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.
DOJ Cracks Down on Agri Stats’ “Just Raise Your Price” Consulting Advice
September 28, 2023 — In response to the Department of Justice‘s suit filed today against Agri Stats Inc. today for organizing and managing anticompetitive information exchanges among broiler chicken, pork and turkey processors, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Proposed Changes to HSR Form Are Critical to Stopping Illegal Mergers
September 27, 2023 — In response to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s notice of proposed changes to the premerger notification form and rules (otherwise known as the HSR Form), the American Economic Liberties Project today submitted a written comment in support of the agencies’ long overdue modernization of its implementation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.