Ferguson’s FTC Lets Amazon Executives Off the Hook After Ripping Off Millions of Prime Customers, Avoids Re-Issuing Click-to-Cancel Rule
September 25, 2025 – Following news that the Federal Trade Commission has reached a $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon over its use of “dark patterns” to trick people into subscribing to Prime and creating a digital obstacle course to cancel, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Connecticut’s Top Utilities Regulator Forced Out After Industry Bullying Campaign
September 19, 2025 – Following news that Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Chairwoman Marissa Gillett has resigned from her role as the state’s top utilities regulator, following a years-long campaign from Connecticut’s investor-owned utilities to force her out, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
New Bill Will Break Up Big Medicine Insurance Conglomerates to Protect Seniors and Lower Costs
September 17, 2025 – Today, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Val Hoyle (D-OR-04) introduced the bicameral Patients Over Profits Act, a groundbreaking bill that will force health insurers to divest certain Medicare providers within two years. The legislation aims to eliminate the structural conflicts of interest that have incentivized insurers to deny medically-necessary care to vulnerable seniors, consolidate formerly independent physician practices, and drive up costs to taxpayers. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement endorsing the bill.
Trump FTC Sells Out Workers and Sides With Chamber of Commerce to Kill Noncompete Ban
September 5, 2025 – Following news that the Federal Trade Commission under Chair Andrew Ferguson has voluntarily dropped its legal defense of the Commission’s 2024 final rule to ban exploitative non compete agreements, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
DOT Abandons Passenger Rights to Serve Big Airline Lobbyists
September 5, 2025 – Following the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) release of its "Unified Agenda" of airline regulatory actions, after a bizarrely quiet comment process, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.