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June 20, 2024 — In response to news that the California Law Revision Commission—a body whose responsibilities include recommending reforms to California antitrust law to the state legislature—has invited monopolist Google to present at an upcoming meeting on the subject of technology platform governance, the American Economic Liberties Project and a coalition of advocacy groups sent a letter calling on the Commission to retract its invitation.

June 14, 2024 — In response to news that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is referring its complaint against TikTok to the Department of Justice Civil Division after finding significant violations of COPPA and the FTC Act—along with what it describes as “reason to believe named defendants are violating or are about to violate the law and that a proceeding is in the public interest”—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

June 18, 2024 — In response to news that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed its version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—which includes competition-related amendments from Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez to secure crucial Right-to-Repair provisions for the military and Rep. Doggett to promote accountability in the procurement process—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. 

June 14, 2024 — In response to a hearing this morning in the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google’s alleged Ad Tech monopoly, in which Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected Google's motion for summary judgment, rejected one of Google’s experts for irrelevant testimony, and set a bench trial for September 9, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

June 14, 2024 — Following the Rhode Island legislature’s passage of a bill on Thursday that would ban restrictive noncompete agreements, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.