Deborah Platt Majoras seems to have skirted the stereotype for pro-business regulators in the Bush administration.  As John R. Wilke describes her legacy in the Wall Street Journal, Majoras, who chaired the commission, coordinated a balanced approach to the Federal Trade Commission, which is responsible for enforcing consumer protection laws.  Wilke writes that "under Ms. Majoras, the agency stepped up federal enforcement of data-security laws . . . worked to curtail identity theft and pressed advertisers to curb junk-food pitches to children."  It also went to court, suing major pharmaceutical companies for alleged efforts to stave off competition from generic drugs.  Read Wilke here.

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