Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has had a documented grudge against Amazon for years, since she penned her academic paper, “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” while working as a professor at Columbia Law School. Just a few years later the activist was promoted to regulator when her comrade, CFPB Chair Rohit Chopra, brought her on as a “legal fellow” at the FTC when he was a commissioner. Now she’s taken that grudge to the next logical step, filing an antitrust suit against Amazon. The FTC was joined by 17 states in this action, which was filed in Amazon’s home state of Washington.Read More
FTC Chair Lina Khan Kicks off the Next Phase in Her Vendetta Against Amazon, Files Antitrust Suit
