New Legal Practice Guide Empowers Small Businesses to Take on Power Buyers and Price Discrimination
July 25, 2025 – Following a recent, disturbing decision from Trump administration antitrust enforcers to dismiss an important Robinson-Patman Act enforcement case alleging illegal price discrimination by PepsiCo in favor of a big-box retailer, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new practice guide ** detailing how small businesses and trade associations can take action under federal and California price discrimination and unfair competition laws.
FHFA Takes Steps to Bring Down Costs for Americans in Moves to Open Up Title Insurance Market and Weaken FICO Monopoly
July 11, 2025 – In response to recent actions from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to introduce competition in the title insurance market and reduce FICO’s dominance over credit scoring in the mortgage industry, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
U.S. Reliance on Imported Food Worsens, New Analysis Reveals, with Iconic Independence Day Favorites Included in $58.7 Billion U.S. Food Trade Deficit
July 3, 2025 – Americans’ reliance on imported food has grown dramatically with a $58.7 billion food trade deficit in 2024 that caps a decade of growing American food trade deficits caused by increased imports, a new report by American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade reveals. The report was released as an innovative infographic webpage and can be found here.
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.
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.