Competition law
Law maintaining market competition
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| 2025 | Gail Slater becomes Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, appointed by President Donald Trump. |
| 2025 | Khan completes her term as FTC chair. |
| March 2025 | Concluded her term as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). |
| 2024 | Khan adopted the 'click to cancel' rule for consumers to efficiently end subscription services. |
| 2024 | Spitzer revealed he had a small wedding to Roxana Girand at his Columbia County home on the previously postponed wedding date. |
| 2024 | SAMR continues to maintain a more stringent antitrust enforcement approach compared to previous regulatory periods, highlighting its increased regulatory rigor in market oversight. |
| 2024 | Provincial agencies in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai have been notably active in antitrust enforcement, reflecting SAMR's increasingly stringent regulatory approach. |
| 2024 | JD Vance, a Senator from Ohio and the 2024 Republican Vice Presidential nominee, cited Khan's campaigns against large technology companies as a success for antitrust efforts in the U.S. |
| December 2024 | The FTC successfully blocked Kroger's attempted acquisition of Albertsons in court. |
| November 2024 | The FTC won a court challenge blocking Tapestry, Inc.'s attempted acquisition of Capri. |
| August 2024 | The non-compete regulation was struck down by a federal court, ruling it as an overreach of statutory authority. |
| August 2024 | The non-compete regulation was struck down by a federal court, which ruled it was an overreach of the FTC's statutory authority. |
| April 2024 | The FTC issued a landmark regulation banning the enforcement of existing non-compete agreements for all employees except senior executives. |
| 2023 | During her tenure as FTC Chair, Khan successfully influenced corporate behavior by scrutinizing major corporate mergers, leading to the withdrawal of Lockheed Martin's attempted acquisition of Aerojet and Sanofi's attempted acquisition of Maze Therapeutics. |
| 2023 | Employee satisfaction shows improvements, with the FTC reclaiming over half of its morale decline since 2021. |
| 2023 | Successfully deterred multiple corporate mergers through FTC scrutiny, including Lockheed Martin's attempted acquisition of Aerojet and Sanofi's attempted acquisition of Maze Therapeutics, which were both withdrawn following her intervention. |
| December 2023 | The FTC won its first major court challenge by blocking Illumina's acquisition of Grail after a 3-year legal battle. |
| December 2023 | Ankush Khadori of New York magazine reported that Khan's FTC faced challenges due to failed lawsuits against Meta and Microsoft, which impacted employee morale. |
| July 2023 | Testified before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, where Republicans and Democrats debated her regulatory approach. Some Republicans, including Rep. Ken Buck and Rep. Matt Gaetz, publicly supported her investigations into corporate practices like Ring Doorbell and Kochava's data handling. |
| July 2023 | Testified before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, where Republicans and Democrats debated her policies and role as FTC Chair. Republicans like Ken Buck and Matt Gaetz offered nuanced support, discussing tech company investigations and regulatory approaches. |
| July 2023 | During congressional testimony in July, Khan prioritizes improving staff morale following the initial Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results. |
| February 2023 | Republican FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson announced her plan to resign from the agency, citing opposition to Khan's leadership. |
| January 2023 | Lina Khan gave birth to her first child. |
| 2022 | FTC employee satisfaction continues to decline, with favorable views of senior leadership further dropping to 46.6%. The FTC switches from ranking first in favorable views to first in unfavorable views among federal agencies. |
| 2022 | Khan initially bans public speaking for FTC staff, a decision that was widely unpopular and later retracted with an apology. |
| June 13 2022 | Luo Wen becomes Director, succeeding Zhang Gong |
| 2021 | While at Yale Law School, Khan publishes the influential essay 'Amazon's Antitrust Paradox', establishing her reputation in antitrust and competition law. |
| 2021 | Khan was appointed chairperson of the FTC, becoming the third Asian-American to serve in that role. |
| 2021 | Under Khan's leadership, the FTC voted unanimously to enforce the right to repair as policy. |
| 2021 | Lina Khan's appointment as FTC Chair leads to a significant decline in employee satisfaction, with favorable views of senior leadership dropping from 94.3% in 2020 to 51.7%. |
| November 2021 | SAMR's antitrust bureau was upgraded to vice ministerial status, with Gan Lin appointed as the new bureau chief. |
| November 16 2021 | Jonathan Kanter was confirmed as the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust (AAG-AT) of the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division. |
| June 2021 | The Senate confirmed Khan's nomination as an FTC commissioner with a vote of 69 to 28, garnering bipartisan support. |
| June 2021 | Lina Khan was confirmed and became the youngest chair of the Federal Trade Commission in history. |
| June 2021 | Khan becomes the youngest FTC chair ever after her confirmation. |
| March 2021 | Xi Jinping announced China's commitment to strengthen anti-trust enforcement to ensure healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy. |
| March 2021 | President Joe Biden nominates Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). |
| March 22 2021 | Joe Biden announced the nomination of Lina Khan to be a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for a term ending September 26, 2024. |
| February 2021 | The antitrust guidelines issued in November 2020 came into full effect, implementing stricter merger review processes for technology platforms. |
| February 2021 | The antitrust guidelines issued in November 2020 officially came into effect, implementing stricter review processes for variable interest entity structures and platform acquisitions. |
| February 2021 | SAMR's antitrust guidelines came into effect, introducing new rules such as removing variable interest entity structure exemptions from merger reviews and enabling investigations of emerging platform acquisitions. |
| November 2020 | SAMR issued antitrust guidelines specifically addressing platform economy company issues. |
| August 2 2020 | Zhang Gong becomes Director, succeeding Xiao Yaqing |
| July 2020 | In July 2020, Lina Khan joined the faculty of Columbia Law School as an associate professor of law. |
| April 4 2020 | Spitzer announced the wedding to Roxana Girand was called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Spitzer announced his engagement to Roxana Girand, founder of Sebastian Capital. |
| 2019 | Khan began serving as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, where she led the congressional investigation into digital markets. |
| May 17 2019 | Xiao Yaqing becomes Director, succeeding Zhang Mao |
| 2018 | The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) was established as a ministerial-level agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China, becoming China's primary antitrust regulator responsible for market supervision and management. |
| 2018 | SAMR initiated an investigation into Pinduoduo following extensive domestic media criticism about the company selling counterfeit and shanzhai products. |
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