Khan sworn in as chair of US FTC
Lina Khan has been sworn as chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, after President Joe Biden appointed the democrat to a term on the commission that expires September 25, 2024.
Khan was confirmed by the US Senate on June 15, 2021.
“It is a tremendous honour to have been selected by President Biden to lead the Federal Trade Commission,” said Khan.
“I look forward to working with my colleagues to protect the public from corporate abuse. I’m very grateful to acting chairwoman (Rebecca) Slaughter for her outstanding stewardship of the commission.”
Before becoming chair of the FTC, Khan was an associate professor of law at Columbia Law School. She also previously served as counsel to the US House judiciary committee’s subcommittee on antitrust, commercial, and administrative law, legal adviser to FTC commissioner Rohit Chopra, and legal director at the Open Markets Institute.
She is known for her strong antitrust views and criticism of big tech. Her appointment has been seen as an indication of the Biden administration’s tough stance on antitrust.
Khan’s scholarship on antitrust and competition policy has been published in the Columbia Law Review, Harvard Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, and Yale Law Journal. She is a graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School.
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