Federal Trade Commission press release -------- Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen today announced that David C. Shonka, the agency’s Acting General Counsel, is retiring from government and will join a private law practice. Shonka has served as Acting General Counsel since March 2016, and previously held that position between January and June 2009 and October 2012 and June 2013. During his 41-year career at the FTC, Shonka has advised the Commission on a full range of issues; litigated many antitrust and consumer protection cases in the federal courts; tried cases in administrative proceedings; represented the Commission in appellate cases; and overseen revision of the FTC’s Rules of Practice. To learn more click on the picture below to read the release.