‘Judges are just blessing monopolies at this point,’ Economic Liberties Calls On Congress to Step In and Regulate Big Tech Following News That Google Beat US Bid To Force a Break Up
September 2, 2026 — Following today’s remedies ruling rejecting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposed breakup of Google’s ad tech monopoly after the company was last year found guilty of illegally monopolizing key pieces of the online advertising marketplace, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement:
Economic Liberties Joins Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari for Phoenix Roundtable on How Institutional Investors Are Reshaping the City’s Housing Market
September 2, 2026 — The American Economic Liberties Project will join Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) on Thursday, September 10 for a roundtable examining how Wall Street investors have reshaped Phoenix's housing market, squeezing out renters, aspiring homeowners, and local builders in the process. The event, "Private Equity Housing Takeover: How Institutional Investors Push Phoenix Tenants, Local Builders, and Aspiring Homeowners to the Brink,"will feature Laurel Kilgour, Research Manager at Economic Liberties, alongside State Senator Analise Ortiz, Phoenix City Councilwoman Anna Hernandez, housing advocates, and community members discussing how Phoenix became one of the country's top markets for investor-owned housing, and what can be done to protect tenants, potential homeowners, and local builders.
COMPETE Act Passes California Legislature Stripped of Its Teeth; Economic Liberties Warns Against Declaring Victory
September 1, 2026 — The California legislature gave final approval to the COMPETE Act (AB 1776) over the weekend, and many are hailing it as a landmark win against monopoly power. It isn’t. After a heavy, big-budget campaign by the California Chamber of Commerce, amendments adopted in the final days of the session stripped the bill of its private right of action — a key enforcement mechanism — carved back the authority of public enforcers, and gutted the reach of California’s Unfair Competition Law. While the bill does close a century-old loophole in California antitrust law, it leaves Californians almost no way to use it.
Economic Liberties Releases Health Care Agenda to Take On Big Medicine and Save Families Over $6,000 a Year
August 27, 2026 — As Big Medicine companies rake in unprecedented profits by charging Americans more for lower quality care and pushing independent practitioners out of business, Economic Liberties today released a comprehensive policy agenda to restore health care affordability and control to patients, clinicians, and communities across the country.
Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Over Child Endangerment Is a First Step. Congress Must Rein In Big Tech, Says Economic Liberties
August 26, 2026 — Meta today agreed to a settlement of approximately $18 billion in a landmark case brought by a bipartisan coalition of 29 states over claims that the Big Tech company downplayed and misrepresented the mental health risks that its platforms pose to children. The settlement, which came one day after Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified at trial in California, and before Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was expected to take the stand, will require a judge’s approval. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement calling for further action by congress: