{"id":14912,"date":"2025-04-27T12:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T12:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14912"},"modified":"2025-04-27T12:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T12:05:48","slug":"ex-ftc-commissioner-accuses-former-chair-lina-khan-of-procedural-shenanigans-that-iced-ma-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14912","title":{"rendered":"Ex-FTC commissioner accuses former chair Lina Khan of \u2018procedural shenanigans\u2019 that iced M&amp;A activity"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n<br><br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CEOs are waiting to see how the Federal Trade Commission<\/strong> under President Trump will differ from the Biden administration, and thus far, the lighter-touch enforcement that businesses hoped for hasn\u2019t materialized. The FTC is currently suing <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meta<\/a> in an antitrust case, which could see the social-media giant broken up. Meanwhile, Chair Andrew Ferguson has said the agency will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/ftc_gov\/pdf\/ferguson-memo-re-merger-guidelines.pdf\">stick to<\/a> the FTC\u2019s more stringent merger framework established under Biden, emphasizing the need for stability.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson is airing out more of her views on former Commission Chair Lina Khan. In remarks last week, Wilson said she believes Khan took an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/ftc_gov\/pdf\/p180200wilsonresignationletter.pdf\">interventionist approach<\/a>, using procedural mechanisms that potentially slowed or blocked more mergers. It was the latest salvo from Wilson after she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/ftc_gov\/pdf\/p180200wilsonresignationletter.pdf\">resigned<\/a> from the FTC in 2023, claiming Khan \u201cscorned and sidelined\u201d career FTC staffers and presided over a decline in enforcement actions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChair Khan really did believe that all mergers were bad,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/about-ftc\/commissioners-staff\/christine-s-wilson\">Wilson<\/a>, now a partner at law firm Freshfields. \u201cShe used what I call just procedural shenanigans\u2014basically using every procedural lever available to chill M&amp;A activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson interviewed sitting FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theberkeleyforum.com\/#agenda\">Berkeley Spring Forum on M&amp;A<\/a> and the Boardroom in San Francisco last week. Holyoak was asked how the FTC under the current administration would differ from the last. One of the FTC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/topics\/competition-enforcement\/merger-review\">roles<\/a>, along with the Department of Justice, is to review proposed acquisitions and mergers that impact U.S. commerce and are valued at more than $101 million for antitrust issues. President Trump\u2019s administration was predicted to be more business-friendly in the area of dealmaking and M&amp;A, but CEOs and startups are still waiting to see how the newly organized FTC moves in the months ahead and what it means for growth, acquisitions, and the overall appetite for deals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson asked Holyoak whether there were practices the previously organized FTC engaged in that were \u201cparticularly egregious,\u201d and if businesses could \u201ctrust that the Trump administration was going to play straight and look at cases on the merits.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holyoak took a different tone in her response and identified a \u201clack of communication\u201d and a lack of transparency between the FTC and companies, but said it was a priority of hers to bring that back into the merger-review process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khan did not return a request for comment but a former FTC official who served under Khan said, &#8220;Commissioner Wilson&#8217;s accusation is shockingly out of touch with reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/deals\/dealmakers-are-struggling-to-make-sense-of-trumps-antitrust-policy-2d9bf77c?mod=djem10point\">reported<\/a> that dealmakers are still getting used to the new FTC and are awaiting clearer signs about FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson\u2019s approach. He clarified in a February <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/ftc_gov\/pdf\/ferguson-memo-re-merger-guidelines.pdf\">memo<\/a> that the FTC and DOJ\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/ftc_gov\/pdf\/2023_merger_guidelines_final_12.18.2023.pdf\">joint 2023 merger guidelines<\/a> were indeed the framework that would guide the agency\u2019s merger-review analysis, dashing hopes the FTC might loosen the reins from the Biden-era framework. Ferguson told an audience packed with executives this month he doesn\u2019t think corporate America should revert to \u201copen season\u201d for M&amp;A, the <em>WSJ<\/em> reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the DOJ\u2019s antitrust division leader, Gail Slater, has also raised concerns about the deal-making environment, the <em>Financial Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/769709d5-f897-497d-a8f2-ce15a3c977ed\">reported<\/a>. Slater has previously expressed concerns about too much concentration in certain industries and has said enforcement should be based on direct financial impact on Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, CEOs and executives remain worried Trump could steer antitrust cases in ways that create greater uncertainty, pouring more cold water on the M&amp;A operating environment. It stands in contrast to former chair Lina Khan\u2019s FTC, the <em>FT<\/em> reported, which was more predictable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February marked the first time in more than two years that no deal worth more than $10 billion had been announced globally. This <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/03\/18\/google-wiz-acquisition-antitrust-ftc-trump\/\">reversed in March<\/a> with Google\u2019s $32 billion deal to buy Wiz, but April so far has been quieter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Year to date, the number of deals is down 19%, according to the <em>WSJ<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/article\/ftc-commissioner-christine-wilson-accuses-lina-khan-procedural-shenanigans-ma-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n<br>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson is airing out more of her views on former Commission Chair Lina Khan. In remarks last week, Wilson said she believes Khan took an interventionist approach, using procedural mechanisms that potentially slowed or blocked more mergers. 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