Lina Khan

Lina Khan
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
Assumed office
June 15, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byRebecca Slaughter (acting)
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
Assumed office
June 15, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJoseph Simons
Personal details
Born (1989-03-03) March 3, 1989 (age 35)
London, England, UK
Spouse
Shah Ali
(m. 2018)
Children1
EducationWilliams College (BA)
Yale University (JD)
SignatureLina Khan signature

Lina M. Khan (born March 3, 1989) is a British-born American legal scholar serving as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since 2021. She is the youngest-ever FTC chair.[1] She is also an associate professor of law at Columbia Law School.

While a student at Yale Law School, she became known for her work in antitrust and competition law in the United States after publishing the influential essay "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox".[2]

President Joe Biden nominated Khan to the FTC in March 2021, and following her confirmation, she took the chair in June 2021. During her tenure, the FTC has pushed to ban non-compete agreements, filed lawsuits against health care companies engaging in anti-competitive practices, and launched a high-profile lawsuit against Amazon.[3] In 2022, the FTC and the DOJ's anti-trust division blocked a record number of mergers on anti-trust grounds.[4] ABC News described her as taking a more aggressive approach on anti-trust, and earning some conservative supporters during her confirmation and tenure.[1]

  1. ^ a b "FTC is 'just getting started' as it takes on Amazon, Meta and more, Chair Lina Khan says". ABC News. May 5, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024. Her Republican supporters have been dubbed the 'Khanservatives.'
  2. ^ Khan, Lina M. (January 2017). "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox". Yale Law Journal. 126 (3): 564–907. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Sisco, Josh (December 22, 2023). "'She was put in this role to shake things up'". POLITICO.
  4. ^ "FTC's Khan and DOJ's Kanter Beat Back Deals at Fastest Clip in Decades". Bloomberg.com. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

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