Jon Leibowitz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jon Leibowitz
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1958(1958-06-17)
Age	66
Birthplace	Englewood
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Gemini

Jon Leibowitz Biography

Jon Leibowitz is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on June 17, 1958 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Jonathan David Leibowitz (born June 17th 1958) is an American lawyer who was the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). He is currently the co- chairman for the 21st Century Privacy Coalition, which aims to relax regulations on the way companies must safeguard the privacy of consumers’ sensitive data. Also, the lawyer is an associate with the firm Davis Polk.

He was officially sworn in as an official in September, 2004 and appointed Chairman on March 2 2009 under President Barack Obama. In 2012 Congress of the U.S. Senate confirmed Leibowitz’s appointment for another term. Leibowitz resigned on February 15th, 2013.

Under Leibowitz, the Commission settled in August 2010 with Intel to restore competition and innovation that was lost as a result of Intel’s alleged anticompetitive actions. In May 2010, the FTC closed its high-profile investigation of Google’s proposed acquisition of AdMob, after a long investigation, concluding that it was unlikely to harm competition in the emerging mobile advertising market, citing Apple’s move to launch a competing mobile ad network.

The agency released a preliminary staff report December 1, 2010 titled, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers. With regard to consumer’s online privacy, Leibowitz stated: “The FTC wants to help ensure that the growing, changing, thriving information marketplace is built on a framework that promotes privacy, transparency, business innovation and consumer choice. We believe that’s what most Americans want as well.”

Prior to his involvement with the FTC and as a lobbyist Leibowitz was a lobbyist in Capitol Hill. He was counsel for members of the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism and Technology as well as the counsel of Senator Herb Kohl. His professional career included working as a lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America where he served as Vice President of Congressional Affairs (2000-2004) and as an attorney practicing in his private practice within Washington, D.C. (1984-1986).

Jon Leibowitz Net Worth

Jon Leibowitz is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jon Leibowitz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Leibowitz was born within Englewood, New Jersey, where he went to Dwight Morrow High School and was considered to be a smart young man with lots of friends. He was a Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. with a major in American History (1980) and was awarded his J.D. degree in American History (1980) and his J.D. degree from New York University School of Law in 1984. He is an active Member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Leibowitz has urged for stronger self-regulatory measures in the industry to fight the problem of childhood obesity. He also wants to make sure that healthy drinks and foods are advertised to the children of America. He also advocates for continued examination of the entertainment industry’s marketing practices in order to protect youngsters from being exposed to harmful media. The Commission has issued five reports on this subject since 2000.

Leibowitz was the one commissioner to dissent on a 2007 FTC Report on Spring/Summer 2006 Nationwide Gasoline Price Increases, which found that the increase could be explained by market forces. Leibowitz suggested that the plausible explanation for the increase in gasoline prices, that the Commission found, was not necessarily the only explanation. “The question you ask determines the answer you get,” he wrote, “whatever theoretical justifications exist don’t exclude the real world threat that there was profiteering at the expense of consumers.” Similarly, in an earlier report investigating accusations of price gouging by oil companies after Hurricane Katrina, Leibowitz wrote separately to note that a handful of refiners studied displayed “troubling” conduct.

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Also, the FTC proposed revisions to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule in September 2011 and sought public comments. Leibowitz said the revisions were in response to the rapid changes in technology. “We want to ensure that the COPPA Rule is effective in helping parents protect their children online, without unnecessarily burdening online businesses. We look forward to the continuing thoughtful input from industry, children’s advocates, and other stakeholders as we work to update the Rule.”

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Jon Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jon Leibowitz celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.

In June 2013, Leibowitz joined the Washington D.C. office of the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Leibowitz is also founding Co-Chair of the “21st Century Privacy Coalition,” a coalition of telecommunications companies and trade associations focused on relaxing federal privacy laws. The 21st Century Privacy Coalition aims to help companies escape regulations on how they have to handle customer data.