Lina Maliha Khan[6] (born March 3, 1989) is an American legal scholar who served from 2021 to 2025 as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). She is also a professor at Columbia Law School.

Jan 20, 2025 · 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, will resign from the commission in ...

Jan 18, 2025 · Lina Khan, British-born American legal scholar who served as commissioner and chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2021. Nominated by President Joe Biden as one of five commissioners of the FTC, she was named chair of the commission following her Senate confirmation on June 15.

Dec 12, 2024 · FTC Chair Lina Khan, the youngest person to hold the role, has led multiple antitrust probes into Big Tech companies like Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta.

Lina Khan teaches and writes about antitrust law, infrastructure industries law, the antimonopoly tradition, and law and political economy. Several of her writings have focused on the ways that dominant digital platforms freshly reveal the shortcomings of the current approach to antitrust.

Jun 15, 2021 · Lina M. Khan served as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission from June 15, 2021 to January 20, 2025. Khan got her start in antitrust as a business reporter and researcher examining consolidation across markets, from airlines to chicken farming.

Nov 12, 2024 · The FTC under Lina Khan has blocked dozens of corporate tie-ups over concerns that consolidation undermines competition, making it easier for companies to jack up prices and exploit workers.

Nov 5, 2024 · In the run-up to the election, Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, was called a dope, partisan and unhelpful by Democrats and Republicans. Democratic donors including the...

Sep 28, 2024 · Can Lina Khan Hold On? Ms. Khan’s term as the chair of the Federal Trade Commission ended Wednesday. In a wide-ranging interview, she discussed her aggressive approach to antitrust and...

Oct 16, 2023 · When the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon last month in a landmark antitrust case, Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, described it as a “cutting-edge” lawsuit that captures...