On March 3, 2010, the Senate unanimously confirmed the nominations of Julie Brill and Edith Ramirez to serve as FTC Commissioners for seven-year terms. Most recently, Ms. Brill has served as Deputy Attorney General for Consumer Protection and Antitrust for the State of North Carolina. She was formerly Assistant Attorney General for Consumer Protection and Antitrust for the State of Vermont and has served as Chair of the Committee on Privacy for the National Association of Attorneys General. Edith Ramirez is a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP in Los Angeles, where she handles complex business litigation matters. In addition to the appointment of Jon Leibowitz as Chairman of the FTC by President Obama, these new appointments will give control of the FTC to the Democrats.
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- 150 will undergo tuberculosis testing at USF after possible exposure to disease February 10, 2012By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Friday, February 10, 2012 TAMPA A group of about 150 University of South Florida students, faculty, staff and community members will get tuberculosis testing after a possible case of the disease turned up earlier this... […]
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- Supreme Court takes cop out on GPS privacy decision February 10, 2012It?s the high-tech version of that old black-and-white comic strip, ?Spy vs. Spy?: All it takes these days is a GPS tracking device to stalk the every movement of an unsuspecting target. So far, the U.S. Supreme Court has dodged the privacy debate here,... […]
- WinMagic Inc Achieves a Microsoft Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network February 10, 2012/24-7PressRelease/ -- WinMagic Inc., a leader in encryption software and data security solutions, today announced it has achieved a Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network, demonstrating its ability to meet... […]
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