“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.
70+ Organizations Urge Federal Trade Commission to Block Kroger-Albertsons
September 28, 2023 — Last Friday, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, along with the American Economic Liberties Project and more than 70 other organizations — an alliance of packinghouse workers, ranchers, farmers, consumers, and rural Americans — sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging them to block the harmful Kroger-Albertsons merger.
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.
Amazon’s “Low Prices” Are a Mirage, New FTC Suit Reveals
September 26, 2023 — The Federal Trade Commission — along with 17 state attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging that the company is an illegal monopoly that raises prices across the economy. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.