Media Contact:
Matthew Berry, (202) 418-2005
matthew.berry@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
FCC COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI STATEMENT
ON THE RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER JOSHUA WRIGHT FROM THE 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, August 17, 2015.  I am saddened to learn that Commissioner Joshua Wright is 
resigning from the Federal Trade Commission. Commissioner Wright leaves the agency with a 
tremendous legacy. He brought to the FTC’s decision-making groundbreaking economic 
analysis, such as his opinion in Ardagh/St. Gobain that the government should evaluate possible 
merger efficiencies under a standard of proof similar to that applied to predicted anticompetitive 
effects. He proposed and reached across the aisle to accomplish major reforms, such as the 
FTC’s recent clarification of its Section 5 authority to police “unfair methods of competition” 
(something the agency had never done in its century-long existence). And he was gracious 
enough to collaborate with me on several issues, such as Internet regulation.
Consumers across the country are better off for Commissioner Wright’s efforts. I wish him the 
best as he returns to George Mason University to teach law and economics.
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Office of Commissioner Ajit Pai: (202) 418-2000
Twitter: @AjitPaiFCC
www.fcc.gov/leadership/ajit-pai
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official
action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).