The aggressive antitrust approach adopted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice's (DOJ) antitrust division during the Biden administration reduced startup acquisitions and venture capital investment,
Lina Khan, the youngest chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will resign in the coming weeks with Trump's incoming administration.
Lina Khan, who headed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe Biden until Monday, will resign from the commission in the coming weeks, she told staff in a memo. Republican Commissioner Andrew Ferguson is now the agency's chair after President Donald Trump took office.
Newsweek sought email comment from the FTC and its outgoing chairwoman, Lina Khan, on Friday. The flurry of lawsuits before the change to a GOP administration underscore the tension within the FTC between pro-regulation Democrats and anti-regulation Republicans.
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Greystar for allegedly deceiving tenants through fees that raised rents above the advertised amount.
The regulatory agency will likely take a kinder approach to divestiture proposals by merger parties under its new leadership, one antitrust attorney said.
You might say the same thing about many of the Biden administration's lame-duck activities—and there have been a lot of them.
WIth one foot out the White House door, the Biden administration issued 2 documents Musk is now using in his battle to break up OpenAI and Microsoft.
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Lina Khan, who until Monday was an aggressive enforcer of antitrust law as the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under former President Joe Biden ...
Democrats may have lost power in Washington in part because voters blamed them for the rising cost of goods, but when Joe Biden’s administration hands over power, it will also leave behind a series of strong new protections for consumers.
Although the Biden administration notched some major accomplishments, it wasn't enough for voters in November, writes columnist Jon Talton.
President Joe Biden announced he was suspending the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, citing the sale as a potential threat to national security. The a