Trump FTC Sells Out Workers and Sides With Chamber of Commerce to Kill Noncompete Ban
September 5, 2025 – Following news that the Federal Trade Commission under Chair Andrew Ferguson has voluntarily dropped its legal defense of the Commission’s 2024 final rule to ban exploitative non compete agreements, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
DOT Abandons Passenger Rights to Serve Big Airline Lobbyists
September 5, 2025 – Following the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) release of its "Unified Agenda" of airline regulatory actions, after a bizarrely quiet comment process, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Pima County AZ For Reining In Corrupt Secret Deals Following Project Blue Controversy
September 4, 2025 – Following news that Pima County, Arizona, has adopted new restrictions on secretive nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in economic development deals, which comes after Amazon’s “Project Blue” data center was blocked by the Tucson City Council amid widespread public outrage, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
DOJ & States Must Appeal Judge Mehta’s Act of Judicial Cowardice, Letting Google Keep Its Monopoly Power
September 2, 2025 – Despite finding last year that Google illegally maintained a monopoly over search and search advertising, Judge Amit Mehta today declined to follow the law and terminate the monopoly. He left Google in control over Chrome, Android, and its vast data advantage, and even refused to ban Google’s multibillion-dollar search default deal. He declined to prevent Google from leveraging YouTube, Gemini, and Android to self-preference its own services. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Press Memo: Truths and Myths About The 8/29/25 End of the De Minimis Trade Loophole to U.S. Customs Enforcement
August 27, 2025 – With the deadline looming this Friday, August 29, 2025, for the global termination of the de minimis trade loophole to U.S. Customs enforcement, interest in the loophole is increasing. Lori Wallach, director of American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade program, is available for interview. Some factoids that may be useful: