FTC’s Khan Wants Congress to Curb Antitrust Litigation Costs (1)

Lina Khan is raising alarm over the “astronomical costs” of pursuing big-ticket antitrust lawsuits, as she prepares to depart the Federal Trade Commission.

Khan, who will leave the agency Jan. 31 after three-plus years in charge, urged Congress to address the issue, which she argued is now one of the biggest barriers to effective antitrust enforcement across the US.

“Absent intervention, the steep costs of antitrust litigation may very well worsen,” Khan said in a letter to Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the leader of a Judiciary subcommittee with a focus on antitrust matters. Democratic attorneys general from 11 states, Washington, ...