Economic Liberties Kicks Off Campaign to Help State and Local Officials End Rental Price-Fixing
October 24, 2024 — Amid growing awareness that third-party rent-setting algorithms are a serious driver of the housing crisis--prompting state antitrust suits from Washington, D.C. and Arizona, a federal suit from the Department of Justice and 8 states, multiple federal and state legislative proposals, and a first-in-the-nation ban on rental price-fixing in San Francisco, among other actions--the American Economic Liberties Project today announced a new campaign, “End Rental Price-FIxing,” to promote state and municipal legislation to ban the practice.
Advocates Urge CA State Bar to Hold Google Counsel Walker Accountable for Evidence Destruction
October 22, 2024 — As Google’s simultaneous antitrust trials continue to reveal the extent of systematic, companywide evidence destruction at the direction of former General Counsel Kent Walker—drawing striking rebukes from three federal judges—the American Economic Liberties Project, CheckMyAds, and Tech Oversight Project today sent a letter calling for the State Bar of California to investigate Walker for violating the California Professional Code of Conduct.
FTC Ends Subscription Trap with Final Click to Cancel Rule
October 16, 2024 — Following a vote from the Federal Trade Commission to finalize its “click to cancel” rule, which forbids subscription and membership services from making it difficult for consumers to unsubscribe from services or halt recurring payments, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
FTC and DOJ’s Final HSR Form Will Modernize and Streamline Decades-Old Merger Review Process
October 10, 2024 — In response to news that the Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to finalize the FTC and Department of Justice’s updated HSR form – a key pre-merger filing document that has not been updated since 1978 – to modernize and streamline the merger review process, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
OCC Chief Hsu Sides With Big Banks and Lobbyists Over Small Business, Consumers by Seeking to Block Illinois Interchange Fees Law
October 8, 2024 — Following news that Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued an amicus brief asking the a court to invalidate “The Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act,” which seeks to ban credit and debit card issuers from charging interchange fees on taxes and tips, the Lower Credit Card Fees Coalition today released the following statement.