Economic Liberties Applauds WA Senate For Advancing a Ban on Algorithmic Rent-Fixing in Housing Market
March 14, 2025 – Following news that the Washington State Senate has advanced SB5469, a bill designed to ban algorithmic rent fixing and noncompete agreements in the rental housing market—sponsored by Sen. Jesse Saloman and passed with a 29-19 vote—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Massachusetts AG’s New Junk Fees Regulations
March 3, 2025 -- Following Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s announcement that the state will implement new regulations to ban the use of mandatory, deceptive “junk fees” across the economy by making clear that they are illegal under Massachusetts law, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Trump CFPB Abandons Billions in Consumer Relief, Letting Predatory Corporations Off the Hook
February 27, 2025 -- The Trump administration's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has dismissed multiple enforcement lawsuits this week that sought to hold major financial institutions accountable for predatory practices, erasing billions in potential consumer relief. These cases, originally brought under former Director Rohit Chopra, targeted Capital One for deceptive interest charges, Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance for predatory lending, Rocket Homes for illegal kickbacks, and Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency for improper loan collections. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Letter Calls on House E&C Subcommittee on Health to Advance PBM Structural Reform
Prior to today’s hearing on pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (the Subcommittee), the American Economic Liberties Project sent a letter calling on the Subcommittee to advance legislation to re-structure the PBM market. The letter follows Economic Liberties’ launch of its Break Up Big Medicine initiative, which has already mobilized more than 56,000 people to call on policymakers to eliminate the structural conflicts of interest that sit at the heart of the healthcare industry.
Economic Liberties Announces New Senior Fellows With Experience at FTC and DOJ to Join the Organization
The American Economic Liberties Project today announced five new Senior Fellows and Advisors, each with crucial experience serving at the White House, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division, who will join the organization and assist in advancing its mission to tackle monopoly power across the economy. The additions include Hannah Garden-Monheit and Sally Hubbard coming in as Senior Fellows, Catherine Simonsen and Katherine Van Dyck joining as Senior Legal Fellows, and Blake Narendra as a Senior Advisor.