A March profile in the Wall Street Journal spotlighted Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson as earning the respect of President Donald Trump for aggressively reshaping the agency.  

Ferguson served as a commissioner on the FTC since 2023, often clashing with Biden-era FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, who, as a law professor, rose to fame as a champion of hipster antitrust theories. While occasionally making common cause with populists, the Khan FTC aggressively filed enforcement actions across all corners of the economy, from John Deere to Pepsi to a 7-Eleven franchise in Florida. 

Ferguson was elevated to FTC chairman in January 2025. One of his pledges was to roll back the Khan agenda, stating that the FTC “must be mindful not to stretch the scope of consumer-protection laws beyond their rightful purpose. We must stay in our lane.” Now more than one year into his tenure as chairman, has Ferguson achieved those goals, and what does his first year portend for the second year and beyond? 

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Ferguson has made measurable changes to the FTC, but critics of the Khan FTC want to see more action. There are a few pending Biden-era FTC initiatives that appear ripe for redirection.   

One area is the FTC’s use........

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