Emma Freer’s Testimony at Public Hearing on Atrium Health and WakeMed
August 17, 2026 — Emma Freer testifies in Wake County, North Carolina on Atrium's proposed takeover of WakeMed
Ban Prior Authorization: Ending Big Medicine’s Strategy to Boost Profits by Denying Medically Necessary Care
August 6, 2026 — This policy brief first traces how prior authorization evolved into today’s pervasive corporate care veto, explains the attendant harms, and describes the shortcomings of recent reform efforts. It then proposes a federal ban on prior authorization, prohibiting Big Medicine conglomerates with a financial conflict of interest from both imposing prior authorization requirements and adjudicating requests for coverage.
Amicus Brief: United States of America v. Google (Search Remedies)
August 4,, 2026 — The American Economic Liberties Project filed an amicus brief this week calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to strengthen the remedies imposed in the government’s landmark monopolization case against Google and grant the Government’s request for an order banning Google from paying distributors like Apple and Samsung for default positions on their devices.
The Case Against Negotiating Concessions in a Paramount-Warner Deal
August 4, 2026 — David Ellison is making a lot of promises. History shows promises made when trying to merge are meaningless. So don’t try negotiating a better Paramount-Warner merger, just oppose it.
Monthly Monopoly Digest – July 2026
July 8th, 2026 — July version of Economic Liberties' monthly newsletter that covers the latest with the federal antitrust agencies — the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division — and other big developments in competition policy.
The Proposed NextEra–Dominion Merger Would Create Dangerous Utility Market Concentration at the Worst Possible Time
June 23, 2026 — The proposed merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy should raise serious concerns for regulators, policymakers, and consumer advocates about rising electricity costs, monopoly power, and the growing influence of private, for-profit utilities in the AI economy.