google has also agreed to give online ... [Published PC World: Techlog - Jan 03 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Antitrust, Motorola Mobility Holdings LLC, Jon Leibowitz

Quotes

"Clearly the defendant's [modus operandi] was to exploit these fears about malware hiding in the machine," said the FTC chairman, Jon Leibowitz. "these scams fleeced english-speaking consumers worldwide likely to the tune of tens of millions of dollars and resulted in innumerable do not call violations in the us."

Abney Associates: FTC cracks down - SOCIALPHY [Published LUUUX - May 11 2013]

Federal regulators acknowledge that a huge problem exists . "mobile technology provides unique privacy challenges" Jon Leibowitz, departing chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said in February, as reported by The Wall Street Journal...

Many Free Android Apps Are Starting To Look A Lot Like Malware [Published ReadWriteWeb - Apr 05 2013]

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