Lina Khan

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Shale executives face antitrust suits over OPEC coordination

Led the commission when both consent orders were issued

In 2024 the Federal Trade Commission approved two giant oil mergers on one condition: the acquired CEOs would not join the acquirer's board. The agency said their private OPEC communications risked aligning US output with the cartel.

Updated Sep 26

FTC overhauls rules of practice, drops ethics clearance requirement

Rule Changes

Has led FTC since June 2021; driving force behind expanded rulemaking authority

The Federal Trade Commission voted 2-0 on September 24 to rewrite its internal rulebook, effective immediately. The changes speed up trade regulation rulemaking and drop the FTC's requirement that former employees get agency clearance before working on cases they once handled.

Updated Sep 24

FTC rescinds health app breach notification policy

Rule Changes

Left the commission in 2025

The Federal Trade Commission rescinded its 2021 policy statement that required health apps and connected devices to notify users when their health data is breached. The agency said the guidance was obsolete, superseded by a 2024 rulemaking that already extended the underlying Health Breach Notification Rule to those products.

Updated Sep 10

Federal Trade Commission's expanded merger notification rules face legal challenge

Rule Changes

Resigned January 2025 after Trump's inauguration

The Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification form went largely unchanged for 48 years. When the Federal Trade Commission tripled its compliance burden in 2024, business groups sued, and a Texas federal judge just agreed.

Updated May 29

The great AI deregulation

Rule Changes

Resigned January 21, 2025

The FTC just tore up its own rulebook. On December 22, 2025, the agency voted 2-0 to reverse a year-old enforcement action against Rytr, an AI writing tool accused of enabling fake reviews.

Updated May 16

Notable Quotes

"Rivals responding to one another by increasing production, rather than coordinating to hold it back, represents the type of competitive dynamic the antitrust laws were designed to protect." — Khan, September 2024

from Shale executives face antitrust suits over OPEC coordination · Updated Sep 26

Revitalizing the Commission's ability to issue timely Trade Regulation Rules under Section 18 will provide much needed clarity about how our century-old statute applies to contemporary economic realities.

from FTC overhauls rules of practice, drops ethics clearance requirement · Updated Sep 24

Merging parties are not entitled to early termination, and I question the wisdom of using agency resources on a discretionary function while resource constraints impede our ability to fully execute on our mandatory functions.

from Federal Trade Commission's expanded merger notification rules face legal challenge · Updated May 29

Using AI tools to trick, mislead, or defraud people is illegal. The FTC's enforcement actions make clear that there is no AI exemption from the laws on the books.

from The great AI deregulation · Updated May 16