Jul 19 2024 — Following testimony at today’s joint public hearing on Capital One’s $35.3 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services with the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. 

Jul 15, 2024 — In response to news that Judge James P. Shuck vacated the trial date in the State of Ohio’s lawsuit against Google–less than 24 hours after Google made a surprise submission invoking the Supreme Court’s NetChoice decision, and without waiting for Attorney General Dave Yost’s responsive filing–the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

Jul 11, 2024 — In response to the introduction of the Housing Acquisitions Review and Transparency (HART) Act, a bill proposed by Senator Amy Klobuchar and eight other Senate Democrats that would empower federal antitrust enforcers to scrutinize and block large-scale acquisitions of residential properties by corporate investors, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. 

Jul 8, 2024 — In response to news that the Department of Justice Criminal Division and Boeing have agreed to a plea deal after Boeing pled guilty to defrauding the federal government over two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX planes, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement:

Jul 3, 2024 — Today, Judge Ada Brown from the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements in the case of Ryan LLC v. FTC—a challenge joined by the US Chamber of Commerce—with a final decision on whether to permanently block the rule expected on August 30th. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.