On August 17, 2015, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Joshua D. Wright announced that he will resign from his post effective August 24, 2015. President Obama appointed Commissioner Wright, a Republican, in January 2013. Commissioner Wright will return to a professorship at George Mason University School of Law.

Commissioner Wright has been a vocal presence on the FTC and recently spearheaded an effort to publish formal FTC guidance on Section 5 of the FTC Act (see Legal Update, FTC Issues Policy Statement on Section 5). For more on Commissioner Wright's FTC tenure, see: