Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q1 2023

UNITED STATES

• Wilson Resigns as FTC Commissioner

On February 14, the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) lone Republican commissioner, Christine Wilson, announced that she was resigning. Wilson explained her decision in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal the same day, wherein she accused FTC Chair Lina Khan of disregarding the rule of law and due process and abusing the FTC's power. Wilson has been a consistent opponent of policy and process changes implemented by the Democratic commissioners. In her op-ed, Wilson highlighted several of her disagreements with her Democratic colleagues. For example, she criticized Chair Khan's decision not to recuse herself from the FTC's challenge of Meta's acquisition of Within, despite Chair Khan's prior statements arguing that all future