Former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya Joins Economic Liberties as Senior Advisor
July 1, 2025 – The American Economic Liberties Project today announced that former Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya will join the anti-monopoly organization as Senior Advisor. At Economic Liberties, Bedoya plans to pursue new ways to fight for workers and small businesses through public interest litigation and continue to educate Americans across the country on their rights under antitrust, privacy, and consumer protection law.
DOJ’s HPE-Juniper Settlement Signals Merger Enforcement Is in Retreat Under Trump
June 30, 2025 – Following news that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has reached a settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Juniper Networks to clear the way for the $14 billion merger between the rival wireless networking firms, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
The FTC is Now Abusing Merger Policy to Funnel Money to Elon Musk
June 23, 2025 – Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement that would clear the path for Omnicom Group's $13.5 billion acquisition of rival Interpublic Group (IPG) — with the core requirement that the combined company must not bar ad spending to certain platforms based on political leanings. CNBC’s Jim Cramer called the deal “so monopolistic and anti-competitive I can’t even believe it.” In response to the FTC's decision, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Rep. Greg Casar, Nurses, Pharmacists, and Patient Advocates Demand Action Against Big Medicine at Austin Roundtable
June 18 2025 – Rep. Greg Casar, along with healthcare workers, patient advocates, and healthcare policy experts, reiterated calls to break up Big Medicine at a roundtable hosted by the American Economic Liberties Project in Austin earlier this week. The in-person event brought together various healthcare stakeholders and experts to discuss how vertically-integrated healthcare giants drive up costs and take power away from patients and healthcare professionals across the state and country — and why structural separation is urgently needed.
Mexican Truck Drivers’ Union SITRABICS and Rethink Trade File New USMCA Labor Complaint Under the Rapid Response Mechanism Against Hyundai Supply Chain Facility
June 12, 2025 – The Sindicato de Transportistas de las Cadenas de Suministro (SITRABICS) and Rethink Trade filed a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) labor complaint today under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) against a Mexican trucking facility controlled by multinational company Hyundai. The facility has fired union organizers, intimidated workers, and blacklisted fired leaders in response to a union organizing campaign.