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January 31, 2025 — As Lina Khan’s historic term at the Federal Trade Commission concludes today, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement congratulating her on the unprecedented accomplishments the agency secured under her leadership. 

January 31, 2025 — Amid growing awareness that third-party rent-setting algorithms are a serious driver of the housing affordability crisis, the American Economic Liberties Project officially announced the launch of its “End Rental Price-Fixing” campaign–which supported more than five state and municipal legislative efforts to ban rental price-fixing in 2024, including enacted bans in Philadelphia and San Francisco.

January 30, 2025 — In response to news that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has filed a lawsuit to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) proposed $14 billion acquisition of rival wireless networking firm Juniper Networks, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. 

January 30, 2025 — Following news that the California Law Revision Commission (“the CLRC”) has approved initial recommendations for reforming California’s antiquated state antitrust law, including recommendations that state lawmakers adopt a law against illegal monopolization and a more flexible merger standard, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

January 29, 2025 — In two consecutive days, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down two commonsense, pro-consumer rules from the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Transportation. On Monday, the Fifth Circuit voted 2-1 to strike down the FTC’s Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) rule in a case brought by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), and yesterday, the court sided with airline lobbyists to block a DOT rule that would have mandated the disclosure of junk fees. The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response.