The Federal Trade Commission reportedly launched a last-minute probe into whether Uber and Lyft illegally colluded to keep New York City driver pay lower — an inquiry launched on the same day that Lina Khan announced she was stepping down as chair of the agency.
Lina Khan, the outgoing chair of the Federal Trade Commission, was appointed by US President Joe Biden to lead the antitrust agency and protect consumers against big tech companies forming monopolies She has been called the voice of the "hipster antitrust" movement,
Lina Khan, the youngest chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will resign in the coming weeks with Trump's incoming administration.
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.
You might say the same thing about many of the Biden administration's lame-duck activities—and there have been a lot of them.
The FTC announced Friday it reached a settlement with Welsh Carson that limits the private equity firm’s involvement in its anesthesia business, which the agency deemed a monopoly.
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.
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
The regulatory agency will likely take a kinder approach to divestiture proposals by merger parties under its new leadership, one antitrust attorney said.
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.
The executive order follows a ProPublica investigation that found Microsoft prioritized profit over security, leaving the federal government vulnerable to the largest hack in U.S. history. Vendors must now demonstrate that their products are secure.
WASHINGTON: Lina Khan, who until Monday was an aggressive enforcer of antitrust law as the head of the US Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe ... Under Biden, Khan’s FTC sued ...