Investors Need to Ask Apple Why It Didn’t Disclose $19B Annual Payments from Google
November 1, 2023 — Ahead of Apple’s earnings call this week, the American Economic Liberties Project urges investors and analysts to ask Apple about its contract with Google, where, according to the U.S. v. Google trial, Google has paid Apple billions of dollars for 18 years to remain the default search.
D.C. AG Cracks Down on Anticompetitive Collusion in D.C. Rental Housing Market
November 1, 2023 — In response to news that the Attorney General of D.C., Brian Schwalb, has filed an antitrust suit against RealPage and 14 residential landlords for colluding to raise prices by sharing competitive data, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Ahead of JetBlue-Spirit Trial Tomorrow, Groups Urge Judge to Protect Passengers, Workers, and Communities By Blocking the Deal
October 30, 2023 — With opening arguments set to begin on Tuesday in the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s case against the $3.8 billion JetBlue-Spirit merger, the American Economic Liberties Project, Business Travel Coalition, Consumer Federation of America, and the National Consumers League released the following statements.
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai Testifies in US vs Google on Monday. Here’s What to Expect.
October 30, 2023 — Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai, among the most high-profile witnesses in the landmark ten-week trial taking on Google’s $1.7 trillion search monopoly, is expected to testify in person in court on Monday. Here’s what we know and what we might expect from his testimony.
Tech’s Biggest Secret Is Finally Public: Google Pays $26B Every Year to Maintain Search Monopoly
October 27, 2023 — Following new reporting that Google spent a total of $26.3 billion to maintain its status as default search engine in 2021 — revealed today during the US v. Google trial, the most important antitrust trial of the century — the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. The number far exceeds earlier estimates and represents a 270% increase in Google’s traffic acquisition costs in under a decade.