Aaron Nielson
Aaron Nielson is solicitor-general of the State of Texas and a professor of law at Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, which he lectures and writes in the areas of administrative law, civil procedure, and federal courts.
He serves as chair of the Administrative and Management Committee of the Administrative Conference of the United States. He also serves on the Council of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Before joining the faculty, Nielson was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He also has served as a law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Jerry E. Smith of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Nielson received his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Following graduation, he was awarded a Harvard Law School Post-Graduate Research Fellowship. He also received an LL.M from the University of Cambridge, where he focused his studies on the institutions that regulate global competition and commerce. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in economics and political science.
Aaron Nielson
May 02, 2022
For obvious reasons, many scholars, lawyers, and policymakers are thinking hard about whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has authority to promulgate substantive “unfair methods of competition” (UMC) regulations. I first approached this issue a couple of years ago when the FTC asked me to present on the agency’s rulemaking powers. For my presentation, I ... FTC Rulemaking and Unintended Consequences
