Economic Liberties Senior Fellow Katherine Van Dyck Testifies at Hearing on Rising Cost of Youth Sports
April 7, 2026 –This afternoon at 2:00PM EST, Economic Liberties Senior Legal Fellow Katherine Van Dyck will testify at a public field hearing hosted by Congressman Chris Deluzio and the Monopoly Busters Caucus, titled “Let Kids Play: Making Youth Sports Less of a Ripoff.” The hearing, held in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, will examine how private equity’s ownership and consolidation of youth sports is causing costs of participation to surge, making it unaffordable for an increasing number of children and teens and their families to participate.
Senator Murphy’s Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act Would Revive Robinson-Patman Act, Curb Power Buyers
March 20, 2026 – Following news that Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced the Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act, a bill that would modernize and strengthen the Robinson-Patman Act and stop dominant “power buyers” from using their size to extract discriminatory prices, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Courts Must Grant California’s Emergency Motion to Prevent Illegal Nexstar-Tegna Broadcast TV Merger
March 20, 2026 – Following the announcement by California Attorney-General Rob Bonta that California and seven other states have filed a Temporary Restraining Order to block the $6.2 billion merger of broadcast TV giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna, one day after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and US Department of Justice (DOJ) approved the merger, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Calls Out Big Homebuilder Effort to Cripple ROAD to Housing Act
March 6, 2026 – In response to news that industry lobbying groups, including the National Association of Home Builders, are now opposing Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Tim Scott’s bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act over a single section that would require “built-to-rent” houses to be sold to individuals within seven years after construction, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
USDA Takes Heat off Big Ag by Ending Antitrust Collab with States
September 25, 2025 – Following news that the US Department of Agriculture has ended a Biden-era partnership with the attorneys general of 31 states and the District of Columbia to address antitrust violations in the grocery and meat processing industries, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.