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Jul 3, 2024 — With a July 7 deadline looming for the Department of Justice to decide whether to criminally prosecute Boeing for violating its 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, the American Economic Liberties Project and a coalition of groups sent a letter yesterday urging Attorney General Garland to not let the aerospace monopoly off the hook with a plea deal and for Deputy AG Lisa Monaco to recuse herself from the deliberations given her conflicts of interest. 

Jul 2, 2024 — In response to news that Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed the Pennsylvania Open Markets Act – which would create both a state antitrust statute and a health care merger notification standard – in a bipartisan 112-89 vote, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. 

Jul 2, 2024 — In response to news that the Federal Trade Commission voted 5-0 to block mattress manufacturer Tempur Sealy's $4 billion vertical acquisition of Mattress Firm, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

Jul 1, 2024 — In response to news that the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled to vacate NetChoice’s suit against Texas social media laws in NetChoice v. Paxton—finding that the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts did not properly consider the nature of the “facial” First Amendment challenges to the laws—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. 

June 26, 2024 —The American Economic Liberties Project and a coalition of allies yesterday sent two separate letters to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Department of Justice (DOJ), respectively, urging them to end VeriSign Inc.’s government-designated monopoly over domain registration before an August 2nd deadline to stop the automatic renewal of VeriSign’s no-bid contract.