FTC Chair Khan, Antitrust AAG Kanter, and Advocates Discuss Draft Merger Guidelines
August 10, 2023 — At an Economic Liberties event today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter detailed how the newly-released draft merger guidelines will better reflect market realities to safeguard competition.
Economic Liberties Launches New Site for Small Businessowners, Consumers, and Workers to Comment on Draft Merger Guidelines
August 9, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released ShareYourMergerStory.org, a new website designed to drive comments and feedback on the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice’s draft merger guidelines. The new microsite launches ahead of an Economic Liberties event on August 10, featuring FTC Chair Lina Khan and DOJ AAG Jonathan Kanter, to break down the draft merger guidelines.
Economic Liberties Files Amicus Brief In Support of Consumer Class Certification in Google Play Store Antitrust Suit
August 7, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project today filed an amicus brief supporting class certification in Mary Carr v. Google LLC, an antitrust lawsuit alleging that Google used a series of anticompetitive tactics to make Google Play Store a monopoly, leading to supra-competitive prices for consumers buying apps and in-app content for their Android devices.
DOJ & States’ Case Against Google Search Monopoly to Go to Trial
August 4, 2023 — In an opinion unsealed today, presiding Judge Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit challenging Google’s search engine monopoly should be allowed to proceed to trial. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Files Amicus Brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Supporting FTC’s Challenge to the Illumina-GRAIL
August 2, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project today filed an amicus brief asking the Fifth Circuit to uphold the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) order requiring Illumina to divest its majority ownership of cancer diagnostic test maker GRAIL. Economic Liberties’ brief argues that Illumina-GRAIL’s criticism of the product market definition — the research and development of multi-cancer early detection tests — is wholly inconsistent with the purpose of Section 7 of the Clayton Act and ignores decades of enforcement efforts and court decisions recognizing the importance of protecting innovation.