May 24, 2024 — In response to news that the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to break Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s monopoly power and return competition to the live events industry, members of the Break Up Ticketmaster coalition—which mobilized 100,000+ Americans to urge the DOJ to file this suit—released the following statements. 

May 23, 2024 — The Department of Justice Antitrust Division today filed an extensive antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for its monopoly power over the live events supply chain, including the primary ticket selling market, concert promotions, and major venues. The complaint alleges that Live Nation has reinforced its monopoly power through exclusive dealing, tying of large amphitheaters and concert promotions, and the splitting of markets with potential competitors. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.  

May 21, 2024 — Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Chris Murphy and other leading lights of the anti-monopoly movement concluded a jam-packed day of keynote speeches, conversations, and interactive panels at the 2024 Anti-Monopoly Summit with rousing calls to action, demanding we build an economy that benefits working families and small businessowners over large corporations. 

May 21, 2024 — Regulators and enforcers kicked-off of the American Economic Liberties Project's 2024 Anti-Monopoly Summit with speeches on how they’re fighting corporate power across the economy and delivering victories for working families across food, healthcare, housing, and more. 

May 15, 2024 — At a House Appropriations Committee hearing today on the Federal Trade Commission’s FY 2025 budget, a series of Democratic lawmakers drew attention to a massive oil price fixing conspiracy recently exposed by the agency. Economic Liberties recently released a talking points memo with takeaways from the scandal and explaining how blatant corporate collusion drove up prices across the economy.