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### Former Commissioner

## Biografía

Terrell McSweeny was sworn in as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission on April 28, 2014. 

Prior to joining the Commission, McSweeny served as Chief Counsel for Competition Policy and Intergovernmental Relations for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. She joined the Antitrust Division after serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President from January 2009 until February 2012, advising President Obama and Vice President Biden on policy in a variety of areas, including health care, innovation, intellectual property, energy, education, women’s rights, criminal justice and domestic violence.

McSweeny’s government service also includes her work as Senator Joe Biden’s Deputy Chief of Staff and Policy Director in the U.S. Senate, where she managed domestic and economic policy development and legislative initiatives, and as Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she worked on issues such as criminal justice, innovation, women's rights, domestic violence, judicial nominations and immigration and civil rights. She also worked as an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

McSweeny is a graduate of Harvard University and Georgetown University Law School.

## Speeches, Articles, and Statements

                        - Resignation Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny (Abr 2018)
                        - FTC-FCC Joint Policy Forum on Fighting the Scourge of Illegal Robocalls – Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny (Mar 2018)
                        - Holding the Line on Patent Holdup: Why Antitrust Enforcement Matters – Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny (Mar 2018)
                        - Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny regarding news reports alleging unauthorized use of Facebook data (Mar 2018)
                        - Data, Innovation, and Potential Competition in Digital Markets – Looking Beyond Short-Term Price Effects in Merger Analysis   – Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle  (Feb 2018)
                        - Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny in Response to FCC Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality   (Dic 2017)
                        - The Implications of Algorithmic Pricing for Coordinated Effects Analysis and Price Discrimination Markets in Antitrust Analysis – Antitrust Magazine (Dic 2017)
                        - Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Net Neutrality and the Role of Antitrust," Before the  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law of the Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives (Nov 2017)
                        - Oral Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny on Net Neutrality Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law – Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law of the House Judiciary Committee (Nov 2017)
                        - Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny  (Oct 2017)
                        - Keynote Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at Future of Authentication Policy Forum – Future of Authentication Policy Forum (Oct 2017)
                        - Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny In Walgreens Boots Alliance/Rite Aid (Sep 2017)
                        - Closing Keynote Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny – Electronic Transactions Association FinTech Policy Forum (Sep 2017)
                        - Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny In the Matter of Lenovo, Inc. (Sep 2017)
                        - Online Markets and Offline Welfare Effects: The Internet, Competition, Society and Democracy – Concurrences Review (Sep 2017)
                        - Blog Post: Congress should crack down on predatory ‘pyramid schemes,’ not look away – The Hill Blog Post (Ago 2017)
                        - So You Want To Market Your Security Product... – Black Hat USA 2017 Panel (Jul 2017)
                        - Commissioner McSweeny Comment to the FCC on Rescinding Net Neutrality Protections – Comment Before the Federal Communications Commission (Jul 2017)
                        - Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On the Commission Vote To Close the Investigation of the Texas Medical Board’s Conduct (Jun 2017)
                        - Algorithms and Coordinated Effects   – Remarks at University of Oxford Center for Competition Law and Policy   (mayo 2017)
                        - Commissioner Terrell McSweeny Reacts to FCC Vote in Favor of Rolling Back Net Neutrality Rules – Statement of Commissioner McSweeny (mayo 2017)
                        - Commissioner Terrell McSweeny Reacts to Net Neutrality Repeal Announcement – Statement of Commissioner McSweeny (Abr 2017)
                        - Opening Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny – New America’s Open Technology Institute and Public Knowledge (Abr 2017)
                        - Blog Post: The commissioners of the FTC and FCC are worried about your online privacy – LA Times Blog Post (Mar 2017)
                        - Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny – In the Matter of NetSpend Corp. (Mar 2017)
                        - Congress is About to Give Away Your Online Privacy – Wired (Mar 2017)
                        - Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "Staying A Step Ahead:  Fighting Back Against Scams Used To Defraud Americans” – Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate (Mar 2017)
                        - Statement of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny – Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate (Mar 2017)
                        - Understanding Innovation and Its Role in U.S. Merger Review   – Keynote Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at International Conference on Competition (Mar 2017)
                        - Blog Post: FCC Should Not Leave Broadband Privacy Rules to FTC – The Hill Blog Post (Mar 2017)
                        - Blog Post: New Rules Intended to Protect Your Online Privacy Are Already Under Threat – Slate Magazine Blog Post by Commissioner Terrell McSweeny and Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) (Feb 2017)
                        - Consumer Protection in the Age of Connected Everything  – Keynote Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at New York Law School “Exploring the Things in the Internet of Things” Symposium (Feb 2017)
                        - Blog Post: Let's Not Stack the Deck Against Consumers and Innovators by Rolling Back the Open Internet Order – Re/Code Blog Post by FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny & FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (Ene 2017)
                        - Intellectual Property, Competition, and Innovation: U.S. Developments – Remarks at MLex: What is Next in Innovation, Intellectual Property & Standard Essential Patents? (Dic 2016)
                        - Keynote Remarks to the Federal Communications Bar - Practicing Law Institute, "The Challenges of New Technologies at a Time of Transition" – Federal Communications Bar - Practicing Law Institute  (Dic 2016)
                        - Keynote Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference – ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference (Nov 2016)
                        - Opening Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at FTC FinTech Series – FinTech Series: Crowdfunding & Peer-to-Peer Payments (Oct 2016)
                        - Opening Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny – Public Policy Forum on the FTC Study on Patent Assertion Entities (Oct 2016)
                        - Keynote Remarks at the 4th Annual Internet of Things Global Summit – Forum Global 4th Internet of Things Global Summit (Oct 2016)
                        - Keynote Remarks at Washington Center for Equitable Growth – Keynote Remarks at Making Antitrust Work for the 21st Century (Oct 2016)
                        - Big Data: Individual Rights and Smart Enforcement – European Data Protection Supervisor- European Consumer Organization Joint Conference (Sep 2016)
                        - Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission – Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate (Sep 2016)
                        - Senate Commerce Committee: Hearing on Oversight of the FTC – Statement of Commissioner McSweeny (Sep 2016)
                        - Opening Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny – Electronic Transactions Association FinTech Policy Forum (Sep 2016)
                        - The Federal Trade Commission: Meeting the Challenges of the Digital Age – Remarks to the Chamber of Commerce TecNation (Sep 2016)
                        - Keynote Remarks at IBA Annual Meeting Luncheon 2016 – International Bar Association Annual Meeting Luncheon (Sep 2016)
                        - A U.S. Enforcer’s Perspective: Protecting Competition and Promoting Innovation – Keynote Remarks at 2016 Taiwan International Conference on Competition Policy (Jun 2016)
                        - Disruptors, Data & Robots: Competition Enforcement in the Digital Economy – Keynote Remarks at Chatham House Conference: Globalization of Competition Policy: Striving for Convergence? (Jun 2016)
                        - FTC Research, Enforcement, and Advocacy at the Intersection of Antitrust and IP – Keynote Remarks at 3rd Annual GCR Live IP & Antitrust USA Conference (Abr 2016)
                        - Competition Law: Keeping Pace in a Digital Age – Keynote Remarks at 16th Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium (Abr 2016)
                        - Keynote Remarks at TIA Spring Policy Summit 2016 – Keynote Remarks at Telecommunications Industry Association Spring Policy Summit (Mar 2016)
                        - Blog Post: Hampering Innovations in Data Security Could Harm Consumers – Re/Code Blog Post (Feb 2016)
                        - Reflections on an Active Year in Merger Enforcement – Keynote Remarks at GCR Annual Antitrust Law Leaders Forum (Feb 2016)
                        - Keynote Remarks at Connected Cars USA 2016 Conference (Feb 2016)
                        - Remarks at National Cyber Security Alliance – National Cyber Security Alliance (Dic 2015)
                        - CRA Conference Panel – “Why Regulate Online Platforms: Transparency, Fairness, Competition or Innovation?” – Opening Remarks at CRA Conference (Dic 2015)
                        - Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at NCRA Annual Conference – National Consumer Reporting Association 23rd Annual Conference (Nov 2015)
                        - Procedural Fairness in Competition Law Enforcement and the FTC Experience – Remarks at King’s College, Centre of European Law (Oct 2015)
                        - Blog Post: Hackers Make Cars Safer. Don’t Ban Them From Tinkering – WIRED (Oct 2015)
                        - Opinion of the Commission, By Commissioner Terrell McSweeny - In the Matter of ECM BioFilms – In the Matter of ECM BioFilms, Inc., a corporation, also d/b/a/ Enviroplastics International (Oct 2015)
                        - A Carpenter is Only as Good as Her Tools: The Importance of Using Our Full Toolbox as Antitrust Enforcers – Keynote Remarks at the Ninth Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium (Sep 2015)
                        - C-SPAN’s The Communicators with Maureen Ohlhausen and Terrell McSweeny (Sep 2015)
                        - Tech for Good: Data for Social Empowerment – Keynote Remarks at Google DC Tech Talk (Sep 2015)
                        - Blog Post: Worried About Your Data Security? How Encryption Can Help Protect Your Personal Information – Huffington Post (Sep 2015)
                        - Backers Beware: Crowdfunding Risks and Rewards (Jun 2015)
                        - Statement of the Federal Trade Commission FTC v. Cephalon, Inc. (mayo 2015)
                        - Statement of the Federal Trade Commission In the Matter of Reynolds American, Inc. and Lorillard Inc. (mayo 2015)
                        - Statement of the Federal Trade Commission In the Matter of ZF Friedrichshafen AG and TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (mayo 2015)
                        - Statement of the Federal Trade Commission In the Matter of Holcim Ltd. And Lafarge S.A.  (mayo 2015)
                        - Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny (As Prepared For Delivery), 2015 Annual Antitrust Spring Seminar – Dechert LLP (Abr 2015)
                        - Statement of Chairwoman Ramirez, Commissioner Brill, and Commissioner McSweeny In the Matter of Nomi Technologies, Inc. (Abr 2015)
                        - Remarks at the Association of National Advertisers’ Advertising Law & Public Policy Conference – ANA Advertising Law & Public Policy Conference (Mar 2015)
                        - Prepared Statement Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary – U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary (Mar 2015)
                        - Remarks at the Identity Theft Resource Center (Mar 2015)
                        - Blog Post: Do Not Robocall Me: The FTC Strikes Back (Mar 2015)
                        - Statement of Chairwoman Ramirez, Commissioner Brill, and Commissioner McSweeny - In the Matter of Health Discovery Corporation, and FTC v. Avrom Boris Lasarow, et al. (Feb 2015)
                        - Statement of Commissioner Ohlhausen, Commissioner Wright, and Commissioner McSweeny Concerning Zillow, Inc/Trulia, Inc (Feb 2015)
                        - Project GOAL – Internet Safety for Older Adults: Challenges and Solutions - Keynote Remarks (Feb 2015)
                        - The Role of Antitrust Enforcers in Dynamic High-Tech Markets - Keynote Remarks (As Prepared for Delivery) – Skadden Arps / Compass Lexecon Symposium: Antitrust in the Technology Sector (Ene 2015)
                        - Commentary: Security Is a Must for the Internet of Things – Re/code (Ene 2015)
                        - Statement of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Commissioner Julie Brill, and Commissioner Terrell McSweeny - Federal Trade Commission v. Genesis Today, Inc., Pure Health LLC, and Lindsey Duncan (Ene 2015)
                        - Commentary: Broadband Competition Should Be Encouraged, Not Restricted – Re/code (Ene 2015)
                        - Remarks at the Cravath/NYC Bar Institute for Corporate Counsel (Dic 2014)
                        - The Clayton and FTC Acts: 100 Years of Looking Ahead - Keynote Remarks – Clayton Act 100th Anniversary Symposium, American Bar Association (Dic 2014)
                        - Remarks at the American Antitrust Institute Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference – American Antitrust Institute Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference (Dic 2014)
                        - Keynote Remarks at NW Common Ground Conference – NW Common Ground Conference (Nov 2014)
                        - Statement of Chairwoman Ramirez, Commissioner Brill, and Commissioner McSweeny -  In the Matter of True Ultimate Standards Everywhere, Inc. (TRUSTe) (Nov 2014)
                        - Remarks at the 2014 FOSI Annual Conference, “Redefining Online Safety” – Family Online Safety Institute Annual Conference, “Redefining Online Safety” (Nov 2014)
                        - Remarks for the Identity Theft Resource Center – Identity Theft Resource Center's unveiling of survey of victims of identity theft, “Identity Theft: The Aftermath” (Oct 2014)
                        - Remarks at the FTC Fraud Affects Every Community Workshop – FTC Fraud Affects Every Community Workshop (Oct 2014)
                        - Protecting Children Online and On Mobile Keynote by Commissioner Terrell McSweeny -- CARU Annual Conference (Oct 2014)
                        - Blog Post: Savvy Shopping with Your Smartphone (Ago 2014)
                        - Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Cramming on Wireless Phone Bills: A Review of Consumer Protection Practices and Gaps – Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate (Jul 2014)
                        - Blog Post: Learn to Recognize Mortgage Relief Scams (Jul 2014)
                        - Blog Post: Protecting Those Who Protect Us: Military Consumer Protection Day Is July 16 (Jul 2014)
                        - Blog Post: What's This Charge? How to Protect Yourself From Cramming (Jun 2014)

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