September 20, 2023 — In an exchange at the an oversight hearing today in the House Judiciary Committee, Department of Justice Attorney General Merrick Garland publicly committed to returning $50 million in appropriations funding from merger filing fees back to the Antitrust Division, after being probed by Representative Ken Buck, one of Congress’ most stalwart advocates for robust antitrust enforcement. In response, Economic Security Project Action and the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

September 18, 2023 — In response to news that the Federal Trade Commission has named three Amazon executives in an amended complaint against the company’s use of deceptive patterns to make it near-impossible for users to unsubscribe from Amazon Prime, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

September 19, 2023 — A new poll commissioned by American Economic Liberties Project and Fight Corporate Monopolies finds that 60% of Americans across party lines believe big tech giants like Google “have too much power in the market, which puts competitors at a disadvantage and hurts both smaller businesses and consumers.” 

September 18, 2023 — In response to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Draft Merger Guidelines released in July, the American Economic Liberties Project today submitted two sets of written comments in support of the agencies’ crucial revisions the merger policy.

September 18, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project and State Innovation Exchange released a statement following a group public comment submission, signed by 56 state legislators from 22 states, supporting the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice’s proposed updated merger guidelines.