FTC Chairman to Leave in Mid-February

Leibowitz one of the most active FTCs in recent memory

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Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz will step down from the agency February 15 after four years as chairman. He has been a commissioner since 2004.

Many in Washington anticipated his move, announced late Thursday in a number of leading national newspapers, since last year.

But first, Leibowitz had a few things on his "to do" list that he wanted to finish, including closing the agency's two-year antitrust investigation into Google and passing updated rules to the children's privacy laws.

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