January 31, 2025 — Amid growing awareness that third-party rent-setting algorithms are a serious driver of the housing affordability crisis, the American Economic Liberties Project officially announced the launch of its “End Rental Price-Fixing” campaign–which supported more than five state and municipal legislative efforts to ban rental price-fixing in 2024, including enacted bans in Philadelphia and San Francisco.

January 30, 2025 — In response to news that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has filed a lawsuit to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) proposed $14 billion acquisition of rival wireless networking firm Juniper Networks, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. 

January 29, 2025 — In two consecutive days, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down two commonsense, pro-consumer rules from the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Transportation. On Monday, the Fifth Circuit voted 2-1 to strike down the FTC’s Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) rule in a case brought by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), and yesterday, the court sided with airline lobbyists to block a DOT rule that would have mandated the disclosure of junk fees. The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response. 

January 23, 2025 — Following news that President Trump intends to impose tariffs on Chinese, Mexican, and Canadian imports into the United States on Feb. 1, largely in response to China’s role in the fentanyl crisis, Rethink Trade and the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statements.  

January 23, 2025 — Following an announcement from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra that the CFPB has opened a docket to receive public input on credit card interest rates, terms, and conditions, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.