FTC's antitrust chief, who spearheaded tech task force, to step down
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FILE PHOTO: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joe Simons announces that Facebook Inc has agreed to a settlement of allegations it mishandled user privacy during a news conference at FTC Headquarters in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri G
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission, which works with the Justice Department to enforce antitrust law, will lose the head of the Bureau of Competition next month, Chairman Joe Simons said in a statement on Friday.
Bruce Hoffman, who has been on the job for more than two years, was behind creation of the Technology Enforcement Division, a small task force that monitors big platforms like Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc, Simons said.
Hoffman's deputy, Ian Conner, will succeed Hoffman, Simons said.
Hoffman is a veteran of two major law firms and spent four years as a trial attorney in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, according to his LinkedIn page.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
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