CFPB and FTC’s War Against Junk Fees Leads to Win for Consumers at Airbnb
November 7, 2022 — In response to Airbnb’s recent announcement that it will allow users to search the platform using total price, bringing more transparency to hidden fees in the checkout process, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s Record Earnings Come at the Expense of Fans, Artists, and Venue Owners
November 4, 2022 — Yesterday, Live Nation-Ticketmaster announced record-breaking earnings, reporting $12.3 billion in revenue so far in 2022 and outpacing its previous most profitable year (2019) by 43%. In response to this news, the Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition, a diverse group of artists, fan, independent venue, consumer, and policy advocates, released the following statement
Reuters: Agency powers under threat in U.S. Supreme Court FTC and SEC cases
November 3, 2022 — Economic Liberties' Senior Legal Counsel Katie Van Dyck spoke with Reuters about the "war on the administrative state."
Reuters: Kroger, Albertsons unions, antitrust experts urge FTC to block merger -letter
November 3, 2022 — In an exclusive piece, Reuters covered a letter from 26 organizations including Economic Liberties and seven UFCW local chapters, which calls on the FTC to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger.
State Attorneys General are Right to Fight Private Equity’s Kroger-Albertsons Scheme
November 2, 2022 — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to a federal lawsuit filed by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, which was joined by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and a state lawsuit filed by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson that ask courts to stop Albertsons from paying a $4 billion special dividend to its shareholder — which are majority private equity firms — ahead of a proposed merger with Krogers.