UnitedHealth Group’s Post-Cyber Attack Financials Prove It Is ‘Too Big To Care’
April 16, 2024 — Despite a devastating hack to UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare subsidiary, which disrupted pharmacy and medical claims processing and sent the healthcare system into prolonged crisis this spring, UnitedHealth Group today announced profitable Q1 results and saw its shares jump over 5%. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition Calls for Urgency in Forthcoming Case Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster
April 16, 2024 — In response to new reporting indicating the Department of Justice Antitrust Division will file a suit challenging Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s monopoly power over live events, the Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds USDOT for Partnering with State Attorneys General to Strengthen Oversight of Airlines
April 16, 2024 — In response to news today that U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has signed Memoranda of Understanding with 18 bipartisan state attorneys general, which will allow states to investigate airline complaints for unfair and deceptive practices and ensure airlines must cooperate with state investigations, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Calls for DOJ investigation of Apple’s Illegal Exclusive Dealing with TSMC
April 16, 2024 — The American Economic Liberties Project, and a coalition of 8 other advocacy groups, today sent a letter to the Department of Justice calling for an investigation of Apple’s anticompetitive abuses of dominance as a buyer in electronics supply chains, and specifically the company’s recent exclusive dealing with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
$6.6 Billion in Subsidies to TSMC Won’t Fix Deep Market Structure Issues In Semiconductor Industry
April 8, 2024 — In response to news that the Biden administration has directed $6.6 billion in subsidies to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC) Arizona subsidiary, as part of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.