The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that Commissioner Joshua Wright will resign his post, serving his last day on August 24. He has served since his appointment by President Barack Obama in January 2013. “The agency has benefited greatly from his perspective as a lawyer and economist,” said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. “We are going to miss him.” Wright writes in his resignation statement that he will return to George Mason University School of Law as a professor of law. Notably a dissenter on recent FTC reports and settlements, including the IoT report in January and Nomi Technologies settlement in April, Wright said of his colleagues, “While we agreed upon the right course of action for the Commission more often than not, when we did disagree, our discussions were always productive and respectful of the diverse perspectives within the agency.”
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