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Submitted: January 22, 2009 - 10:21pm
Last updated: January 22, 2009 - 10:22pm
Last updated: January 22, 2009 - 10:22pm
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Ted Hearn
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he intends to nominate former Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Varney, an expert in Internet regulation, to serve as the Department of Justice's top antitrust law enforcer. As chief of the Antitrust Division, Varney will have a key role in reviewing mergers. Varney is partner at Hogan & Hartson, heading the firm's Internet practice group. She was an FTC member from 1994 to 1997, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
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