Ferguson’s FTC Lets Amazon Executives Off the Hook After Ripping Off Millions of Prime Customers, Avoids Re-Issuing Click-to-Cancel Rule
September 25, 2025 – Following news that the Federal Trade Commission has reached a $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon over its use of “dark patterns” to trick people into subscribing to Prime and creating a digital obstacle course to cancel, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
USDA Takes Heat off Big Ag by Ending Antitrust Collab with States
September 25, 2025 – Following news that the US Department of Agriculture has ended a Biden-era partnership with the attorneys general of 31 states and the District of Columbia to address antitrust violations in the grocery and meat processing industries, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Shaoul Sussman to Join Economic Liberties Board of Directors
September 24, 2025 – The American Economic Liberties Project today announced that Shaoul Sussman, who formerly served as Associate Director for Litigation in the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission, will join the organization’s Board of Directors.
Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition Welcomes FTC Suit Against Monopoly’s Deceptive Pricing Tactics, Urges Admin to Move Forward With a Break Up
September 24, 2025 – Following a lawsuit filed last Thursday by the Federal Trade Commission and seven bipartisan state attorneys general against Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s use of deceptive pricing schemes and exploitative resale tactics, the Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition released the following statement.
First Signs of a Crack in the AG Bondi Corruption Dam as Chad Mizelle Resigns in Disgrace
September 23, 2025 – Following news that Chad Mizelle has resigned from his position as Chief of Staff at the Department of Justice, following myriad controversies including his central role in the eleventh-hour pre-trial settlement of the $14 billion Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE)-Juniper Networks merger challenge earlier this summer, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.