AP: After bidding war, JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit for $3.8B
July 28, 2022 — Economic Liberties' Senior Fellow Bill McGee discussed the implications of the recently announced JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger with the Associated Press.
Freight Waves: We might be having the completely wrong conversation about truck parking
July 28, 2022 — In an exclusive piece, Freight Waves covered a letter that Economic Liberties sent to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure encouraging them to pass the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act to fund the construction of additional commercial vehicle parking.
DOJ’s Airline Scrutiny Helps Halt Spirit-Frontier Merger, JetBlue Attempt Must Also Be Stopped
July 27, 2022 — — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to news that Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines terminated their merger attempt, with a rival bid from Jet Blue still pending.
POLITICO: Antitrust agency takes aim at the metaverse by suing Facebook
July 27, 2022 — Economic Liberties' Senior Policy Analyst Krista Brown explained to POLITICO why the FTC's move to challenge Meta's move into the AV/VR space "represents its new commitment to protecting fair competition in nascent digital markets."
AP: FTC acts to block Meta from buying VR company, fitness app
July 27, 2022 — Following the FTC's suit to block Meta's acquisition of Within Unlimited, Economic Liberties' Senior Policy Analyst Krista Brown spoke to the Associated Press about the importance of the agency's first move to block a Big Tech merger.