Ticketmaster Lost. States Won. New Nationwide Billboard Campaign Launches Today
May 13, 2026 —Today, billboards are going up across the country, from Times Square to California thanking state attorneys general for holding the line against Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s illegal monopoly after the Trump DOJ caved to corporate pressure and cut a sweetheart settlement. A federal jury recently found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the live events market, after more than 30 states in a bipartisan coalition continued the case despite the DOJ settlement.
Economic Liberties Unveils New Focus Group Research Showing Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose “Surveillance Pricing”
May 12, 2026 — New focus group research conducted by Lake Research Partners for the American Economic Liberties Project finds that Americans overwhelmingly oppose “surveillance pricing,” the practice of using personal data to set individualized prices, once they understand how it works.
Oregon Lawsuit Validates State Law Targeting Corporate Control of Medicine
May 6, 2026 — The American Economic Liberties Project today celebrated the first major victory under Oregon's Senate Bill 951, the state's 2025 Corporate Practice of Medicine law, the first comprehensive update of state law to take on corporate control of medical practices.
American Economic Liberties Project Applauds Intro of the Competitive Prices Act
May 1, 2026 — Every week, American families sit down to pay their bills and wonder why everything costs so much. Groceries, rent, airline tickets, home insurance. Prices keep climbing in industry after industry, and the companies charging them keep posting record profits. Today, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon introduced the Competitive Prices Act, a bill that would give families, enforcers, and state attorneys general the tools to do something about it.
Economic Liberties Calls for Investigation of QXO-TopBuild Building Materials Merger
May 1, 2026 — Following news of the proposed $17 billion acquisition of TopBuild Corp., the largest distributor and installer of insulation and related building products in North America, by QXO, one of the largest building materials distributors in the country, the American Economic Liberties Project is calling on the Federal Trade Commission, and state attorneys general, including Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, to investigate this anticompetitive acquisition.