the Federal Trade Commission's proposal earlier this year to ban them nationally. ... There's a feedback loop happening between the states and the federal government, "acknowledging that noncompetes in any way, shape or form are a real problem," said Pat Garofalo, director of state and local policy at the progressive American Economic Liberties Project. ###
the Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition released the following statement. “Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s announcement today is a half-hearted attempt to ward off a looming DOJ investigation into addressing the real issue--its monopoly power over live events,” The Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition said in a statement. “Our own research has shown that Live Nation-Ticketmaster wields its market dominance
Pennsylvania, to the detriment of workers, patients, and entire communities,” said Pat Garofalo, Director of State and Local Policy at the American Economic Liberties Project. “As we detailed in a report earlier this year, UPMC’s monopoly power results in lower wages, degraded working conditions, and deepening debt for front-line health care workers who are just
alarm policymakers worldwide,” said Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project. “In a 400+ page report, the UK Competition and Markets Authority meticulously detailed the illegality of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, echoing the FTC’s challenge of Microsoft’s largest deal ever. Rather than seriously acknowledge their findings, Smith has
organizations and wholesalers that are also using their gatekeeping leverage to distort drug markets.” Policy recommendations for removing anti-kickback exemptions for pharmaceutical and medical supply middlemen are detailed in Economic Liberties' 2023 Antimonopoly Policy Agenda. To learn more about pharmacy benefit managers, read Economic Liberties “The Pharmacy Benefit Mafia” or watch “How PBMs Impact Drug