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November 25, 2024 — Following closing arguments in U.S. v. Google ad tech case in the Eastern District of Virginia, Case No. 1:23-cv-00108, where the Department of Justice and a coalition of states are suing Google for illegally maintaining monopoly power across the digital advertising industry, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

November 21, 2024 — In response to news that two of the largest wholesale drug distributors, Cencora and Cardinal Health, plan to acquire management service organizations (MSOs) that oversee specialty medical practice networks and a specialty medical supplies distributor, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

November 20, 2024 — During a hearing yesterday in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on promoting competition in the credit card network market, a bipartisan set of Senators reiterated calls to break Visa and Mastercard’s duopoly, discussed how high swipe fees hurt consumers and small businesses, and explained the need to pass commonsense legislation like the Credit Card Competition Act. Members from the Lower Credit Card Credit Fees Coalition also sent a memo to the committee emphasizing the need for urgent change in this industry. 

November 18, 2024 — Following Google’s loss to the Department of Justice Antitrust Division in a case over its search monopoly, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new paper laying out a detailed framework of structural and behavioral remedies to address Google's illegal monopolization of search markets and foster a fair, competitive digital ecosystem.

November 12, 2024 — In response to news that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has filed a lawsuit to challenge UnitedHealth Group’s acquisition of Amedisys, a home health and hospice care provider, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.