Meta sparked a bitter fight inside the FTC A bitter fight inside among FTC commissioners over Meta's acquisition of a VR company spilled into the public realm. Fortune · Feb 15, 2023
GOP’s Phillips to leave FTC, boosting Khan’s advantage Republican Federal Trade Commissioner Noah Phillips said he plans to step down this fall, which will hand an even bigger majority to progressive Chair Lina Khan to advance her agenda. Tribune News Service · Aug 9, 2022
FTC’s Khan overruled staff to sue Meta over VR app deal Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan led her fellow Democrats in the agency’s majority vote to sue Meta Platforms Inc. this week, despite the staff recommending against bringing a case to challenge the company’s acquisition of Within Unlimited Inc., according to three people with knowledge of the decision. Tribune News Service · Jul 29, 2022
FTC's new stance: Litigate, don't negotiate Agency head Lina Khan says she'll sue to stop anticompetitive mergers rather than negotiate settlements. Axios · Jun 9, 2022