WBUR: The NCAA, antitrust and the future of college sports
October 31, 2023 — Katie Van Dyck, Economic Liberties' Senior Legal Counsel, discusses the NCAA's requested antitrust exemption on WBUR's On Point.
The Fed’s Proposal to Lower Debit Card Swipe Fees Isn’t Enough
October 25, 2023 — In response to the news that the Federal Reserve Board of Governors voted to lower the amount that debit card issuers can charge merchants to process customers’ transactions from the current cap from 21 cents per transaction to 14.4 cents per transaction, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Amazon’s Bid to Settle Highlights Strength of AG Bonta and FTC’s Antitrust Cases
October 18, 2023 — In response to new reporting revealing that Amazon offered to settle California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s antitrust investigation into the ecommerce giant mere days before the the state actually filed the suit, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
The Supreme Court Must Defend the CFPB to Protect Consumers, the Economy, and our Democracy
October 3, 2023 — Following oral arguments today in the Supreme Court case CFPB v. CFSA — the payday lending lobby's legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure — the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement
“It’s Not the Open Web, It’s the Google Web” Says Microsoft CEO in Landmark Search Antitrust Trial
October 3, 2023 — “The entire notion that people have choice is complete bogus,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during his testimony today in the landmark antitrust trial brought on by the Department of Justice and 38 states and territories against Google’s search monopoly.