2024 Anti-Monopoly Summit Showcases Federal and State Officials Unafraid to Stand Up to Corporate Power
May 21, 2024 — Regulators and enforcers kicked-off of the American Economic Liberties Project's 2024 Anti-Monopoly Summit with speeches on how they’re fighting corporate power across the economy and delivering victories for working families across food, healthcare, housing, and more.
Minnesota Ban on Junk Fees Signed Into Law
May 20, 2024 — In response to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signing HF 3438 into law — the first of 13 proposed state-level junk fee bans to become law this year, and the second comprehensive ban on deceptive, mandatory junk fees to ever become state law — the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Supreme Court Backs CFPB In Major Victory For Consumers and Fair Markets
May 16, 2024 — In response to news that the Supreme Court of the United States has sided with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 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.
Economic Liberties Applauds Minnesota Legislature’s Passage of Junk Fee Ban
May 16, 2024 — In response to the Minnesota Senate’s passage of the Conference Committee report for HF 3438, a ban on junk fees, by a bipartisan vote of 36-31, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
House Democrats Call Out Oil Price Fixing Conspiracy Exposed by FTC, Press for Criminal Charges
May 15, 2024 — At a House Appropriations Committee hearing today on the Federal Trade Commission’s FY 2025 budget, a series of Democratic lawmakers drew attention to a massive oil price fixing conspiracy recently exposed by the agency. Economic Liberties recently released a talking points memo with takeaways from the scandal and explaining how blatant corporate collusion drove up prices across the economy.