Americans Deserve a Transparent and Accountable FTC
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent actions are alarming and pose a serious threat to our economy.
American companies are already facing historic challenges with inflation, strained supply chains and worker shortages, and the FTC's actions are only accelerating uncertainty and threatening our economy.
Under Chairwoman Lina Khan, the FTC has radically departed from its core mission to protect consumers and competition.
Rather, the FTC is overstepping its regulatory authority, undermining our system of checks and balances, ignoring due process, and bypassing longstanding regulatory norms to expansively regulate industries and manage our economy with a government knows best approach.
Areas of Overreach
- RulemakingUnder Lina Khan the FTC has embarked on a rulemaking bonanza often skirting or outright ignoring whether or not it has Congressional authorization.Read More
- LitigationThe FTC’s litigious approach to enforcement is denying companies basic rights to due process.Read More
- Merger ActivityBy improperly using a rulemaking process, the FTC is poised rewrite antitrust law based off false economic and often partisan assumptions.Read More
Holding the FTC accountable on Capitol Hill
On Capitol Hill
The FTC has engaged in its own unfair and deceptive practices as it lobbies Congress to pass legislation that would give the agency sweeping authority.
Holding the FTC accountable in the courts
In the courts
The FTC is bypassing longstanding norms to expansively regulate industries and manage our economy with a government-knows-best approach.
FTC: A Timeline of An Agency Gone Rogue
This timeline shows the ways in which Chairwoman Khan has moved to silence dissent at the FTC and consolidated power in ways that call into question the independence of the agency.
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- Antitrust
A Shift in Merger Enforcement Risks Damaging Our EconomyA new study finds that under the previous approach to merger enforcement there was a strong link between mergers and innovation. A radical new approach to merger enforcement poses a severe threat to the economy.
By Sean Heather
- Antitrust
What Does the FTC Want to Ban Next?
By Sean Heather
- Antitrust
Inside the FTC’s Ploy to Quash A BioTech Merger
By Sean Heather - Employment Policy
6 Questions About the Impact of Noncompete Agreements on Businesses and Employees
By Stephanie Ferguson Melhorn
FTC Overreach
- Regulations
The Chamber of Commerce Will Fight the FTCThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce will fight in court to hold the FTC accountable to the rule of law.
- Antitrust
What the Experts Think About the FTC
By Sean Heather
Competition and the FTC
Consumer Protection and the FTC
Rulemaking and the FTC
FOIAs and the FTC
Mergers and the FTC
- Antitrust
Why FTC’s Lawsuit Against Meta Is Concerning for the Entire Business CommunityRather than economics, the FTC’s complaint against Meta seems grounded in the malleable concept of “potential future competition.” Here's why the business community should be concerned.
By Sean Heather
Latest Content
The Federal Trade Commission has brought yet another merger challenge without any evidence of competitive harm. Still, despite its weaknesses, the FTC’s complaint against Amgen and Horizon provides insights into the agency’s thinking and may hold clues regarding anticipated new merger guidelines.
The Federal Trade Commission's recent actions show its sustained willingness to exceed its authority in consumer protection matters.
New research shows predictions of dire consequences to consumers when companies merge often fall flat.
The U.S. Chamber sent a letter to calling upon the White House to exert greater oversight of the FTC and DOJ over their assistance with foreign regulations that undermine the interests of U.S. companies abroad.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, on the direction and oversight of the Federal Trade Commission.
Coalition comments signed by more than 280 organizations representing 45 states on the FTC's proposed rule to ban noncompete clauses.
The Chamber submitted comments to the FTC on its proposed rule to ban noncompete clauses.
The Supreme Court handed the business community a major victory in Axon v. FTC, a case that raised the question of whether a defendant can challenge the constitutionality of the FTC’s structure directly in federal district court without first wading through the cumbersome administrative processes.
The Federal Trade Commission has garnered considerable scrutiny for its efforts to overhaul antitrust. Why hasn't the Department of Justice?
