Nayar Islam

Associate

Overview

Nayar Islam has experience working on a variety of antitrust-related matters. Nayar has represented clients in litigation proceedings before state and federal courts and in government investigations. In her litigation practice, Nayar has represented both defendants and plaintiffs and has worked on antitrust class actions involving price fixing and no-poach allegations. She also maintains an active pro bono practice; one of her matters includes successfully winning immigration asylum for her client.

During law school, Nayar was the executive editor of the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal. She was also on the board of the South Asian Law Students Association, served as a peer mentor, and worked as a teaching assistant for the undergraduate class, Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History. 

Career & Education

    • University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, J.D., 2022
      Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal: executive editor
    • Loyola Marymount University, B.A., summa cum laude, political science
    • University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, J.D., 2022
      Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal: executive editor
    • Loyola Marymount University, B.A., summa cum laude, political science
    • California
    • California

Nayar's Insights

Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.16.25

Recent Antitrust Enforcer Statements Signal New Administration’s Direction and Priorities

Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice, and Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador of the Federal Trade Commission, have each looked to the history of conservative voices to chart a path forward for antitrust enforcement in the second Trump Administration. Within the last three weeks, AAG Slater delivered remarks to the University of Notre Dame Law School, Chairman Ferguson delivered remarks at the International Competition Network Annual Conference, and Commissioner Meador shared his policy aims in an FTC paper and a speech to George Washington University. The enforcers emphasized the need for robust antitrust enforcement to break private monopolies and other anticompetitive arrangements. These enforcers appear to align on priorities, though differing slightly in methods, grounding their rationale in what they describe as traditional conservative values, while at the same time distancing themselves from previous Republican administrations which have emphasized anti-cartel policies and an otherwise preference for limited intervention in markets....

Nayar's Insights

Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.16.25

Recent Antitrust Enforcer Statements Signal New Administration’s Direction and Priorities

Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice, and Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador of the Federal Trade Commission, have each looked to the history of conservative voices to chart a path forward for antitrust enforcement in the second Trump Administration. Within the last three weeks, AAG Slater delivered remarks to the University of Notre Dame Law School, Chairman Ferguson delivered remarks at the International Competition Network Annual Conference, and Commissioner Meador shared his policy aims in an FTC paper and a speech to George Washington University. The enforcers emphasized the need for robust antitrust enforcement to break private monopolies and other anticompetitive arrangements. These enforcers appear to align on priorities, though differing slightly in methods, grounding their rationale in what they describe as traditional conservative values, while at the same time distancing themselves from previous Republican administrations which have emphasized anti-cartel policies and an otherwise preference for limited intervention in markets....