In the memo, Khan outlined several strategic principles.
These include taking a “holistic approach to identifying harms.”
This is a shift from the popular view of antitrust enforcement that focuses solely on consumer harms.
She said it’s important to assess how business models or conflicts of interest may result in antitrust harms.
This includes paying close attention to “next-generation technologies, innovations, and nascent industries across sectors.”
Khan’s memo comes three monthsafter she was confirmed by the Senate.
As an academic, Khan gained notoriety as leader of a movement calling for more-rigorous antitrust enforcement.
Last year, the commission sued Facebook, alleging that the social media company violated antitrust law.
Both those deals had been reviewed by the FTC.
