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Christine A. Varney
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Christine A. Varney (born December 17, 1955) is an American antitrust attorney who served as the U.S. assistant attorney general of the Antitrust Division for the Obama Administration and as a Federal Trade commissioner in the Clinton Administration. Since August 2011, Varney has been a partner of the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where she chairs the antitrust department.
Varney was born in Washington, D.C. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from University at Albany, SUNY in 1977. As an undergraduate, she studied abroad at Trinity College, Dublin. She later earned a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law School.
Varney served as general counsel to the Democratic National Committee from 1989 to 1992; chief counsel to the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign, general counsel to the 1992 Presidential Inaugural Committee, associate and partner of the firm of Hogan & Hartson, and as assistant to the president and White House cabinet secretary. In the latter role, she acted as a liaison between the White House and cabinet departments. She stated the Clinton Administration's philosophy of cabinet management this way: "if you don’t surprise us, we won't micromanage you!"
Varney served in the Clinton Administration as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from October 17, 1994 to August 5, 1997. As a commissioner, Varney voted to bring actions against Toys "R" Us for pressuring manufacturers to keep popular toys out of discount stores; to pursue charges of unfair advertising against the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, for its "Joe Camel" advertising campaign; and to impose conditions on the mega-merger between Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System.
Varney became known for spearheading the FTC's examination of privacy and commerce,
and for promoting innovation market theory analysis in the fields of information technology and biotechnology. In 1997, Varney was succeeded by Mozelle W.
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