FTC Hones in on Big Tech’s Quasi-Mergers with AI Firms
January 25, 2024 — In response to news that the Federal Trade Commission has launched a 6(b) study to investigate Big Tech’s partnerships and investments in artificial intelligence, with orders for information sent to Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Rest of World: The biggest data protection fight you’ve never heard of
January 25, 2024 — Daniel Rangel is quoted on the Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) negotiations, cautioning that the agreement could allow big tech companies to pressure the U.S. to challenge other countries' privacy laws.
Economic Liberties and Legal and Historical Scholars File Amicus Brief in NetChoice v. Paxton
January 24, 2024 — The American Economic Liberties Project, along with a group of distinguished academics, filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case, NetChoice v. Paxton, arguing that the Court should refuse to extend heightened First Amendment protections to social media platforms that hold themselves out as modern-day public squares.
Legal Experts and Advocates Make Clear That the Time to Break Up Live Nation-Ticketmaster Is Now
January 23, 2024 — At an Economic Liberties event today, the #BreakUpTicketmaster Coalition, Senator Amy Klobuchar, and a group of academics and advocates, renewed emphatic calls on the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division to restore competition to the live events and break Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s power over the industry.
18 Groups Call for Investigation into Koch Industries’ Iowa Fertilizer Company Acquisition
January 22, 2024 — Today, Farm Action and the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP), joined by 16 other organizations, sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ), calling on the agencies to investigate “and, if evidence warrants, to take action against” Koch Industries’ planned acquisition of OCI Global’s Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFCO).