New fTC chair khan not afraid to play hardball with oil, gas industry: Baker Botts

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US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is not pulling any punches with the oil and natural gas sector as she sets out to enforce antitrust law as the youngest person ever to helm the agency, global law firm Baker Botts says. A 32-year-old former law professor, Khan has made a name for herself as a progressive voice with a get-tough approach to Big Tech’s unchecked market power. When asked by the White House to lead the effort to monitor the US gasoline market and “address any illegal conduct that might be contributing to price increases for consumers at the pump,” she showed no qualms with extending her aggressive antitrust enforcement philosophy to the oil and gas industry.