House Antitrust Leaders Bow to Monopolists with THUD Amendment Support
November 1, 2023 — As the House considers the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill—an appropriations bill carrying a dangerous amendment, supported by House antitrust subcommittee chair Thomas Massie (R-KY) and ranking member Lou Correa (D-CA), to neuter the competition authorities of the Department of Transportation and other enforcers—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement:
Politico: The Next Generation of Law Students Is Obsessed With Lina Khan
November 6, 2023 — Economic Liberties' Anti-Monopoly Summit is highlighted in a feature on law students' excitement about strong antitrust enforcement.
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.